Originally posted by Seekerof
It might not be a matter of hitting the US....I really wouldn't think the US, per se' would be a target. There's anything related with the US....Japan, S.Korea, etc.

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seekerof

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You also must be young. At presnt we, America, are the only target. We are the ones that most everyone loves to hate. We are the ones that must prove our feet are on the right path. Read world news instead of the alphabet news. We are only 700,000,000 on a planet of 800,000,000,000 do the math.

tut

Try 300,000,000 out of 6 Billion.

At presnt we, America, are the only target. Posted by tut

Well, we are obviously a target, and a legitimate one at that. That much is obvious. However, for the North Koreans, I dont think we are the PRIMARY target.

Indeed, Japan has cultivated a GREAT deal of hatred by the Koreans, both north and south, due to what the Imperial Japanese Army did to the entire country during its "colonization" in the 1930s.

I am still of the opinion that we are going to allow NK to get as agressive as China will allow, indeed, likely incite them to such levels, and then allow China to pull thier leash tighter.

Not a bad strategy, but things do go wrong.... and when things go wrong with nuclear weapons involved, the entire world goes wrong...

Originally posted by David
Try 300,000,000 out of 6 Billion.

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I appreciate that I stand corrected, it is the beer and whiskey, on a friday. and I have just received a message as we speak that I must embark on 06/23/2003/@00:01 hours, I will be contacted at that time.
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it has been a pleasure, I have 48 hours
tut

As a newbie in terms of posting here I will keep my opinions moderate so to speak. I think that the regime in NK can best be described as a mafia type regime.

With this said I feel that they will do anything they can to keep said regime alive.

Capabilities of striking the US with nuclear weapons is slim to none. Capabilities of posturing and making threats against Japan, well they have already reared thier ugly heads on this topic.

I think China will most likely step in with more and more pressure from the international community. The US (and yes I live in the US) Doesn't really have a foot to stand on here in my opinion. We have and are still playing the bully card too much. Other powers will work at this one, although they will most likely have US ties I cannot see it as the US itself.

My question is can UN sanctions call thier bluff?

Ok a bit more of an opinion than I intended but that's my stance on it.

Thank you again Tut for the great wisdom and sarcasm shown by your comment...."start reading the news instead of the alphabets"..... Wonder if that belt that your wearing that you call experience isn't choking off the blood circulation a bit. Thank you for showing me the error of my ways.

Life does go on.

regards seekerof

Originally posted by Seekerof
Thank you again Tut for the great wisdom and sarcasm shown by your comment...."start reading the news instead of the alphabets"..... Wonder if that belt that your wearing that you call experience isn't choking off the blood circulation a bit. Thank you for showing me the error of my ways.

Life does go on.
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Thank You,

I love you SeekerOf as a Brother,






TUT

regards seekerof

Well, the opening posting was very vague as is anything else that appears to have been said. And, I suspect that the Japanese have little need of third parties' help when it comes to what I or isn't going on in NK. This is helpful for the Japanese right, of course, and keeps the "eternal war" to the fore in the West, in case Laci Peterson, David Beckham or the new Harry Potter don't keep the masses distracted from WMD.
Realistically, the US is always going to be on thin ice on this one because opponents will immediately bring up Israel's nuclear arsenal.
The Dear Leader, however, is an adept at these games: never forget that he and his father have kept a nation under an iron rule for over half a century - pretty much an adult life-time. Never confuse madness with stupidity: no one could call Bush II "mad", justly, but his administration is frequently "stupid": with Kim, it's the other way round: he knows he can bluff and bluff and never ever be made to show his cards.
PS the claimed "bits" of NK weaponry "found" in Alaska were almost certainly carrie there by the sea and this was admitted at the time.
As for "Japanese" components -well, we all know that the military complex is no respecter of nations: the Luftwaffe was rebuilt with Rolls Royce engines.
Both leaders, I guess, have the same task ultimately: to justify ever-rising military expenditure in the face of a masive domestic economic crisis - and, in relative terms, it's worse in the US: it probably cannot get any worse in NK.
And the Dear Leader does not have the annoying hindrance of parties, senates, congresses, and elections.

Someone, I forgot who, said it all depends on how luny Kim Jong-Il is. He is scared of the number three. Therefore, whenever triplets are born they are confiscated and raised by the state so he can keep an eye on them. He believes a triplet is going to overthrow him. This has even happened to top party leaders who bear triplets. How's that for luny? He definately has a screw loose.

Wow....talk about paronoid. Every time I see his picture I can almost see that 'look' in his eyes....ever noticed that? They say people who are 'luny' have a certain 'look' in their eyes.

regards
seekerof