Just following the latest info coming in from MSM. " A high-level U.S. delegation is going to Asia for "intensive consultations" on what North Korea's increasingly alarming behavior means for U.S. security alliances in the region."

This is in additon to Defense Secretary Robert Gates previosly announced trip. I feel like the bottom line here is that all concerned are very unsure if this another episode of Kim Jong Il doing his thing as he has done in the past or if he has really gone over the edge. Maybe he knows his time has come to an end and wants to be sure he is not forgotten, but who can really say what goes on in his mind.

I totally agree and hope as others have said that this will die down over the next few weeks......but I still have this nagging voice in the back of my head saying this may be different. Just seeing how many are here posting on the subject leads me to believe I am not alone in thinking this.

Not a twitter member, but perhaps someone can check twitter and see if we have some people twitting in South Korea, perhaps even in that city with the seismic activity and see if we can get some hands on accounts of perhaps some news MSM is not reporting..

I live in South Korea, about three hours south of Seoul.

If you have any specific questions that I might be able to answer, I would be happy to address them.

I visited the North Korean border last year. I'm glad I did, because that tour is no longer offered after a South Korean tourist was gunned down by an armed guard. I can tell you this much; it's one of the most tense places you can imagine. I've got plenty of pictures if anybody is interested.

Heres something you all might not know. During the korean war my dad was part of the engineering group which placed tactical nukes along the DMZ. About 30 of them were postioned. Now that was in the 50's. Even though there are only 28,000 + US in S.K. It would be the only way to stop a tide of 1 million N.K's from breaching the DMZ. Course S.K. would get the brunt of the fallout so would japan. Since the winds generaly flow west to east in the upper atmoshere. With that many nukes being used sooner or later the fallout would reach the US mainland. So its crappy no matter how you slice it.

Course the black ops guys could always use one of there space born super weapons???

Not all wars have to be boots on the ground. In the 21st century.

my two cents worth

Originally posted by andersonglk
I live in South Korea, about three hours south of Seoul.

If you have any specific questions that I might be able to answer, I would be happy to address them.

I visited the North Korean border last year. I'm glad I did, because that tour is no longer offered after a South Korean tourist was gunned down by an armed guard. I can tell you this much; it's one of the most tense places you can imagine. I've got plenty of pictures if anybody is interested.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

I would love to see some of the DMZ with some description.

wr

Dont be fooled by media N Korea is in decline they have pissed away all that is worth anything in this world for the magic nuke
so what if they pic up a few fear mongers on the way to dig holes and stock up on food and water
they have run out of cash next move blow up one of their toys in shame
like a child who has no toys
we seem to play the part of fear very sad if you ask me we have nothing to fear from them they will be forgotten in time
lets not forget as they well know we can remove them from the face of the earth.

Originally posted by whiteraven
Remember the assination in Viet Nam that took JFK by surprise according to Mcnamara.

Normally, I'd hate to be the guy pointing out a spelling mistake, but you did it in the other thread too...and I have an easy mnemonic for this one.

There are two asses in an assassination. The first ass assassinates the target, the second ass assassinates the assassin.

Assination...dang that is a pretty good word though, there's got to be some good use for it.

[edit on 28-5-2009 by 11andrew34]

Originally posted by flyingfish
Dont be fooled by media N Korea is in decline they have pissed away all that is worth anything in this world for the magic nuke
so what if they pic up a few fear mongers on the way to dig holes and stock up on food and water
they have run out of cash next move blow up one of their toys in shame
like a child who has no toys
we seem to play the part of fear very sad if you ask me we have nothing to fear from them they will be forgotten in time
lets not forget as they well know we can remove them from the face of the earth.

If only that were true. Communist China has been backing them for years. China may very well be pissed off at Kim Jong iLL and deservedly so, but they should be the ones to take care of him, not the UsA and S. Korea.

Obama is going to give himself a hernia trying to push this under a rug. Lil Kim is losing it. His people are resorting to canabalism in parts of his country (see UNICEF reports) his generals know he is weak, his son is ready to take over and is standing in the wings.
This is the 3 am call that Hillary warned about, but even she is showing that she is incapable of handling this mess.
If you want my 2 cents, this isn't going to go away, there is a power vacuum and Lil Kim wants to fill that space. It's all he has left.
Which makes him far more dangerous that any soviet premier throughout the cold war.

China is just Russias step child
They have washed their hands a long time ago
N korea is a mavrick.

Originally posted by 11andrew34

Originally posted by whiteraven
Remember the assination in Viet Nam that took JFK by surprise according to Mcnamara.

Normally, I'd hate to be the guy pointing out a spelling mistake, but you did it in the other thread too...and I have an easy mnemonic for this one.

There are two asses in an assassination. The first ass assassinates the target, the second ass assassinates the assassin.

Assination...dang that is a pretty good word though, there's got to be some good use for it.

[edit on 28-5-2009 by 11andrew34]

HAHA

You made my night brother...that is funny as hell.


I probably fire off all sorts of crap like that without knowing.

Anyhow thanks for correcting me.

wr