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Casey: Army would have to ‘shift gears’ for N. Korea battle
Stars and Stripes ^
| May 30, 2009
| Jeff Schogol
Posted on 05/28/2009 5:34:54 PM PDT by xzins
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To: Non-Sequitur
Do you think they would commit aircraft?
I’m not sure why you think they wouldn’t commit troops though. I don’t think they’d like to see North Korea absorbed by the South.
China played an important role there before. I’m not convinced China isn’t helping NK out there now either.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:03:42 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Obama is mentally a child of ten. Just remember that when he makes statements and issues policy.)
To: C19fan
The nuclear mines on the corridor will impede the invasion
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:04:40 PM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Crucify ! Crucify ! Crucify him!!)
To: C19fan
Thanks for the comments. I appreciate the info.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:04:54 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Obama is mentally a child of ten. Just remember that when he makes statements and issues policy.)
To: xzins
We don’t have to shift anything if we nuke them.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:05:10 PM PDT
by
TomasUSMC
( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
To: randog
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:06:06 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Big_Monkey
Thanks for your honest assessment.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:06:21 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Obama is mentally a child of ten. Just remember that when he makes statements and issues policy.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
They could dump a ton of artillery on the capital in a day, I doubt they’d take the capital that fast. Its a long walk.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:07:02 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: americanophile
May be true. The question is whether or not they could challenge the airspace any. The airpower of today could make that exceedingly expensive.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:07:06 PM PDT
by
farlander
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: Dallas59
Didn’t Biden say that Obama would be tested, AND that many would consider his response a failure....
Something like that, wasn’t it???
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:07:40 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain, Pro Deo et Patria)
To: farlander
But they couldnt move in south. That border is one of the most well defended ones.
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Oh really? Know how many troops are on the ground in Panmunjun? Fewer than 600 Battalion Scouts (Light Infantry). These troops are nothing but a speed bump and they know it.
Drive south from the DMZ some time, every half mile to mile (iirc)is a fall-back position (berm with a gap). Every bridge over those gaps is wired to come down. Dragons teeth litter the fields in front of the berms.
The entire northern part of South Korea is designed to be given up but at a cost.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:08:29 PM PDT
by
wtc911
("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
To: randog
They (the south I mean) have an army of half a million men, we have a tenth of that there on the ground. But we'd ramp to match them within 3 to 6 months.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:08:37 PM PDT
by
JasonC
To: DoughtyOne
Curly was always my favorite!
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:09:33 PM PDT
by
GL of Sector 2814
(One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word. -- R A Heinlein)
To: DoughtyOne
I think China could lend considerable logistical support, and there can be no doubt that China would love to see the west, particularly the U.S. humiliated by a defeat in Korea. China may not get directly involved, but it's presence as rearguard could allow all of N. Korea's substantial army to empty into the south. There's also the possibility of China pulling an East Germany. If things go bad for N. Korea, they may roll into the North under the pretense of enforcing peace, then either hold onto it, or prop up the N. Korean regime under their tutelage like East Germany and the Soviets.
To: farlander
“The question is whether or not they could challenge the airspace any.”
No question about it, we own the air over SK. A lot of anti-air over NK would make it tight but their air power is minimal.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:10:56 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: GL of Sector 2814
Too bad they don’t have these guys on today. I’ll bet if I looked around on all the cable channels I have, I could find them somewhere.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:11:04 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Obama is mentally a child of ten. Just remember that when he makes statements and issues policy.)
To: xzins
Problem is the opening artillery and rocket attack would hurt S. Korea very bad. We could take out many of the guns pretty quick, but not before a lot of damage could be done.
That and we don't have a whole lot of troops on the ground there.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:11:07 PM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: Dallas59
To sell them to Iran, of course. Who will give some to Hezbollah and Hamas and Al-Q, touse on Israel and on us.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:11:08 PM PDT
by
JasonC
To: devolve; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; MeekOneGOP; dixiechick2000; All; xzins
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:11:09 PM PDT
by
potlatch
To: xzins
It would take the Army time to "shift gears" if it needed to fight against North Korea, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey said Thursday.There is no possibility that Obama OR the Congress will fight in Korea.
But that's OK, because the war is here.
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:12:41 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Pas d'ennmis a droit)
To: xzins
No more Task Force Charlie?
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posted on
05/28/2009 6:12:42 PM PDT
by
CHATTAB
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