Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 11/26/2010 7:29:40 AM PST by jhpigott
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CHRISTOPHER HILL: Well, I agree that we need a peace process.
Our problem right now is, we don’t have an interlocutor. It’s very unclear what’s going on in North Korea. Clearly, they have a succession crisis. They have an army that’s basically a law unto itself, that’s probably not taking civilian direction at this point. So, I think we have problems finding someone over there to talk to.
And, in the meantime, I think it is very important that we work very closely with the South Koreans. I don’t think we want to be in a position of somehow egging them on, nor do we want to be seen as — as pulling them back. I think what we want to be doing is in very, very serious consultations. And I think President Obama is doing just that with President Lee Myung-Bak.
CHRISTOPHER HILL: No, I’m referring to the South Koreans, because there are two ways you can go wrong with the South Koreans. One is to stand thousands of miles away and suggest there needs to be a much firmer response than they’re making. And the second is to somehow, you know, advocate that they do less.
(Excerpt) Read more at pbs.org ...
This possibility may indeed have some circulation in our government.
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” believes that one of the problems with negotiating with the DPRK is that we do not know at the moment whether the DPRK chain of command is in fact absolutely unified under KJI. “
In other words, he’s not sure who to pay-off...
(I gather that this is the same Christopher Hill who thought the “Six-Party-Talks” were a great success, when they committed greatly increased ‘aid’ (AKA ‘Danegeld’) to NK, for no substantive concessions in return??)
That is an insane term “a peace process” when you are talking about an insane dictator
I think Kim and his offspring are merely figureheads, the Army really runs the show, as it was in Japan during WWII.
Maybe we get lucky and they have a civil ware and Nuke themselves.
Do the intel work, find out where they are all meeting and take them out in a single airstrike. That’s the best diplomacy and china won’t do a thing.
Hill is a maroon, no doubt. But all joking aside, if there really is a chain of command issue, the I’m not so sure the old rules of provacation, negotiate, break promise, provacation still apply. Just makes an already tense situation all the more volatile.
Do the intel work, find out where they are all meeting and take them out in a single airstrike. That’s the best diplomacy and china won’t do a thing.
This also sends a strong message to Syria and Iran.
We need a game changer and fast.
Could some in the NK military be trying to create an incident that flares up into open conflict PRECISELY because they know that is the only way to rid NK of the corrupt leadership?
You can hide the truth of the world’s wealth & enormous freedoms from the poverty stricken starving masses; but it is pretty hard to hide it from every military officer.
With Clintoon at State and Zero in WH, no one in this country has a clue about what is going on in NK. You can get more diplomacy and foreign policy from a Cracker Jacks box.
and then when China moves towards SK & NK with “peacekeeping” troops as a result of your first strike against the NK leadership; then what?
Do we confront them (China) or let China have them both.....
Sheese.
Re-read the above excerpt. This idiot boy says absolutely nothing, admits he knows nothing of what is going on over there, except that we need to be vewy vewy sewious about it.
Did the DoD ever get "Rods from God" working? Seems like a perfect way to demonstrate the concept......
This can't end well.
I doubt it.
China would have it's hands full trying to keep a few million starving Nork refugees from fleeing into China. This is what China really fears and if the current administration had any cajones at all they would use it and a trade tariff on Chinese imports to their advantage. It's about time we became a thorn in China's side for a change, instead of funding their military build up and helping them become the next superpower nation. Fight small battles now so you don't have to fight a big war later......
Sort of like what we're doing here in the USA.... :(
” But all joking aside “
You’re right, of course - this is too serious for even gentle humor....
And your point is absolutely valid, about the Carter/Bush/Clinton-albright/Bush-rice/Obama-clinton model of NK relations no longer being applicable....
(I don’t remember whether Reagan had anything significant happen with NK during his Administration)
That being the case, it would appear that somebody needs to figure out, or establish, the new ‘roles/rules’, before this (more-or-less) accidentally sets of the World War that nobody (except for a few of our Keyboard Kommandos) wants to even contemplate.....
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