North Korea Attacks South Korea - Latest Update

[Nan Yang]

Neither US nor S Korea has any better policy on N Korea.

S Korea keep switching between sunshine then sanction then sunshine then sanction.

Aircraft carrier policy is all that is left for US.
Tell me what MESSAGE is US sending now to N Korea with the George Washington ?

At the end of the day. N Korea have you guys by the balls.

 

[DesiGuy]

We deal with reality. We have patience. Patience is a virtue. We live in east asia. Maybe US should start to take orders from China ?

too earlyto say that!

 

[yangtomous]

Just one on one.Nk will win .

 

[siegecrossbow]

Just one on one.Nk will win .

Well when South Korea is confronted by a barrage of unguided rockets and artillery fire (and potential nuclear attacks) it is a bit difficult for either side to "win".

 

[CardSharp]

Well when South Korea is confronted by a barrage of unguided rockets and artillery fire (and potential nuclear attacks) it is a bit difficult for either side to "win".

Also the NK have chemical and biological weapons.

 

[Developereo]

And now for something completely different...

Sarah Palin confused on Koreas

Sarah Palin's foreign policy skills have again been questioned after the possible future president of the United States referred to North Korea as "America's ally".

Speaking to Fox News presenter Glenn Beck on his radio show, Mrs Palin said the US should support North Korea in a conflict started on Tuesday when the Kim Jong Il-led nation bombed a small South Korean island without provocation.

A co-host of Beck asked Mrs Palin how she would handle the diplomatic stand-off that had developed since the deadly bombing.

"Obviously, we've got to stand with our North Korean allies. We're bound to by treaty ... " she said.

She was promptly corrected by the interviewer before continuing.

"Eh, yeah," she said. "And we're also bound by prudence to stand with our South Korean allies, yes."

The embarrassing gaffe comes amid a guessing game over whether the former vice-presidential candidate will run for the presidency in 2012.

While the statement appears to have been a slip of the tongue, it does not help Mrs Palin shed a perception of weakness on foreign policy.

It's the same chink in her policy armour that was exploited by comedian Tina Fey during the 2008 presidential election.

Fey's impersonation of Mrs Palin included the famous line: "I can see Russia from my house!"

 

[maxx]

Sanctions are voluntary. There is no naval blockade preventing other countries from trading with NKR or giving aid. If China can give aid, so can other countries. What happened?

The regime is potrayed as something from the darkest and deepest pit...thus that many countries are unwilling to touch it even with a 10 foot pole.

South Korea does not have a moral or economic burden to support North Korea. If NKR is to serve as China's geopolitical buffer, then those burdens belongs to China. The Soviet Union supported Cuba all the way up to its collapse. NKR cannot collapse because if that event does happen it will be because of China's abandonment, not because of sanctions. That need for a geopolitical buffer can be great enough to compel China to keep the NKRean people at the starvation level while fattening the NKRean regime.

No, China is asking NK to be more self sustain, so that it actually has something to trade instead relying on foreign support, and its people can live in better condition.
AFP: China prods N.Korea on economic reform

 

[Vajra_Yuddh]

Neither US nor S Korea has any better policy on N Korea.

S Korea keep switching between sunshine then sanction then sunshine then sanction.

Aircraft carrier policy is all that is left for US.
Tell me what MESSAGE is US sending now to N Korea with the George Washington ?

At the end of the day. N Korea have you guys by the balls.

Every country conducts military exercises to keep latest techniques in-grained and updated. China conducts wargames too; does that mean Japanese launch attacks (hypothetically)? Conducting wargames is an internal matter of any country and it is DPRK's fault of starting the war. ROK has been too patient and considerate with them for the sake of ordinary DPRK citizens whom they consider their own people.

But Kim Jong is really testing this by needless attacks. And he must be punished for this. Even your leader (Chinese premier) said that they won't respond to pressure since they also agree that DPRK is at fault.

If Il is in any mood for annihilation of his regime, he has just started the war for the same.

 

[Maghrebi]

South Korea is to strengthen its military force on five islands close to North Korea, amid tensions over a clash that left four people dead.

It will also review military policy on the use of force, amid concerns it had become "rather passive".

Its defence minister has resigned amid criticism of the response.

 

[gambit]

The regime is potrayed as something from the darkest and deepest pit...thus that many countries are unwilling to touch it even with a 10 foot pole.

The US is called 'The Great Satan' and yet plenty of people are more than willing to trade with US. No one can prevent anyone from imposing sanctions upon US. My argument remains valid that sanctions are voluntary, hence they cannot be blamed for the miseries in NKR.

No, China is asking NK to be more self sustain, so that it actually has something to trade instead relying on foreign support, and its people can live in better condition.
AFP: China prods N.Korea on economic reform

Self sustain is good. Unfortunately, under communism the only condition for the people is poverty and in the case of NKR, it is abject poverty. China abandoned centralized planning a long time ago. No one is preventing NKR from doing the same. All of this does not address the arguments that it is NKR and China, not sanctions, who are to blame for NKR's poverty.

 

[Hussein]

Self sustain is good. Unfortunately, under communism the only condition for the people is poverty and in the case of NKR, it is abject poverty. China abandoned centralized planning a long time ago. No one is preventing NKR from doing the same. All of this does not address the arguments that it is NKR and China, not sanctions, who are to blame for NKR's poverty.

Sorry but it seems you didn't read the good article he was giving as link. it would avoid this answer showing you ignore what china is really doing.

 

[below_freezing]

Sorry but it seems you didn't read the good article he was giving as link. it would avoid this answer showing you ignore what china is really doing.

see, in iran, europe and asia, people are rational. in the US, they're not. instead, they protest over the most minor things but when push comes to shove and its time to take real action, they become limp and passive. they'll protest and kill each other over stupid things like gay marriage or abortions, but when the bankers rob them of trillions of dollars or when BP kills 14 americans and gets away with no jail sentences or fines, they just cower and take it. certain americans from certain backgrounds like to whine about communism but don't realize that worse than communism, Naziism is in the US and they can't do anything about it. they can protest, whine, and the bankers will keep laughing as they make trillions.

you're an enemy of the US until you can reduce it to radioactive rubble; then you're a strategic partner.

 

[siegecrossbow]

And now for something completely different...

Sarah Palin confused on Koreas

Now I really really really don't want her to participate in the 2012 election lol

 

[Nan Yang]

Every country conducts military exercises to keep latest techniques in-grained and updated. China conducts wargames too; does that mean Japanese launch attacks (hypothetically)? Conducting wargames is an internal matter of any country and it is DPRK's fault of starting the war. ROK has been too patient and considerate with them for the sake of ordinary DPRK citizens whom they consider their own people.

But Kim Jong is really testing this by needless attacks. And he must be punished for this. Even your leader (Chinese premier) said that they won't respond to pressure since they also agree that DPRK is at fault.

If Il is in any mood for annihilation of his regime, he has just started the war for the same.

S Korea is not totally innocent. Holding war games in front of your neighbor gate does not promote trust and friendship.

As far as I am concern. BOTH Kim Jong Il and Bush are war criminals.
However, who is right and who is wrong is based on who has the Might.

 

[dabong1]

North Korea’s artillery attack on a South Korean island earlier on Tuesday may have been triggered by military exercises being held in the area, a spokesman for the South Korean presidential administration said.
“Our army was carrying out military training, and there was a telegram from North Korea with a protest and questioning whether this was an attack,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.
He did not rule out that subsequent artillery fire from the North was a response to the drills.


So it was south korea that attacked the north first?