From another board...is North Korea next?

[Nlighten1]

This is a post from a former Bush supporter on a gaming site that I hang out on.

HanktheTank: To put it simply: I thought Bush knew what he was doing. Now that General Clark, a man of great experience with our military and the militaries of our allies, has entered the race, I realize that Bush doesn't know what he's doing, but he knows he wants to finish his daddy's job. I knew Saddam was a bastard & everything, but with Osama bin laden still on the run, we really shouldn't have opened up another front. Now that talk of a possible Korean front is more prominent*, I realize the mistake we've made. I still want Saddam dead, but I want the Iraqis to kill him. We don't deserve to.

* Many of my friends, who are former cadets of my MCJROTC battalion, are now US Marines. They've been briefed extensively on the strong possibility of war with N. Korea. One of the former cadets, who returned from Iraq roughly 2 weeks ago, was going to the eastern U.S. to train for cold-temperature & high-altitude warfare in preparation of the Korean front. Just thought I'd say this, since I know the President won't say anything about it, and the news channels are still only focusing on Iraq.

I think there are two ways of looking at this. The first is, they know they won't invade but this way they can spend a lot of money doing training that Haliburton is probably helping or they are really stupid enough to think that invading North Korea is a good idea.

[TheReligiousLeft]

1. I was talking to a South Korean friend of mine

the other day and he said they feared America starting a war more than the North. The figure they don't know if people will get killed if they diplomaticly engage the North, but if there is war they know lots of people will die.

[Nlighten1]

2. Indeed.

I think it is pretty common knowledge here at DU that NK has artillery pointed at downtown SK. The devistation would be ugly. It wouldn't suprise me if these guys do it though. They don't know crap about the NKoreans and they probably have the same stupid notion that the average NK citizen would throw flowers at the feet of their "liberator".

[bpilgrim]

5. 3 million killed during the last war... - n/t

:scared:

peace

[Gloria]

3. Meanwhile...South Korea is being pushed to send troops to Iraq!

I guess if Bush goes nuke in Korea, troops won't help much...better to have them in Iraq doing his work there!

[Resistance Is Futile]

4. No Korean monopoly on mountains

There are a lot of other places that have mountains. Among them are Iran, Syria and Iraq. Even in the middle east, it gets cold in the mountains in winter.

The DPRK is unlikely to be on the table at the moment for several reasons. Among them are the DPRK doesn't threaten Israel, redeploying troops would take a long time, and that the South Koreans aren't too keen on being used as a launching pad for the boy-king's imperial dreams.

If the boy king invades anyone before the election it'll be somewhere near or in the Middle East. He doesn't have the capability to do much more than rant, rave and throw missiles at North Korean for forseeable future.

[TheZoo]

6. I think Iran is next...

Especially since we have all those troops in Iraq and all the problems have been resolved :eyes: </end sarcasm on the latter part>

I think that the North Korean maneuvers, etc. are just a bunch of di-k waving. On the other hand, Donny R. said that we could fight wars on 3 fronts, so this could be #3 (assuming an invasion of Iran and Iraq).

I'm praying that I'm wrong, or that someone does the "Moe Slap" (ala Moe Howard) to the entire misadministration

[stevedeshazer]

8. *ding*

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:lX7Od2WR0asC:

Iran is next. Heard this before?: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The
United States has condemned
Iran after the U.N. nuclear
watchdog said it had found
traces of arms-grade uranium
at a second site in the
country.

U.S. President George W. Bush warned
late Thursday that Iran faced "universal
condemnation," if it continued with a nuclear
program.

Inspectors have been in Iran for six
months and Tehran has one month to
prove to the United Nations it has no
secret atomic weapons program.

Bush has already labeled Iran part of an
"axis of evil," along with Iraq and North
Korea, but Iran insists it is only pursuing its
program for peaceful means.

source: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/09/26/iran.nuclear/

on edit added link

[TheZoo]

9. <heavy sigh>

Between that and the other thread about Israel wanting to bomb Iran, I think Iran is the next target. Can someone tell * that he's NOT PLAYING RISK!

I can't tell anymore if I'm more depressed about the state * and company have put our once great country in, or the fact that my bad anniversary is coming up this Tuesday. Either way, I can sum up my feelings as thus about my / the planet's life (from Groundhog's Day, of all movies):
It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life.

[AndyTiedye]

10. He Can't Invade Iran With Reserves and National Guard

They're tied up in Iraq already.

That means he doesn't intend to wait until the election before starting the draft.

Which probably means that there won't be an election!

[Deja Q]

7. Axis of Evil

Syria and any other country that Dimson* wants to attack are fronts for the upcoming "Axis of Evil II: The Wrath of Dumbya*"

It seems perversely RATIONAL that Dipshit* will go after N Korea, Iraq, and Iran first. Especially since he's done nothing to a thought out plan and nothing on anything we can find as being trustworthy anymore.

Be afraid. Be very afraid. Dunno why yet, but something big is going to blow.