This could be one of the most serious international incidents facing the Obama administration if you do not count the last time North Korea launched an unprovoked attack on South Korea while the U.S. stood by slack-jawed looking weak and stupid. When a North Korean submarine fired a torpedo sinking a South Korean vessel and killing dozens of South Korean sailors the U.S. predictably stated we support our ally in South Korea but did nothing to halt this aggressive and unwarranted behavior by the military dictatorship of North Korea and its evil midget ruler. Apparently North Korea has attacked again launching missiles at a South Korean island which contains both service members and civilians and what does America do? Once again we warn against further aggresive behavior this is like warning to take a child's ice cream cone if they continue to commit arson in their playroom. America needs to be decisive and strong and send a message to the despotic midget ruler of North Korea we will crush you and your pathetic regime at will. However, there remains one inconvenient truth China supports their North Korean puppet and China owns American through treasury bonds and other assets, loans etc due to America's love affair with deficiet spending for unfunded entitlements. Thank you welfare and bridges to nowhere we are know beholden to the communists and why not I mean if our Chinese sugar daddy continues to feed the Federal Reserve's drug habit and the Federal Government's irresponsible spending why shouldn't we abandon an old ally to the talons of a midget dictator and his communist puppet masters. I am no fan of war as a general rule but America is not adverse to military exercises in futility i.e. vietnam and afghanistan or the more popular proxy war Angola, Central America but our personal favorite beating up on the pathetic Grenada, Panama and Iraq. Given our track record of fighting tinpot dictators and engaging in long protracted wars of attrition (see above). Why would America not jump at the chance to smash North Korea once and for all. Oh yeah forgot about that unfunded entitlement spending it is a real killer(just ask the South Koreans) when you cannot pay your debts whether it Joe the Ragman or Uncle Sam.
Whoa, I have not looked at your blog in a long time. Since this is an issue that affects me (I have many family members in the South Korean military) I think it bears mentioning that I agree with you completely. I also have no desire to see another costly war be waged on behalf of a US ally but it's not enough to hope and dream that Lil' Kim will see the dazzling light of Coca-Cola and MTV and suddenly decide to make nice. We've made our bed in that region (made it 60 years ago in fact) and it is the obligation of the government to hold the line.
ReplyDeleteOn a related note, if things melt down to the point where there's fighting on the ground in Korea, I'm going to enlist.