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The Real Threat From North Korea
SpaceWar.com ^ | 07/07/06 | by Anthony H. Cordesman

Posted on 07/07/2006 1:44:49 PM PDT by garbageseeker

The same North Korean ICBM efforts that throw a rock at Alaska can throw a large nuclear warhead at every ally the United States has in Northeast Asia. Japan and South Korea are not only close allies, they are critical trading partners. The risk of a war in this part of the world would inevitably threaten Chinese involvement in some form, and possible bloc trade with much of China for an extended period even if China did not become involved. Our troops and our bases in most of Asia would be at hazard as well.

Americans need to stop thinking parochially and selfishly and start thinking strategically. North Korea does not have to be able to hit the United States with meaningful nuclear threats to do much to deter or damage the United States

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To: xjcsa
North Korea has artillery - some of it possibly loaded with chemical or biological weapons - in range of the entire city, and we would not be able to take it out fast enough to save the city.

They have about 12,000 pieces of artillery along the DMZ
41 posted on 07/07/2006 5:08:28 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: garbageseeker
The world economy, if there is such a thing, is hugely complex and interrelated; maybe better call it world commerce. If any part of it becomes disabled, the disruption would not be so much like puncturing a balloon or bubble as housing bubble aficionados seem to think, but like dropping a bridge in LA. Traffic would go around, but not as efficiently.
42 posted on 07/07/2006 5:11:27 PM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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To: pankot

That is why we need to stop these people and expose them for who they are.


43 posted on 07/07/2006 5:12:04 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: RightWhale

Excellent post!


44 posted on 07/07/2006 5:12:56 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: garbageseeker

China needs a wakeup call. It's time to slow their economy down.


45 posted on 07/07/2006 5:13:26 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: garbageseeker

But didn't China had their trains stolen by thr crazy North Koreans? It was claimed to be part of "aid"


46 posted on 07/07/2006 5:14:18 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican (everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
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To: John Lenin
That would be very difficult because our economy is so intertwined with their economy. Any slow down in the Chinese economy would be disasterous for our economy.
47 posted on 07/07/2006 5:16:48 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I cannot believe anything what comes out of the Chinese or North Korean foreign ministry office. Who knows what really happened.


48 posted on 07/07/2006 5:18:51 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: garbageseeker

No it wouldn't. The trade is so one sided in China's favor that we would probably gain jobs.


49 posted on 07/07/2006 5:19:02 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: garbageseeker

Iran and PDRK will both be toast by 2009 so that, like Bill post-Cold War and Gulf I, Hillary has nothing to do for eight years.


50 posted on 07/07/2006 5:22:31 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: John Lenin

You cannot forget that the Chinese hold a lot of the U.S. treasury bonds that pay for the interest in the national debt. If they dump those bonds, it will be a financial disaster for the United States. The U.S. will lose its ability to pay its bills.


51 posted on 07/07/2006 5:22:45 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: garbageseeker

Move the 30,000 US troops away from the DMZ. Give NK a warning, and follow up with the Chinese.

The next time they light one off, destroy the launch sites and keep a couple of carriers, some submarines and some air resources on station.

Arm the Japanese.


52 posted on 07/07/2006 5:22:59 PM PDT by alarm rider (Those that vote for RINOS knowingly, have already admitted defeat.)
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To: garbageseeker

The Chinese have hugh problems with the underclass in the country. We hold the aces in the deck.


53 posted on 07/07/2006 5:24:37 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: alarm rider

Those 30,000 U.S. troops are essential to keep South Korea from being over run by the hordes of North Korean troops. Plus, we are technically still at war with North Korea and will be seen as a sign of weakness by the North Koreans if they are removed. We must show to the world that we are willing to kick some North Korean butt all the way to the Yalu River.


54 posted on 07/07/2006 5:26:53 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: alarm rider

I hate to tell you this but bombing the launch sites is asinine and something only a Clintonoid would recommend. You bomb them before they get nukes not afterwords. Go back to DU.


55 posted on 07/07/2006 5:27:29 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: John Lenin

They may have problems with their underclass but they are flush with American cash.


56 posted on 07/07/2006 5:27:42 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: garbageseeker

I think it's dumb too to build up China like we are but in the long run it may turn them into a democracy.


57 posted on 07/07/2006 5:29:33 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: John Lenin

I agree its dumb to build China but they have 1 billion consumers.Like turning a battleship its very slow and it will take some time. The more the people become addicted to money and personal goods they will make the final plunge to become a democracy. Hong Kong is a huge thorn in their side because the amount of trade that goes on.


58 posted on 07/07/2006 5:32:52 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: justa-hairyape

Bump


59 posted on 07/07/2006 5:52:47 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: MinorityRepublican
But didn't China had their trains stolen by thr crazy North Koreans? It was claimed to be part of "aid".

I don't buy the train story or anything a Korean Starving Chicom Thug says. If China cannot take its trains back from North Korea, China has to be considered to be a paper tiger.

60 posted on 07/07/2006 6:15:54 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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