Tag: North Korea threatens

North Korea Rattlin Sabres again…

North Korea Rattlin Sabres again…

To be expected from the little kid in the DPK…

NKorea warns region is on brink of war

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (AP) – North Korea warned Friday that U.S.-South Korean plans for military maneuvers put the peninsula on the brink of war, and appeared to launch its own artillery drills within sight of an island it showered with a deadly barrage this week.

The fresh artillery blasts were especially defiant because they came as the U.S. commander in South Korea, Gen. Walter Sharp, toured the South Korean island to survey damage from Tuesday’s hail of North Korean artillery fire that killed four people.

None of the latest rounds hit the South’s territory, and U.S. military officials said Sharp did not even hear the concussions, though residents on other parts of the island panicked and ran back to the air raid shelters where they huddled earlier in the week as white smoke rose from North Korean territory.

Tensions have soared between the Koreas since the North’s strike Tuesday destroyed large parts of this island, killing two civilians as well as two marines in a major escalation of their sporadic skirmishes along the sea border.

The attack – eight months after a torpedo sank a South Korean warship further west, killing 46 sailors – has also laid bare weaknesses in South Korea’s defense 60 years after the Korean War. The skirmish forced South Korea’s beleaguered defense minister to resign Thursday, and President Lee Myung-bak on Friday named a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the post.

Here’s a couple of things I’ve been thinking about regarding this incident.

1. Just prior to this action didn’t our beloved POTUS visit several places and get roundly slapped about the head and shoulders for his policies?

2. Didn’t the Chinese come out against Obama’s “QE2?”

3. Who exactly gets hurt by Americans printing money like monopoly cash?

4. Unions support Obama, Obama supports unions, unions are getting hurt by the trade agreements with China and jobs are still flocking overseas to compete. China is growing and the US job market is dismal. Obama’s next step could be some type of tariff on imported goods (Which would be good) but would upset China’s power play in the nations economic picture.

5. Who is North Korea’s keeper?

6. What would be the best way to keep Obama from focusing on the economic issues that China wants to maintain?

The answer to all those questions makes it perfectly clear what’s really going on. China is pulling the strings of the Norks. There really is no down side for China. They are warning against military action BUT if push comes to shove, they will simply come in and “Negotiate” some sort of “Peace” through pulling back North Korea. China comes out smelling like a rose, Obama will give into China’s “Suggestion” about not raising tariffs on their imports and North Korea will just go back to business as usual until the next time China is pissed.

What could and should be done is very simple.

Quit being pussies. Tell the Norks that the incoming barrage of artillery shells is in retaliation for their action. IF they want to escalate, bring it on. Period. Tell China this game stops here. In poker you need call once in a while and if you are not prepared to do it,  get out of Poker all together.

We have been folding for so long it’s expected. Right now the cards are in our favor for a couple of reasons. One reason being, the last time our economy was this fouled up, we got out of it through WW2. The world is too populated now anyway, time to free up some room. IF China and the Norks decide to do the right thing and call off their dogs, then perhaps some sort of peace in the region can be achieved. But until a call is placed on this play, it’s going to continue.