North Korea

[locnload]

I worry less about what North Korea will do than I do about how BHO and his cadre of dingbats, dipsticks, surendering Suzies, and bat crap crazy advisors will react to it. Probably launch another round of "strongly worded letters" and embargos of shipments of Jenny Craig meals to the starving people of NK.   

[Solus]

No Problem look where our leader is he's out  companying for Gun Control, Amnesty and obamacare and has no clue how to lead our country and when does his next vacation start.
His ass should be in DC directing this country and not companying against America and we have to look why the low level voters voted for the Food Stamp King.

That is according to his plan.

There is no doubt that his performance in office is pathetic....but were it to be what it should be, it would benefit and help America.  That is not his plan. 

He is doing a great job of bringing the country down...maybe the best at the job in history.  All his ineptitude at handling what is vital to the survival of America is a credit to achievement.   

When he is disposed, he will be able to leave with "Mission Accomplished" as his farewell parting shot.

[Rastus]

How can you guys be certain he can't reach the US?  Like I trust our government to tell us the truth under BHO.  And the assumption is to put a nuke on a US target....without the heat shield and associated gear that lightens the load for more distance.  Furthermore, if they have limited numbers then a single EMP would make more sense because it would kill more people and cause more chaos than taking out...a couple of cities. 

Also...who can be certain what some lower echelon guy might misinterpret thinking he was following the big guy's orders?  Pop an EMP over Japan or take out one of their cities and then it gets real...nuke a couple of our ships and then what? 

Gee, I have such confidence in how this will turn out with a bowing pu$$y in control of our nation.  I sure hope he has not expelled, arrested or otherwise run away all the good guys in the military.

[tombogan03884]

Nuke a carrier and you take out at least 90 air craft and 5,000 US personnel . plus what ever damage is done to nearby escort ships .
EMP from an airburst would effectively destroy South Korea, Japan, or large portions of the US West Coast, depending on where it went off.
Mean while Obama would "go all French on them".

[fightingquaker13]

Nuke a carrier and you take out at least 90 air craft and 5,000 US personnel . plus what ever damage is done to nearby escort ships .
EMP from an airburst would effectively destroy South Korea, Japan, or large portions of the US West Coast, depending on where it went off.
Mean while Obama would "go all French on them".

No he won't. Same way he reinforced our forces in the sandbox, as a show of strength before pulling out. Its not that he's wise or a patriot, its just that he learned the Carter lesson. You can't look weak abroad and have credibility at home. He doesn't give two shats about the young Un. And every President wants to be a War President. Plus, in wartime? The POTUS gets what he wants. Even if its for the wrong reasons, I think he'll do the right thing here. It works to his advantage. We're the ones who should be singing Kumbaya, as BO with War Powers is a scary thought.

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[Jrlobo]

A long long time ago, there was a novel entitled "The Chinese Ultimatum". It postulated scenarios, albeit fictional, of the intricacies of strategy, warfare and seemingly unrelated diplomatic and political events. The strategy applies more today than back then. It was set in a macho era when all leaders were "men". Obama breaks that equation, however. As for the NKA, I always thought the great fear was from their artillery, both long and short range that are hidden in caves and only exposed to fire then to take cover in the caves. Besides, their skinny soldiers are hard to hit.

[fightingquaker13]

A long long time ago, there was a novel entitled "The Chinese Ultimatum". It postulated scenarios, albeit fictional, of the intricacies of strategy, warfare and seemingly unrelated diplomatic and political events. The strategy applies more today than back then. It was set in a macho era when all leaders were "men". Obama breaks that equation, however. As for the NKA, I always thought the great fear was from their artillery, both long and short range that are hidden in caves and only exposed to fire then to take cover in the caves. Besides, their skinny soldiers are hard to hit.

Their artillery is scarier than their "maybe" nukes. Seoul is in range and they can turn it to rubble within hours. That's a no BS for real threat. We won't do the same to Pyonyang as killing tens of thousands of civilians isn't in our playbook, and they just don't give a shat. Its what they do every day to their own people.Its what makes this so complicated.

[Rastus]

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Mean while Obama would "go all French on them".

I agree.  He is one of those liberal bullies backed up by his liberal PC bully friends and a rabidly progressive socialist/communist news media.  When his nose has blood on it and things get real he'll bow and scrape.

Thus far you and others have been "on the mark" with prognostications of what BHO would do and how he would perform.  I have no confidence in BHO supporters being right this time.

[tombogan03884]

Their artillery is scarier than their "maybe" nukes. Seoul is in range and they can turn it to rubble within hours. That's a no BS for real threat. We won't do the same to Pyonyang as killing tens of thousands of civilians isn't in our playbook, and they just don't give a shat. Its what they do every day to their own people.Its what makes this so complicated.

Which is why we haven't "won" a war since 1945 when killing as many as needed was still in our playbook.
War, means fightin', and fightin' means killin'.
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forest, CSA

[Rastus]

Which is why we haven't "won" a war since 1945 when killing as many as needed was still in our playbook.
War, means fightin', and fightin' means killin'.
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forest, CSA

General Forrest's tactics were studied by the Nazi's and are claimed to be a foundation for the blitzkrieg as his battles were studied by the German military.  He went in fast and light with a small force in an unconventional manner.