Posted on Aug 17, 2017
Donald Trump may not "draw red lines" on North Korea, but South Korea just did
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I particularly like this. Let the Koreas settle this. U.S. should take similar stance as China. If S. Korea strikes first remain neutral unless China or other N. Korea ally gets involved. If N. Korea strikes first, U.S. is all in with the ROK. Having U.S. forces and citizens in country creates a difficult situation for evacuation and defensive retrograde but not impossible. I rather let the two Koreas slug it out with zero forces committed by any other nations.
Donald Trump may not "draw red lines" on North Korea, but South Korea just did
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They've been fighting each other on and off for 50 years. Each year the North does something to antagonize the South: One year they attack US soldiers in the DMZ, the next they shell a South Korean Village, the next they board South Korean fishing vessels and just kill people. I remember seeing one of the many captured North Korean mini-subs at the South Korean War Museum in Seoul.
This article describes how one of the mini-subs was captured, while infiltrating subversives into the South.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-tragic-tale-how-north-korea-mini-submarine-almost-21115
This article describes how one of the mini-subs was captured, while infiltrating subversives into the South.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-tragic-tale-how-north-korea-mini-submarine-almost-21115
The Tragic Tale of How a North Korean Mini Submarine Almost Started a Second Korea War
The North Korean spies killed four civilians, eight soldiers, a policeman and a reservist attempting to escape. In return, of the twenty-six men aboard the submarine, only two remained alive.
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MAJ James Woods
Yes I was there four years, three of them up north in the tank battalion and cavalry squadron. The last tour I was assigned to TROKA and seeing a portion of the DMZ that isn't the tourist attraction was exciting. My interaction with several of the ROK Army officers made it clear they are ready to get it over with. That's why the running joke in 2ID is "we're not here to ensure N. Korea doesn't invade, we're here to ensure the ROK doesn't invade." Haha!
I was there when they caught a mini sub, a skirmish between DPRK and ROK patrol boats in contested waters, and yeah DMZ is still a combat zone where roving patrols still come under fire. All the more reason to let them finally hash it out. No external involvement. Today's ROK isn't the 1950s army; these guys and their equipment are badasses and their readiness is there.
I was there when they caught a mini sub, a skirmish between DPRK and ROK patrol boats in contested waters, and yeah DMZ is still a combat zone where roving patrols still come under fire. All the more reason to let them finally hash it out. No external involvement. Today's ROK isn't the 1950s army; these guys and their equipment are badasses and their readiness is there.
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Some red line. It's game over when that line is crossed. The US policy for decades has said that a NK with an ICBM and a weaponized nuke warhead is unacceptable and we would never let it get that far, because then the US could be attacked.
So great red line there, SK. Pick one that makes military action moot due to the possibility of a nuke response against the US. Force the US to play the deterrent game instead, and thereby avoid a conventional attack on Seoul. Well played.
So great red line there, SK. Pick one that makes military action moot due to the possibility of a nuke response against the US. Force the US to play the deterrent game instead, and thereby avoid a conventional attack on Seoul. Well played.
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MAJ James Woods
Do you really think a country develops 1-5 nuke ICBMs going to attack a country with thousands of nukes? N. Korea wants a seat at the big boy table in the same way the U.S. had to accept Russia, U.K., France, China, Pakistan, and India when they developed the capability. Last time anyone had the balls to use a WMD was the U.S. because we didn't have to worry about anyone striking back with one. We no longer have the balls to use one.
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