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    Just when we DON'T need another stretch of our military forces- comes this news today....

    U.S., South Korea raise military alert on North



    SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States raised the military alert level for the peninsula on Thursday after the communist North warned the truce ending the Korean War was dead and it was ready to attack.

    North Korea ramped up tensions this week with a series of provocations rarely seen since the 1950-53 Korean War, including war threats, missile launches and a nuclear test that puts it closer to having an atomic bomb.
    The joint command for the 28,500 U.S. troops that support South Korea's 670,000 soldiers has raised its alert a notch to signify a serious threat from North Korea, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

    It is the highest threat level since the North's only other nuclear test in October 2006.

    North Korea looks certain to face fresh sanctions for defying a U.N. resolution by exploding a nuclear device for a second time, Western diplomat said, with a vote in the 15-nation Security Council expected next week.

    More- http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090528/...NvdXRoa29yZWE-


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    Yes, the NCs are playing the spoiled brat again. I have a great idea, let's give them more money so we can prop up their failed regime and let their people continue to suffer

    Seriously though, we can't go chasing after every country that wants to play with nukes, this is getting really old. Let them be China's problem...
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    Ah heck..don't fret over this..It is China's and Japan's problem and even Russia's..but if we hold out long enough, maybe before the end of the year..the Little smurf dicktater Il will die..he doesn't look like he has many days left..
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    Well...problem is N.Korea has nuclear material, and we don't want them to hold a garage sale. So looks like it's *interdiction* time.
    "All the prophets of Doom, Can always find room, In a world full of worry and fear..." - Protest Song, Monty Python

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    Under new leadership perhaps they would follow Libya and become civilized.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
    Ah heck..don't fret over this..It is China's and Japan's problem and even Russia's..but if we hold out long enough, maybe before the end of the year..the Little smurf dicktater Il will die..he doesn't look like he has many days left..
    when you know the death is coming, you got nothing to lose and fear... well... he probably wont start the war.. he loves his ppl... (sarcasm)

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    I've spent the last four years training to destroy N. Korea in an event like the one that is perpetuating itself right now......


    Look peeps, KJI is not a stable leader.

    However, I think he is trying to go out with one last HOORAH!!!!!

    If this passes (like I think it will) then we will get the new leader and start all over with the wonderful political tap dance that occurs with this country. I pray we get one who wants to re-unify!!!!

    If this does not pass, then I see the world forcing the Re-Unification effort.
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    If you think the German Reunification was messy, Korea will make that look like a nice little stroll. The entire North Korean population, with a very few exceptions, have been taught that everything good was invented in North Korea (often by the Dear Leader personally), the U.S. causes their electricity to flicker on and off, and they are the most enlightened and tech-savy people in the world. News from the outside is nearly impossible to get - possesion of a cell phone is illeagal.

    South Korea doesn't want re-unification. North Korea thinks Korea should re-unite under it.

    An entire population of ignorant Brave New World'ers scare me more than the nastiest genius. Add to that the fact that the Military is the elite, and you've got a real volitile mess.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Birchtree View Post
    Under new leadership perhaps they would follow Libya and become civilized.
    Libya only became civilized after President Reagan bombed Qaddafi's home, killing his daughter.

    I don't think BHO will authorize similar action.
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    to be exact..

    It was claimed that the air strike killed at least 40 people in Libya. Forewarned by a telephone call from Malta's Prime Minister, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, that unauthorized aircraft were flying over Maltese airspace heading south towards Tripoli, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his family rushed out of their residence in the Bab al Aziziya compound moments before the bombs dropped. Gaddafi escaped injury but his 15-month-old adopted daughter Hanna was killed, and two of his sons were injured.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viva La Migra View Post
    Libya only became civilized after President Reagan bombed Qaddafi's home.
    One of the few military actions I unqualifiedly supported, it finally got Q. to behave himself, as sad as it was about the little girl-that was on him. My brother's ship came back home from the Med a week before Q shelled our ships. It coulda been my brother. I'm everlastingly grateful it wasn't. He spent 23 years in service, ship always in port away from the action whenever action happened-totally a fluke.
    Last edited by alevin; 05-28-2009 at 06:14 PM. Reason: typo
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    Strange enough..

    My old squadron was VA-176, A6E Intruders on the USS America...They were in on the Bombing of Libya.

    No, I left the Navy in 1975.
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