No doubt.
Posted on 10/14/2006 10:54:16 AM PDT by maquiladora
You are right. He was wonderful. I also liked that Fox (or the wire feed) zoomed in on the empty chair before he spoke.
Did you hear what Bolton said about this yesterday? He said since the Nokor people have been losing average height and weight they thought it would be good to put Dear Leader on a diet.
Isn't this essentially a naval blockade? Isn't a naval blockade an act of war?
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* Most North Korean combat vessels, such as light destroyers, patrol ships, guided missile boats, torpedo boats, and fire support boats are small. Some 40 guided missile boats pose a substantial threat; they have the capability of launching missile attacks against large vessels and are equipped with two to four 46-km-range Styx anti-ship missiles. At present, over 60% of North Korean combat vessels are deployed in forward bases.
* Approximately 60 percent of the North Korean naval force is deployed close to the front line area. They include 430 combat vessels, such as patrol boats, missile boats, torpedo boats and fire support vessels, 35 submarines including 9 small ones, and 335 supporting vessels such as landing ships and air cushion vessels.
* Submarines, most of which are of the 20-some Romeo-class, are outdated and slow, but they are sufficiently capable of blocking sea lanes. These vessels could attack ROK surface vessels, emplace mines anywhere within the ROK maritime territory, or secretly infiltrate commandos into the South.
* The forward deployment of small high-speed boats such as torpedo and missile boats provides North Korea with an enhanced capability to launch a surprise attack on US combat vessels in the waters along the front line. In particular, the missile boats are equipped with Styx anti-ship missiles with a range of 45 km. The submarines could be used in conducting such missions as blocking sea lanes, placing mines or landing commandos. North Korea deploys 95 km-range Samlet and Silkworm ground-to-sea missiles on its eastern and western coasts. The Silkworm missiles are estimated to be capable of striking vessels near Inchon on the western coast and near Sokcho on the east.
* North Korea also deploys 80-95 km-range ground-to-ship Samlet and Silkworm missiles on both east and west coasts. Silkworm missiles, deployed in the forward area, are able to launch anti-ship attacks as far as Tokjok-do in the Yellow Sea and Sokcho and Yangyang on the east coast.
* The DPRK has a credible mine warfare capability. There are numerous small surface ships that are capable of delivering mines within both the navy and civilian sectors. Mines will be used to defend against amphibious assaults, defend strategic ports, and provide seaward flank protection for land forces. Defensive mine fields will be monitored by coastal observation teams and radar, and they will be supported by well emplaced artillery and missile batteries.
GlobalSecurity.org
"The resolution calls on all countries to inspect cargo leaving and arriving in North Korea" - Yep, pretty much.
"If North Koreans were insane then there would already be war."
There is already war-
"On July 27, 1953, the UN, North Korea, and China signed an armistice agreement—South Korea refused to sign—and the fighting ended. The armistice called for a buffer zone 4 km (2.5 mi) wide across the middle of Korea, from which troops and weapons were supposed to be withdrawn. This 'demilitarized zone' was in fact heavily fortified; as of the late 1990s, more than 1 million soldiers confronted each other along the zone. With no peace treaty signed, the two Koreas remained technically still at war; only the armistice agreement and demilitarized zone kept a tenuous peace."
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761559607_3/Korean_War.html#s20
Bans trade with North Korea on battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems.
Business as usual?
I was thinking this before I got to it while reading your reply.
This is why the U.N. is useless.
Why does THIS make the UN useless?
Because "Nations United" didn't "kowtow"?
Quadriplegics worldwide who read your statement will be in panic because of it.
We'll see how it works in practice. Given what they said about that part of the resolution, I doubt the Chinese will be any help at all when it comes to cargo inspections.
The UN does not have a good record. Forgive us for being so cynical.
Sorry, I'll believe it when I see it.
No doubt.
Even though not all trade is blocked, to make sure only "harmless" is moving, wouldn't ALL traffic to and from NK have to be searched and/or stopped? The more I think of this, the bigger it appears.
Could it be that China and Russia are having second thoughts about the monster they created? Now, what if North Korea sells nuclear weapons to the highest bidder and that bidder is one of the rebel groups in Russia or China? Kerboom.
I saw a picture of a NK ship leaving a Japan rt piled high with USED bicycles....
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