North Korea sunk South Corvette

[drogon]

Now the South has a major problem (as well as its allies and surrounding countries), what to do?

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10129703.stm

[USVirgin]

I'd say destroy, if we still had any resources left over after Iraq.

[Flashermac]

Block the internet so that Kim can't play video games on it? Ban him from Disneyland? Or is that his kid.

[Julian2]

Anything but upset China...

[drogon]

Just read an AFP news:

NATO protested against the sinking of the South corvette, qualifies it as an unjustified agression by the North which could endangers the peace in this area.

 

I am very interested to see what will follow.

I also wonder if kim jong il is not dying slowly and some military top brass really don't want a reuification with the south...or maybe some tried to gain some favour by successfully sinking the ship....

 

 

The good thing is except the nukes the North has nothing going for it in case a bigger conflict occurs...

 

[LizardKing]

Everyone thought this weeks ago (Mrs LK & I were in Seoul during the funerals). Now confirmed. I hope cooler heads will prevail as this could get uglier than LoS has been...

[chuckwoww]

It's shaping up to be a hot summer. LOS, Iran sanctions, the Koreas, Israel and Hezbullah beating the drums.

[Flashermac]

WASHINGTON  A new American intelligence analysis of a deadly torpedo attack on a South Korean warship concludes that Kim Jong-il, the ailing leader of North Korea, must have authorized the torpedo assault, according to senior American officials who cautioned that the assessment was based on their sense of the political dynamics there rather than hard evidence.

 

The officials said they were increasingly convinced that Mr. Kim ordered the sinking of the ship, the Cheonan, to help secure the succession of his youngest son.

 

“We can’t say it is established fact,†said one senior American official who was involved in the highly classified assessment, based on information collected by many of the country’s 16 intelligence agencies. “But there is very little doubt, based on what we know about the current state of the North Korean leadership and the military.â€Â

 

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Oh, whoopee ...

[Flashermac]

U.S. military told to get ready in Korea standoff

 

 

WASHINGTON - The White House said Monday that President Barack Obama "fully supports" the South Korean president and his response to the torpedo attack by North Korea that sank a South Korean warship.

 

In a statement, the White House said Seoul can continue to count on the full backing of the United States and said U.S. military commanders had been told to work with their South Korean counterparts "to ensure readiness and to deter future aggression."

 

The administration said it endorsed President Lee Myung-bak's demand that "North Korea immediately apologize and punish those responsible for the attack, and, most importantly, stop its belligerent and threatening behavior."

 

Late last week, a team of international investigators accused North Korea of torpedoing the corvette Cheonan in March, killing 46 sailors in one of the deadliest clashes between the two since the 1950-53 Korean War.

 

The United States still has about 28,000 troops in South Korea to provide military support. The two Koreas, still technically at war, have more than 1 million troops near their border.

 

"U.S. support for South Korea's defense is unequivocal, and the President has directed his military commanders to coordinate closely with their Republic of Korea counterparts to ensure readiness and to deter future aggression," the statement said.

 

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Round 2?

 

 

[cavanami]

Prez. O "promised" (farkin liar) to pull the troops out of Iraq...so now he sends them to Korea? Maybe he can finance the new war with his "Peace Prize" money!