posted on Apr, 10 2013 @ 08:15 PM
They will almost certainly launch a test missile or two. They will probably wisely set a trajectory clearly en route to the ocean. We'll know within
minutes of a launch exactly where a missile is headed. There is no way possible it will even get close to a populated center before being shot down.
If it is, I imagine we'll have plenty of proof it was going to do so, so we can justify shooting it down - as I'm sure NK will want to claim we are
trying to antagonize them by doing so.
They are not going to war. And we won't go to war with them by shooting down missiles. They are not that incredibly stupid - they are playing a
clever game with us. I'm certain all their rhetoric was calculated and carefully thought out before being made public. They are experts at
propaganda keep in mind.
When I served in Korea in the 80s, they had a village called Propaganda Village. It was like a Hollywood set. A front facade, with no actual
buildings, and blaring megaphone that declared into South Korea what a super wonderful place NK would be to live. That is what they are used to..
lies and deception and tricks, and they are quite good at it.
And they are also expert at taking advantage of acts of aggression towards them, even if that wasn't the intent. When I was visiting the DMZ during
my tour there, we were told with a great degree of seriousness, that we would NOT lift our arm, point, wave, or do anything provocative. For we were
being filmed the entire time we were there by NK, and that if we did such a thing, they would certainly take it and twist it into something horrible
that a U.S. soldier was doing. So yea.. they are experts at taking a situation and twisting it to put their enemy in a bad light, and themselves
into the role of a victim.
So I imagine it would be in our best interest to do NOTHING if they launch missiles, if we determine they are not heading anywhere important. By
doing so, they will dig themselves into a deeper hole that no ally will want to help dig them out of. We should not give them any fuel to flame their
agenda. That is exactly what they want.
edit on 10-4-2013 by fleabit because: (no reason given)