North Korea Nuclear Standoff

[Derek Ortt]

taking out NK is what is needed for world peace. Remember, they were openly building the nuclear reactor in Syria that Israel had to take out last year

this puppet show is getting old. It's time to take out the PUPPET MASTER and then sweep the pathetic puppets off the stage

[Ptarmigan]

South Koreans really dread North Korea invading them. It will be bloody, but short war.

[Derek Ortt]

and it would be one we win, probably with total victory as well. That is why I think it is time we push... before NK gets any more nukes where they could possibly cause a stalemate

[cycloneye]

North Korea says it has "weaponized" enough plutonium for four to five nuclear weapons

BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea says it has "weaponized" enough plutonium for four to five nuclear weapons, a U.S. expert said on Sunday after talks in Pyongyang.

North Korea has made a series of demands as well as offers of cooperation over its nuclear program as U.S. President-elect Barack Obama prepares to enter the White House.

The North's leader Kim Jong-il appears to have given up handling many day-to-day tasks after suffering a stroke and this may explain the North's hardening stance, Selig Harrison, a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a policy institute in Washington D.C., said.

Harrison said senior North Korean officials had told him this week that 30.8 kg (68 pounds) of plutonium their government had listed as part of a preliminary disarmament agreement had been "weaponized" -- incorporated into warheards or other arms.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090118/wl_ ... th_nuclear

[Derek Ortt]

we must go NOW. Diplomacy has filed in this case and they showed in Syria, that they will help terrorist regimes get the same weapons

[Ed Mahmoud]

I doubt the Norks would announce an invasion.


This may be a test of how much more than they can extort from the US with a new President. Both Clinton and Bush rewarded Li'l Kim to various extents every time he acted up.

[Aslkahuna]

They plan to take Obama at his word that he will negotiate without any preconditions.

Steve

[cycloneye]

We dont need another war please.

SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea said Friday it is ditching a nonaggression pact and all other peace agreements with South Korea, in an apparent attempt to use the threat of an armed clash to press Seoul to give up its "confrontational" stance.

The communist nation also said it will no longer respect a disputed sea border with the South, raising the prospect for an armed clash along the Yellow Sea boundary — the scene of deadly skirmishes between the two navies in 1999 and 2002. (See pictures of tension between the two Koreas.)

South Korea said it regretted the North's latest move and warned it won't tolerate any attempt to violate the border.

Analysts said Pyongyang's threats could signal it is preparing for an armed confrontation, but only as a way of ratcheting up the pressure on Seoul to get the neighbor to soften its hard-line stance — and attracting President Barack Obama's attention.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/ ... 04,00.html

[Derek Ortt]

We dont need another war please.

SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea said Friday it is ditching a nonaggression pact and all other peace agreements with South Korea, in an apparent attempt to use the threat of an armed clash to press Seoul to give up its "confrontational" stance.

The communist nation also said it will no longer respect a disputed sea border with the South, raising the prospect for an armed clash along the Yellow Sea boundary — the scene of deadly skirmishes between the two navies in 1999 and 2002. (See pictures of tension between the two Koreas.)

South Korea said it regretted the North's latest move and warned it won't tolerate any attempt to violate the border.

Analysts said Pyongyang's threats could signal it is preparing for an armed confrontation, but only as a way of ratcheting up the pressure on Seoul to get the neighbor to soften its hard-line stance — and attracting President Barack Obama's attention.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/ ... 04,00.html

its time to go! Are we waiting until AFTER NK does something? It may be too late then!

[gtalum]

its time to go! Are we waiting until AFTER NK does something? It may be too late then!

Sure, preemptive war has worked out well for us so far, hasn't it?

[Nimbus]

Probably some kind of test as Ed explained, but the NK military is not squeamish about fooling around with nuclear weapons. Where is the best place to get the latest intel on these asian events?

Why am I thinking Japan will be on this faster than Teller light.

[Derek Ortt]

its time to go! Are we waiting until AFTER NK does something? It may be too late then!

Sure, preemptive war has worked out well for us so far, hasn't it?

dont want to get political, but we were NOT attacked since 9/11. Therefore, one can argue that preemptive war HAS worked

[gtalum]

dont want to get political, but we were NOT attacked since 9/11. Therefore, one can argue that preemptive war HAS worked

That's not because of preemptive war, it's because of my anti-terrorism rock. Prove otherwise.

[cycloneye]

North Korea Preparing to Launch Test Missle

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's apparent preparations for a ballistic missile test, reportedly detected by South Korean officials monitoring a train headed to a launch site, appear to be the country's latest attempt to get President Barack Obama's attention.
A South Korean official on Tuesday confirmed the preparations, first reported by Japanese and South Korean media citing sources as saying the missile had the potential to reach the western United States.

"There are signs North Korea is preparing for a missile launch," the intelligence official told The Associated Press. He declined to give further details and spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the issue.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... _article=1

[Derek Ortt]

cn we PLEASE hit the center of Pyongyang and stop this BS from NK?

Because if we don't SK and Japan likely will. I know Japan will never tolerate another missle being fired over their territory again

[gtalum]

If there really is a threat and Japan and SK will take care of it, then why should we do it?

[Derek Ortt]

If there really is a threat and Japan and SK will take care of it, then why should we do it?

because we have 40,000 troops over there that would be wiped out

[gtalum]

But you just said that Japan and SK will take care of it.

I'd rather just bring the troops home. SK and Japan don't want them there anyway.

[Nimbus]

The nuclear arms race has pretty much ended but some countries still seem to feel the need to test and build nuclear arsenals. Good atomic test reference link below.

http://www.okgeosurvey1.gov/level2/nuke.cat.html

If you spend a little time going down the list and cross checking against the political background at the time of these tests, patterns emerge. One pattern is that many tests since the 50's are sanctioned or overseen by an international group of atomic scientists. Scientists that understand the dangers of nuclear proliferation to a military regime.

The danger is that some isolated insane military regime might obtain a nuclear weapon.
To me that is what sets NK apart from the rest of the countries on the list. Apparently NK is more than just the last name in the long list of nuclear testers. The NK is being used as an example of a small isolated country where the military has control..

It is probably getting much easier to obtain nuclear weapons technology in modern times. Unfortunately the technology needed to create small nuclear weapons has parallels in fields like NMR and modern laser research. Without the no export lists and constant monitoring by the various global oversight agencies some nut would surely be able to reverse engineer a weapon.

[cycloneye]

Possible change of leadership in North Korea could raise tensions

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that North Korea's leadership situation is uncertain and the United States is worried the Stalinist country may soon face a succession crisis to replace dictator Kim Jong Il.

Clinton said the Obama administration is deeply concerned that a potential change in Pyongyang's ruling structure could raise already heightened tensions between North Korea and its neighbors as potential successors to Kim jockey for position and power.

Her comments, made to reporters during a flight to South Korea from Indonesia, were a rare if not unprecedented public acknowledgment from a senior U.S. official that the secretive nation may be preparing for a leadership change following reports that Kim suffered a stroke last year.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29272217/