Originally posted by: rudder
In the end its cheaper than rebuilding Seoul. NK is a desperate nation ruled by a lunatic... I would not put it past him to lay waste to parts of South Korea before he would be bombed into oblivion.
Originally posted by: Shivetya
Originally posted by: rudder
In the end its cheaper than rebuilding Seoul. NK is a desperate nation ruled by a lunatic... I would not put it past him to lay waste to parts of South Korea before he would be bombed into oblivion.
so we just continue to buy them off until they decide they cannot be bought?
Whats this logic from the late 30s being brought forward for?
Originally posted by: rudder
In the end its cheaper than rebuilding Seoul. NK is a desperate nation ruled by a lunatic... I would not put it past him to lay waste to parts of South Korea before he would be bombed into oblivion.
Originally posted by: Genx87
Originally posted by: rudder
In the end its cheaper than rebuilding Seoul. NK is a desperate nation ruled by a lunatic... I would not put it past him to lay waste to parts of South Korea before he would be bombed into oblivion.
I am sure it is cheaper to pay me off instead of me burning your house down. Does that mean you should pay?
This is only temporary anyways. Once they get what they want, they will kick out the inspectors and go back to business as usual.
Our willingness to be made the fool is getting old.
Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: Genx87
Originally posted by: rudder
In the end its cheaper than rebuilding Seoul. NK is a desperate nation ruled by a lunatic... I would not put it past him to lay waste to parts of South Korea before he would be bombed into oblivion.
I am sure it is cheaper to pay me off instead of me burning your house down. Does that mean you should pay?
This is only temporary anyways. Once they get what they want, they will kick out the inspectors and go back to business as usual.
Our willingness to be made the fool is getting old.
I can go buy a box of bullets for under $15. If you do get through the hail of gunfire, my homeowners insurance will cover my loss. It will cost a little more to defend Seoul and the body count will be higher. Not saying that would definetly happen, but your dealing with a certifiably lunatic leader ruling a starving country. If you see my post above yours you can see that I know this is not the best solution. It is temporary. We do not have unlimited military force at this time.
Best case scenerio.. NK dismantles its facilites. Worst case, it does not... NK uses up its "payment", they beat on their chests again and we are back to square one. But it buys more time and China and Russia are on our side for the moment in agreement. Could you imagine the grin on the Iranians faces if we had to divert more military resources to the Korean peninsula?
Originally posted by: ajf3
They're supposedly willing to halt their nuke activities for a 3M ton fuel oil payoff...
Glad it ended without blood, but I'm hoping we (the US) isn't footing the bill again. Are the UN or any of the other 5 parties contributing? Anyone know?
Originally posted by: johnnobts
s this deal another defeat for Neoconservativism? The hard line of The Decider gave way and Big Bad North Korea is getting a deal which sounds surprising similar to the deal weak limp wristed girlie man Clinton gave them.
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No, this is a victory for the Bush Admin, but they will get little to no coverage for it. Their stratagem for dealing with NK has worked (multi-lateral talks as opposed to unilateral), and contrary to liberal assertions, the Bush admin is not eager to "rush to war" at every opportunity. This is a "W" for Georger W.
As for this deal being like the Clinton fiasco, its not. Part of the agreement includes full disclosure by officials to enter into NK and verify that plants and components are being dissassembled. Clinton just wrote blank checks to dictators and bombed aspirin factories, and left wounded soldiers in Somalia to die, remember?
Originally posted by: johnnobts
s this deal another defeat for Neoconservativism? The hard line of The Decider gave way and Big Bad North Korea is getting a deal which sounds surprising similar to the deal weak limp wristed girlie man Clinton gave them.
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No, this is a victory for the Bush Admin, but they will get little to no coverage for it. Their stratagem for dealing with NK has worked (multi-lateral talks as opposed to unilateral), and contrary to liberal assertions, the Bush admin is not eager to "rush to war" at every opportunity. This is a "W" for Georger W.
As for this deal being like the Clinton fiasco, its not. Part of the agreement includes full disclosure by officials to enter into NK and verify that plants and components are being dissassembled. Clinton just wrote blank checks to dictators and bombed aspirin factories, and left wounded soldiers in Somalia to die, remember?
