U.S. official: N. Korea torpedo likely sunk S. Korean warship

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[dragnet2]

Obama - what are you going to do?

Are we their nanny?

WTF did South Korea do?

[TXnMA]

I would pretty well agree with that analysis. See damage reconstruction graphic at

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2499651/posts?page=55#55

[Mopp4]

...but that the explosive device itself did not come in contact with the hull of the South Korean ship, the official said.

Well, I'm no military genius but isn't that how a torpedo works...by coming in contact with the hull of a ship ????

[verity]

"I'm trying to figure out how this is not an act of war."

I imagine it could be construed as such if irrefutable proof is found.

[Joe Boucher]

Obozo ain’t gonna do skeeah.

[Rammer]

No, most torpedoes explode under the ship. The resulting pressure change breaks the ships hull.

[blasater1960]

"Are we their nanny?"

I think the point of this is; What if this was Bush? The Dems and MSM would be saying "another failed Bush policy of engagement! Bush engages and KJ IL pokes him in the eye! Bush foreign policy FAIL! etc etc etc.

[DoughtyOne]

Pretty close to true, but don't forget that Conservatives and Talk Radio are responsible for this racist act.

Other than that, you got it absolutely right.  ;-)

[Mopp4]

No, most torpedoes explode under the ship. The resulting pressure change breaks the ships hull.

Ok..cool..so doesn't have to come in contact....thanks !

[Mr. Mojo]

KJ Ill will continue to up the ante, figuring that the more he provokes, the more likely U.S. taxpayer dollars will come his way.

[jhpigott]

Probably. But sinking a SK warship with half the hands on deck may evoke a different SK response than normal. Instead of US tax dollars KJI could find himself cut off from all aid or on the receiving end of HE wrapped in metal

[Del Rapier]

There will be Korean blood spilled and it is not going to be all from South of the DMZ.

[joelt]

Dear Leader is 24/7 looking for Ice Station Zebra on BluRay.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

thats because,...I believe they are still “AT” war, technically, altho an armistice is in effect.

[Strategerist]

Modern torpedoes generally have magnetic-influence detonators; they explode under the hull without making contact, creating a bubble of gas that breaks the keel - essentially the spine - of the ship so it splits in half.

[wolfcreek]

I think there is a agreement between NK, Iran, Syria Venezuela, etc to stir up trouble in concert.

[Mopp4]

Thanks ! I was thinking too old school I guess...haha..

[JasonC]

And by pretending there was any doubt and delaying the statement, they have given themselves an excuse to ignore direct military attack.

Inventive new cowardice, the new frontier in leftist political technique...

[Rammer]

You’re welcome! Not something most people would know.

[Non-Sequitur]

Obama - what are you going to do?????

Isn't that South Korea's call? After all, it was their ship.