IF we are still around, that is.

Regards,
Peter H.

*phrase void in Israel.

#7 commented: “Just so you know, we do NOT have that many troops in Korea anymore….”

Ummm, you were right, again, Bruce. The US has about 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea. There are about 13,200 additional US troops supporting the strategic US forces on the ground in South Korea but stationed elsewhere in Asia.

That’s from GlobalSecurity.org. It’s up-to-date and accurate.

2) The problem with Obama is not that he is opposed to war. Remember, he only opposed the Iraq war because it was politically popular in his district (then claimed his opposition was a great act of courage). He has since increased the troops in Afghanistan in a surge strikingly similar to the one he opposed.

The problem is that he is entirely disinterested in foreign policy according to people in his own administration and that he hasn’t got a freaking clue what he’s doing.

The problem is that war on a number of fronts is becoming increasingly likely because of the weakness, fecklessness and utter ineptitude of this administration.

The problem is also that, first and foremost, Obama is ambitious. He wants to “fundamentally” and single-handedly change the United States.

The problem is also that Obama likes to misuse crisis to push his radical agenda through. He has already used the recession his party’s policies caused to give nearly a trillion dollars almost entirely to unions and other Democrat special interests. He has nationalized the banks, nationalized the auto industry (and given it to the unions), has his sights on the entire health care industry and talk radio.

I fear Obama might be more than happy to go to war in the end. Not that he is seeking it out, but that he isnt willing to distract himself from his domestic agenda long enough, nor is he ideologically flexible enough to do what is necessary to avoid it. So if war comes, as a result of his mismanagement of foreign policy, he will be more than willing to use it to seize more power and further his agenda.

Think of the power he could usurp! Rationing products! Setting price controls! Reorganizing the courts! “Domestic security forces”! What a crisis! and I am sure he wouldn’t let a minute of it “go to waste”.

I’m still partial to the large rock approach. It fits my sense of irony. Taking out a hi tech weapon with a large blunt object

How does one negotiate with someone who’s just plain evil? I’m not picking on Obama here… same goes for his predecessors. If anything, Kim holds all the cards; there’s very little we can do to punish him but there’s a lot he can demand from us.

The scary part is that we don’t know what NK’s real capabilities are nor do we know who they might be selling this stuff to.

#6: Livewire – this isn’t an embarrassment to the Chinese. The Chicoms are our enemy and they’re probably having a chuckle watching the West issue its little declarations of Deep Concern and have lengthy debates at the increasingly pointless UN.

By “diplomacy” you mean “multilateral appeasement.” Obama is committed to building an international consensus condemning NK’s actions and doing NOTHING.

I think President Obama’s decisive leadership in the Somalian pirate/hostage situation shows that he’s not adverse to using force when it’s absolutely necessary and there is no other choice.

As I twittered yesterday, it is hilarious to watch gay supporters who sold themselves to Obama get upset about being treated like whores.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1187228/Who-blink-North-Korea-threatens-war-South-joins-U-S-led-blockade-following-N-bomb-explosion.html

sorry I do not know how to do the short form here.

As to the comment by gillie, actually you are wrong about Pakistan. Yet another suicide bombing incident in Lahore. The situation is nowhere near under control and is still rapidly getting out of hand.

If Musharraf was in control of Pakistan there would be a possibility that it could be brought under control. (I am not a Musharraf fan)

Seriously though the lack of a planned response other than a verbal rebuke from Team Messiah shows his weakness.

Slightly Off Topic: I was reading Towleroad about Obama’s reaction (or lack there of) to the Prop 8 decision and it has made the gays angry.

Regards,
Peter H.

Honestly, I’d assume he’d make this threat no matter who was president if these exercises were taking place. The man is nuts.