Surprise! Bush to begin carpet bombing North Korea!

[oldboy101]

Having threatened NK with retaliation if they tested a nuclear bomb, knowing that Kim Jong Il would have to respond to prove he could not be pushed around, Bush got his wish, a nuclear test by NK.

Having coaxed the United Nations into passing a weak resolution condemning NK for this and imposing sanctions, will Bush figure that he has enough justification to begin the bombing now?

With the election only three weeks away and indications that the Democrats will likely take control of Congress, will bombing NK in a new "Shock and Awe" campaign rally the Republican base? There are still a lot of "good old boys" out there who would love this.

What better way to deal with NK's starving population than to bomb them off the face of the Earth? Could this be Karl's October surprise? I have an uneasy feeling it might just be this scenario.

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[katsy]

4. Who finally got some balls?

Can't be awol bush* you're talking about.

[Cleita]

7. Bounce. That's what happens to balls.

[Sydnie]

11. Must be the ones they just cut off of Foley

'cuz we all know he doesn't have any of his own. Hell, Laura has bigger 'nads then he does.

Nice of you to think of us and drop by for a visit all the same. :hi:

[Berserker]

15. Something on my shoe

Does it smell like your breath?

[pepperbear]

24. troll in the dungeon!

just thought you'd like to know....

[Marr]

16. Said the brave fellow sitting at home.

[Jim Sagle]

18. Fuck off ya fuckin' Freep.

[Bluebear]

21. Bush? Balls? Hahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

.

[RadiDem]

32. Yup! bush is a toy soldier chickenhawk who avoided 'Nam! Balls? NONE!

[Union Thug]

23. That's rich!!!...He uses other peoples' balls to compensate for

his total lack spine.

Bush is the worst sort of punk-ass, cowardly, rich-kid. Balls. Right. You're funny.

[Downtown Hound]

26. There's something on your shoe?

Could it be that bullshit you stepped in?

[Horse with no Name]

27. ......

[Richard Steele]

36. Enjoy your stay.

[TahitiNut]

37. What he needs is a brain ... and a conscience. No sign of either.

That 'something' on your shoe is obviously skull leakage.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

2. Could be, time will tell. n/t

[xultar]

3. I don't see it unless NK does something else.

[oldboy101]

6. True it is only a guess,

but given how desperate the Republicans are now, I would not put something like this past them. We need to be prepared for it IMO.

[xultar]

10. They will more than likely steal the election. That is the suprise.

That is how desparate they are...for DAYUM sure.

[Maggie_May]

5. No because

China and Russia had some provision in the UN resolution that there can not be any military action against North Korea.

[oldboy101]

9. It is reassuring to know that our friends China and Russia

are protecting us from the instincts of this murderous administration! :evilgrin:

[Cleita]

12. Cough!

[Cleita]

8. Sure!

How many ships do we have that can make N. Korea by now? However, we do have missiles and so does Kim. You know Bush doesn't care because he's too far away back east. So I guess we on the west coast get to be sitting ducks. He never really liked Arnold anyway.

[oldboy101]

14. Bush will say we have to take NK out now,

before they develop reliable missiles to deliver their warheads to our shores. Remember that their missile test a few months ago failed. Bush will use this to sell the new war to the American people.

[niallmac]

13. Shock and Awe? Oh yeah but it is we who are in for a shock.

The peninsula will explode in war. No fictionalized North Korean
sects to begin internecine battles. If OBL had a plan to watch
the United States spend and bleed itself into a stupor then
a war with Korea would be his dream come true.

[C_U_L8R]

17. Kiss South Korea goodbye

and a good chuink of Japan too

[ThomWV]

19. Even Bush Isn't That Stupid

[Cleita]

22. Oh yes he is!

Look to the past six years.

[Bluebear]

20. .

[Stardust]

25. Your header states it as if a fact. That doesn't seem right to me, IMO.

[oldboy101]

29. Headlines are intended to get attention.

If I scared you I apologize. However I would not put something like this past Bush at all. Just look at how he deceived us all about Iraq and the mess that he has made of that! So why not North Korea too?

[Stardust]

35. Thanks. Guess I'm a little jumpy lately. Frankly, I'll be very surprised

it Bush doesn't bomb NK. I'm sure his ego is horribly bruised right now and we all know what he does when that happens.

[Garbo 2004]

41. China. n/t

[BeHereNow]

28. The Neocons are not going to bomb NK.

They are planning on attacking the infrastructure and
military capabilities of Iran.
We are on the brink of WW3.

BHN

[oldboy101]

31. The "axis of evil", Iraq, Iran and North Korea, said Bush.

You may be right that the war mongers will attack Iran's infrastructure first. However I suspect that they will bomb both countries.

[Harper_is_Bush]

30. That's ridiculous, frankly. If something starts this month

it will be North Korea's doing.

There is no authority for Bush to go to war with North Korea, and it would not be granted by Congress in October if it was asked for.

[oldboy101]

33. Bush does as he pleases.

Congress is currently in recess until after the elections next month. Bush has not bothered going through the courts to obtain permission to wiretap people. He uses signing statements to negate provisions of new laws that he does not like. So what makes you think he would wait for Congress to approve of whatever actions he chooses to take?

[Harper_is_Bush]

34. He cannot go to war with Iraq under some existing auspices

he would have to go to Congress, no?

I'm trying to be realistic about the issue.

[frogcycle]

39. he is commander-in-chief

he can order an attack, just as clinton ordered the tomahawk attack on bin laden

clinton got sufficient certifications from cia/fbi to make it legal. bush doesn't bother with such niceties. he'd say "its legal if I do it" and his wacko atty general would support him.
they'd use some clause somewhere about clear and present danger, or hot pursuit or something.

if he tried to order a major offensive, he'd be bound by the War Powers Act, I think, and be obliged to get congress ok, but all he has to do is say "it's urgent" and he's probably weithin his rights to act and ask for ok later. the idea at some point was that the pres would be responsible, and it was safe to make him commander-in-chief.

that notion is more "quaint" then the Geneva Convention

[sfwriter]

38. If something starts this month, Bush is hosed...

Once you lose faith in someone, you don't get it back just because he shouts wolf again.

[frogcycle]

40. ironic

that the whole "wag the dog" thing just got publicity; reminded people of that scenario, and false accusation of Clinton

bushco has to think "wait, that's been tried - better come up with something else"

[Amonester]

42. No. He will NOT risk neither Iran or N.K. retaliations on U.S. troops

before Nov. 7.

As of October, 2006, there were around 141,000 Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps personnel in West, North and Central Iraq. (Wikipedia)

United States Armed Forces stationed in South Korea. There are about 30,000 U.S. troops stationed on the Korean Peninsula. (Wikipedia)


Everybody (except the idiot bushbots) thinks he doesn't care at all for them, and he knows what "we think" (even if he lies about not "listening" to the polls...) and he doesn't want to "prove us right" (again) BEFORE Nov. 7.

From Nov. 8, though (I am very scared) you may be right because he really never cared about their safety, nor their lives: it's only about his "image" and "his way or the highway". :mad:

:scared:

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