North, South Korea Soldiers Exchange Fire (breaking!!!)

Yahoo! News ^ | July 16, 2003 | AP

[RWR8189]

I overlooked that aspect, drowning the welfare state in deficits and defense spending is probably the only way to abolish it.

[Thumper1960]

I'm sick of defending the Frances and Germanys of the world. Withdraw all of our troops from the pissant cesspool that is Europe. Withdraw our troops and funding from those states which take our foreign aid, yet curse our flag at every chance. Stop funding the U.N. and boot them into the Atlantic. Cut Congress' funding by 50% and their salaries by 3/4. Sell off the millions of acres of so-called "Federal Lands" and let the people own them. Begin with those and see how much money is "saved".

[Thumper1960]

That's how the Soviet Union collapsed.

[RWR8189]

We need troops all throughout the world to prevent another major superpower from emerging in China, and as odd as it may seem today, the EU.

[CaptIsaacDavis]

AP IDIOTS! "Suspected development of nuclear weapons" . Hah~ I guess they don't read over there at the AP.

[CaptIsaacDavis]

Woah tiger! "This crap" is new. The North has never had nukes before -- nor have they had a leader who has changed party ideology from one of following orders from Stalin and then self-sufficiency (read, survive until the US and Soviets duke it out) to an "Army First" policy of preparing for an offensive war on their own terms.

[Thumper1960]

I have little faith that the EU could/will amount to much in the long term. Europe has a tendency to factionalize and descend into brutality and chaos. Centuries of warfare, even under somewhat strong authority, has become the hallmark of "civilized" Europe. As for Red China, taking out North Korea would be a nice first step to finally exterminating the Marxist-Leninist infestation we've had to contend with for nearly a hundred years. You cannot bargain or contain the Communist/Socialist. You can only exterminate him.

[Mamzelle]

As Scooby Doo say, Roh Roh!!

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Let the South Koreans deal with it. If China gets involved we nuke them. Simple. We need to stop building aircraft carriers and bombers, and instead build subs and ABMs. We'll need them to stop the red menace from Peking. Raise tariffs on China now. We need to starve the reds out.

[No.6]

"Mushroom cloud.....or.....temporary higher taxes

you decide "

Oh look, a brand new friend here at Free Republic. What a nice choice for a first post.

Where ARE those kittens when you need them?

[man of Yosemite]

Careful pal, those UPS boys can kick some serious ass. I've been on one of their trucks for 25 years and the new guys still can't work like me. Hand us all a bunch of rifles and you'd have a pretty good army.

[duk]

Hey yooper: where you at in the U.P.?
I'm in Munising.

[NeoCaveman]

Where ARE those kittens when you need them?

They come from the land of ice and snow...

[RWR8189]

Remember what Lenin said he could do with a generation, Europe is undergoing centralization in every aspect, and this is inherently anti-American, with a generation of young people who get fed that crap will start to believe it. And thats what theyll base their policies on.

I can forgive Nixon for Watergate, but the one thing I will never forgive him for is the betrayal of Taiwan. And now we have a Republican President that cannot even find the cajones to publically support Taiwan's right to self-determination. The political establishment in Washington no longer stands up to the Red Chinese.

[Capt_Hank]

I had dinner last night with my old Company Commander that I hadn't seen in 36 years. We were talking about the same thing. Just think, a new generation of men not wearing baggy clothes and having a "gig line" straight. They would intern pass on the "dress code" to their off spring.

[SauronOfMordor]

a volunteer army cannot support a massive occupation force, they may be able to win the battles in any country entirely due to our military superiority, but we need manpower that can only be supplied by MASSIVE recruiting efforts or a draft to keep the nations whose government we just overthrew stable

I have an idea to improve Army recruitment: tell the recruits they can pillage the conquered country, and take any cute women they find as slaves. In the current employment scene, the Army may then look very attractive.

Hey it worked for Rome (for a while).

I have strong misgivings about the long-term effect of our committing troops to the Balkans, Haiti (are we still there?), Korea, Iraq, and 90 other countries