North and South Korea exchange Fire !!! (middle east, enemies, Israel, fence)
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This shelling by the north is a direct result of the South's lack of response when the norht sunk a South Korean warship earlier this year. If you don't stand up to a thug, you will get more thuggish behavior.
The United States should pull its 30,000 troops away from the DMZ down to the southern half of South Korea. From there they could still react quickly to aggression but they would be out of range of the Norhts NUMEROUS artillery and rocket pieces. Where they are now they are, sadly, not much more than human shields and would suffer high casualties in a North Korean first strike.
I would like to see a few weeks of airstrikes to destroy the North's artillery capability. They can't invade the south because they lack the logistical capability to move their bloated army. They are a defensive army with tons of artillery. Destroy their artillery and they have nothing left. Of course, the capital of the south is within range of that artillery so they would suffer casualties, which is why the South's politicians don't want to take action.
1 Redeploy US troops out of artillery range
2 air strikes to destroy artillery
3 Optional land invasion to change regime and finally end the Korean war which has been in effect for over half a century.
Once again YOU CANNOT DESTROY NORTH KOREAN ARTILLERY WITHOUT SUSTAINING HEAVY SOUTH KOREAN CIVILIAN CASUALTIES!
Where are we going to get the troops to invade North Korea? The North Korean Army is over 1 million soldiers strong?
Do think that North Korea with a leader that is not the most stable in the world and in possession of nuclear weapons is going to sit idle and let an invasion force build up?
Obama needs to make a STRONG statement about this. North Korea has been harassing South Korea militarily, killing dozens of their soldiers since Obama took office. North Korea knows that South Korea will not take any strong counter action unless it has U.S. support. If Obama continues his lax policies towards North Korea, there will come a day when North Korea will do something extremely drastic and it will be TOO late to do anything about.
Since Obama took office? Are you completely devoid of any knowledge of history AT ALL?
All you folks calling this common know nothing of history. This was the first artillery strike on South Korean soil since the end of the Korean war.
On top of everything, a CIVILIAN (civilians WERE injured) town was targeted in this attack (check out news reports, one guy didn't get blown to pieces by a shell by about 200 feet or so, caught on video).
So no, this is not the same as every other incident that has occurred between North and South Korea since the end of the Korean war.
I believe a swift and tactical strike should be carried out to neutralize all North Korean artillery units along the border, particularly those near Incheon and Seoul. Intelligence over the years ought to provide us enough information to be able to hit most of their artillery units with devastating force before they could react. This would send a VERY strong message to NK. Otherwise, one day they may "accidentally" launch an artillery salvo at a major city.
Wow, then those artillery strikes I endured on each of my three tours on the Korean DMZ in the 1960s never happened. Every week there would be one or two ads in the Stars and Stripes
Anyone having claim against or owing to the estate of SP/4................
contact JAG. because they were killed on the DMZ
This shelling by the north is a direct result of the South's lack of response when the norht sunk a South Korean warship earlier this year. If you don't stand up to a thug, you will get more thuggish behavior.
The United States should pull its 30,000 troops away from the DMZ down to the southern half of South Korea. From there they could still react quickly to aggression but they would be out of range of the Norhts NUMEROUS artillery and rocket pieces. Where they are now they are, sadly, not much more than human shields and would suffer high casualties in a North Korean first strike.
I would like to see a few weeks of airstrikes to destroy the North's artillery capability. They can't invade the south because they lack the logistical capability to move their bloated army. They are a defensive army with tons of artillery. Destroy their artillery and they have nothing left. Of course, the capital of the south is within range of that artillery so they would suffer casualties, which is why the South's politicians don't want to take action.
1 Redeploy US troops out of artillery range
2 air strikes to destroy artillery
3 Optional land invasion to change regime and finally end the Korean war which has been in effect for over half a century.
You obviously don't know why the 30K troops are located where they are. Everyone who has ever been there knows why they are there. They know that they would not last more than a day with a full scale invasion. They would all die...That is why they are there. They are the deterrent, not because they can hold off an attack, but because if we lost that many men we would have no choice but to declare war on Korea...that is the deterrent. I thought everyone knew that.
South Korea has over 300,000 men on active duty and a 24 hour call up of well over one million in a country smaller than New Jersey. They can protect themselves. Using Nukes in Korea would destroy both sides
WHEN did he claim to be? Unlike the 'family values' spouting hypocrite Republicans, the prime example being the adulterer they sent on a witch hunt for Clinton.
We have treaty obligations with South Korea.
It really is NOT that simple.
Steve
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