(North Korea Targets) Hawaii Uh-Oh

IBD Editorials ^ | June 19, 2009, | Investor's Business Daily

[WhiteCastle]

Defense: As we prepare to celebrate our independence, North Korea wants to remind us of Pearl Harbor. Fortunately, we can make use of assets dreamed of by Reagan and deployed by Bush to defend our 50th state. Japan's Yomiuri newspaper reported Thursday that North Korea would launch a long-range Taepodong-2 missile at Hawaii on or about July 4. This would be the anniversary of the first Taepodong-2 test on July 4, 2006. It would also mark the 15th anniversary of North Korean President Kim Il Sung's death.Those who know have stopped laughing at North Korea's increasingly credible nuclear and global missile threat. Taking it seriously was Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who on Thursday said he had ordered the deployment of defense equipment to Hawaii.

[Dallas59]

Nor-reth Ko-rear better not do anything!!!! We got Obama on our side!!! Go Obama!!!/s

[Mr Ramsbotham]

There is no way North Korea is going to attack the United States. What they’ll do is play brinksmanship until they’re convinced they can attack South Korea with impunity.

[Son House]

Do they have the GPS coordinates so Øbama has a good excuse when it come time to produce a birth certificate?

“The North Koreans desecrated my birth certificate!”

[2harddrive]

BRILLIANT line! Maybe that IS what Hussein Obama is hoping for! LOL.

[Signalman]

Quick, we need to send a strongly-worded letter to the N. Koreans. That’ll show ‘em.

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

I agree with you and to top it off-
there’s a weakling in the WH- let’s go back to Slo-Joe Biden’s words about “being tested”.
The MSM are going to have field day with this one

[The Duke]

I suggest we move the White House to Hawaii, so that Dear Leader can manage things more closely.

[sushiman]

” There is no way North Korea is going to attack the United States. “

Well , you have a 50-50 chance of being right .

Who knows what is going through the mind of Kim and his military advisers ?

IF , and it’s a big one , if Hawaii were nuked our powder puff usurper POTUS would have no choice but to retaliate , and would do so without haste IMO .

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Well , you have a 50-50 chance of being right.

Those are the odds I always take to Vegas. I figure that I'm either going to win a million bucks or I'm not. Therefore, I've got a 50/50 chance!

[aviator]

If we REALLY took this seriously, we would bomb the launch site before the missile got airborne!

[Keflavik76]

“A holdover from the Bush administration, Gates must be grateful and appreciative of the irony of having this equipment his new boss, President Obama, has derided as “unproven.”

The new boss has cut missile defense in the new budget just in the nick of time to match our greatest need for it. He doesn’t take his pledge to defend the United States serious as he is too busy micro-managing corporate salaries and firing Inspector Generals.

[Gator113]

Obama just declassified this in hopes of saving lives if things go wrong.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=211172294308374001&hl=en

[parsifal]

Isn’t it curious how nothing has been heard lately about the Truman - MacArthur disagreement? With hindsight, maybe we can finally figure out who was right?

parsy, who believes there is no substitute for Jenna Jameson.

[El Gato]

If, as many believe, NK can't hit Hawaii, they could hit Alaska, say Anchorage, which is considerably closer. Downside to that is, they'd need to fly over Russia's Kamchatca penninsula. Maybe not a Good Idea, even from their point of view.

However they could likely reach the Midway Islands, which are around 1,000 miles closer than Honolulu. The advantage would be that they would make their point, it is US territory, but likely not even hit land, just the lagoon of the atoll.

[El Gato]

If we REALLY took this seriously, we would bomb the launch site before the missile got airborne!

Or least send the the Airborne Laser(ABL) or other boost phase intercept system, to zap it when it's most vulnerable.

But The Messaih would not do that, any more than he'd bomb the launch site. It's still somewhat ambiguous what the target might be during the boost phase, at least the early part of it.

[Spok]

“What they’ll do is play brinksmanship until they’re convinced they can attack South Korea with impunity.”

There are 30,000 American troops in South Korea; when they’re attacked, we’re attacked, and even Obama won’t be able to do nothing.

[El Gato]

The advantage would be that they would make their point, it is US territory, but likely not even hit land, just the lagoon of the atoll.

And Obammy wouldn't do squat about it. Another strongly worded letter, and a call for a UN resolution.

[TLI]

Call me weird but NK hitting Hawaii with a missile for any reason sounds pretty thin. In fact, no. Right now I am not buying it.

What else is going on out there that would require "deployments" of some sort?

[El Gato]

There are 30,000 American troops in South Korea; when they’re attacked, we’re attacked, and even Obama won’t be able to do nothing

There are now, but after Obama reaches out to Dear Leader, there might not be. Or they might be ordered to Pusan for evacuation, when NK starts moving its troops.