US has 'significant' deterrent capability against North Korea: Rice

AFP ^ | 05/02/05

[AZHua87]

It's worth a read I think. Also, the book titled "The Magician." That's about the British stage magic artist that became a Major in His Majesties Service and was placed in charge of Camouflage and concealment and he used his theatre skills to do some pretty amazing things.

[sheik yerbouty]

South Korea will be an island.

[shaggy eel]

,,, that's talent!

[zarf]

The US can't do anything more than try to prevent NK from shipping technology overseas.

NK is nuclear and that will not change.

China is useless and a war is out of the question.

[ConservativeLawyer]

Same deterrence that beat the Soviet Union

Except the Soviets weren't nuts.

[SmithL]

Except the Soviets weren't nuts.

So, even though the Soviet Union went bankrupt, Mother Russia is still habitable.

[ConservativeLawyer]

All I'm saying is I'm not sure the leadership of NK will think through the logical result in which their actions may result. Having said that, I hope you are right.

BTW: thank you for your service.

[vezke]

"the United States maintains significant, I want to underline significant, deterrent capability of all kinds in the Asia-Pacific region.

That's what I like to hear Condi!

You hear that Kimmie?

[SmithL]

I hope I'm right too, but I believe you completely about NK being nuts. Mutually Assured Destruction was a workable concept against a major power that wanted to avoid destruction. I have no idea what NK really wants, and I suspect that they don't know for sure, either.

[ChinaThreat]

The problem of dealing with folks like Saddam and Kim Jong Il is that they are simple street thugs elevated to positions of power that are beyond their intellect. This is like your local Afghan warlord having a nuclear tipped SCUD. There are different variations in the theme but they are both the same.

To them, the world is one big Gangland. Saddam slimed his way through the streets of Tikrit and Kim Jong Il fought his way through the N. Korean authoritacracy. That is all they know. Live and die by the sword. These guys having nuclear weapons is bad. Very bad. I'm not sure what we can do about it. There are some very touch choices to make in the near future.

[Restorer]

Kim Jong Il fought his way through the N. Korean authoritacracy.

As I understand it, Mr. Kim actually inherited his position from Dad. That means he's likely to be even less grounded in reality than if he'd fought his way up from the mean streets.

Imagine what Hitler's son might have been like.

[AdmSmith]

I suspect the dark night of North Korea might have a glowing green auro soon....



In any other country the light intensity correlates with population density, not in the kingdom of Kim-Dim.

The picture was taken in October of 2000 from a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite at an altitude of approximately 450 miles (720 km).

[ASA Vet]

South Korea will be an island.

[SevenofNine]

OH MAN that too scary that tell me alot about Chia Pet Kim

He is one psycho leader I bet only house that has lights in his own cribs LOL!

I don't think that Condi would go to North Korea unlike Maddy not Too Bright I don't think Little Kim like strong women

[SevenofNine]

OH MAN that too scary that tell me alot about Chia Pet Kim

He is one psycho leader I bet only house that has lights in his own cribs LOL!

I don't think that Condi would go to North Korea unlike Maddy not Too Bright I don't think Little Kim like strong women

[Paul_Denton]

North Korea? Nothing an Ohio-class submarine cant fix.

[Paul_Denton]

There wouldn't be a NK had Truman not pulled the plug on MacArthur. Truman is the most overrated President in history.

The ROC would still be on the mainland and Taiwan would never have to face the threat of communism/neo-fascism it does today if MacArthur had his way with both North Korea AND China.

[sheik yerbouty]

Whoops!