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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:37 AM Original message |
US push for air strikes (North Korean nuclear sites) |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't see what option they do have |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. One reasonable option: let them have the bomb. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Indeed, it's the only country to have ever done so. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
61. ...and go through several major wars |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 02:20 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Is that why we broke from Non Proliferation |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 07:30 AM Response to Reply #61 |
68. And we absolutely with all certainty would never do away with Habeas Corpus |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. I hope they leave them alone |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. It's really impossible to say what BushCo might do.... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. US has already initiated first nuclear strike (on Hiroshima and |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
56. Still M.A.D |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 02:27 AM Response to Reply #22 |
66. I thought that this morning, let them just freaking have it. It's not |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Huh? |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. As outlined below, |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Go sign up then, chief. Put your money where your big war-lovin' mouth is. |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. *shrug* |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
54. Well, why not do what North Korea wants. They want to talk. They want an |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Please don't mistake... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. LOL |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That'd be more like wagging Godzilla than the dog. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. Indeed. |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. Add to the list: Bush let NK get the Bomb. |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. Not going to happen. The gang of incompetents had their bluff called. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. Did anyone have any doubt about this move? I mean diplomacy hasn't |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Nope, no doubts here |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. Scared the crap out of them too. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. Oh yeah, like THAT would be a good idea |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. All a bunch of blue states anyway... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. That is 73 electoral votes, and the largest Congressional delegation |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. All together now: Air Strikes, Air Strikes, Air Strikes, Air Strikes !!! n |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
9. Nice corner the egotistical Dimson has painted himself into. His past |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Bush Has Run Out Of Corners, He's Either Painted Himself Into All Of Them |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. good one! |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. When you only pack a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. nt |
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allisonthegreat (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. Figures, n/t |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. And I'm Sure China Will Stand Idly By And Let THAT Happen |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. not just china but s. korea and japan |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. October Surprise |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. You beat me to it. Dropping a nuke is the October surprise. |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. he won't nuke North Korea |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Look where we are, we are arguing about WHICH country this dangerous SOB |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
55. I'm sure of it! |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Bye bye, Seoul. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. We lost roughly 55,000 soldiers during the "Police Action" from |
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Freedom_from_Chains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. You had to know this was coming. I excepted him to announce |
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ama (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Rummy's North Korea Connection |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. And while you are at it, kiss Tokyo and Seoul good bye. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. Not Going To Happen. PetroFreedom Quotient Is Nonexistent |
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ryanus (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. I participated in a NK war exercises a few years ago |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I seem to recall that NK can obliterate Seoul with conventional |
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ryanus (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. That may be possible |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Good post. How do you think the U.S. government should react to this test? |
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ryanus (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. I really don't know. NK is a bad place, they do bad things |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Very interesting. I have a colleague who is from South Korea- |
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ryanus (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. The animosity between the people has really gone down |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Funny how our own nuclear disamament (as called for in |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Not only that |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. And since we've shot our wad in Iraq (figuratively speaking), I |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. Surprise, surprise, surprise! |
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dave502d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. South Korea won't let that happen. n/t |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. Smaaarrrt! |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. Oh, that will surely work; just like shock and awe did. |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. Sticky return key? Or do you have a cat? |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
58. Losing two wars isn't enough. We're trying for four. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
60. Uhm, bad idea if they are plants - unless you want to cause a regional |
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mackdaddy (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
62. Could NK or Iran not "Bomb the US Back"? |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I think you may have your comparison backwards... ~50X smaller. |
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mackdaddy (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 07:27 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Never listen to talk show host who don't know their mega from kilo |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
64. Over South Korea's dead bodies! |
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