Oh, this is just lovely, innit?:
North Korea is bolstering its coastal defenses and preparing to launch another long-range missile, believed to be capable of reaching Alaska, from a new base on its west coast, reports said Monday.South Korean news reports said North Korea has transported its most advanced missile, which is believed to be able to reach Alaska or Guam, to a newly completed launchpad on its western coast near China.
According to Yonhap news agency, South Korea is also scrutinizing an intelligence report that the North has ordered troops in charge of the disputed western sea border and along the west coast to double their stocks of ammunition.
That loon Kim Jong-il may turn out to have been far more a threat to world peace than the Islamist crazies.
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We're in trouble. Sarah Palin can't see North Korea from her house, so we'll have no warning.
He's probably jealous that the Islamists are getting all the attention. "Hey, what am I, chopped kimchi?"
Before someone gets on this thread advocating military protection for South Korea against North Korea, some facts need to be disclosed. South Korea has a population of 48M, North Korea has 24M. South Korea's GDP: $1.34 Trillion. North Korea GDP: $40 Billion. South Korea has twice the population and many times the GDP. If they can't protect themselves without US intervention, maybe something is very seriously wrong in their country.
The problem with reality previous statement are two things. One the more prosperous a country becomes the less it believes it will be attacked. North Korea on the other hand has had 40 years belief that it will be attacked. The people in the south no longer fear the north will attack and therefore are not prepared for the results if they do come. If the North decides to attack the problem does not become if they will win, it becomes how many will die. Seoul being the first and primary target would become un-livable the first day of a war. It would not matter how many anti-missile missiles are available to the South.
The south below the DMZ lives in the light above ground. The North above the DMZ live primarily below ground are in the dark about the world. They believe that only fighting prevents them from falling into the pit that the people of the south live in (control of every thing means you can make everyone believe what you want them to)
The second problem is that Kim Jong Il is in the final stages of his life and he knows it. Does he want to finalize his true desires for korea. This is what truely worries me about the problem.
The problem with Bill's statement is that it inevitably will come back to the need of the United States to always intervene. Assuming that he is correct in his assumption that South Korea is unprepared for conflict, it is directly related to our (U.S.) historical record over the last few decades for intervention. It keeps our country's military-industrial establishment always looking for the next threat or conflict to insure its dominant position and existence in the national financial network. Not saying it isn't needed, just for once reflect before unilateral intervention. If South Korea isn't ready, it better get prepared. Japan, too.
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