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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| Norks sever communication hotline with ROK |
| 2013-03-11 |
| SEOUL, March 11 -- North Korea severed the inter-Korean communication hotline that runs through the truce village of Panmunjom following its threat to do so last week, South Korea's unification ministry said Monday. The ministry said the North seems to have disconnected the emergency link set up to ensure prompt two-way communication to deal with any sudden developments along the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas. It said attempts to contact the North by telephone at 9 a.m. failed. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #17 we should begin to see [or someone will see] a radical uptick in cross-border and maritime infiltrations from the north Methinks the infiltrations have been underway for a while. The question is how soon they'll be activated. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-03-11 17:54 |
| #16 Personally I think Obama is much like Pugsley in that he doesn't give a rats arse about human life - just look at his stance on Abortion. And I think the Rules of Engagement for Afghanistan tells us all we need to know about what he thinks about military personal. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-03-11 17:53 |
| #15 If they're serious, we should begin to see [or someone will see] a radical uptick in cross-border and maritime infiltrations from the north. If it starts up again, it will happen quickly and will be one bloody, nasty SOB. If Champ isn't 'ALL IN' within the first hours of the conflict the 2nd Infantry Division and a lot of good soldiers will be lost. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-11 16:56 |
| #14 After four decades of watching and reading the "sea of fire" and "running dog imperialists" rhetoric, I think pudgy may may be trying to reset the edge. Their one-trick pony threats have increasingly become meaningless, even to the gutless American left. Time to be more scary, and do more to bring the edge sharp again to ry and resist the sanctions, get concessions, and perhaps, ward off the coming anger when the Iranian nukes they helped build are displayed. Problem is, such brinksmanship requires deft assessments/intel and solid reasoning skills. What we have instead is a national security team of Obama, Rice and Jarrett, with JFKerry blathering on, Hagel dumber than a post, and Dempsey waiting for the next photo=op. Brennan might actually understand but his focus is being the new guy and all the cool things he owns/and gets to know. Very perilous chance for a serious ooops moment with dead guys all around. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2013-03-11 16:46 |
| #13 Obama wants to wreck the economy ever worse than he already has? That wouldn't surprise me. But it wouldn't surprise me if he threw both Korea and Israel under the bus either. I think the guy would rather keep borrowing money from China to pay for ObamaCare than to stand up for our allies. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-11 16:27 |
| #12 Puffy may be reading the tea leaves wrong this time. If there is one thing that rallies the USA, both economically and emotionally, its a new "enemy". If he watches the old classic "Canadian Bacon" he will figure that out. Even though Pencilneck, Iran and even Karzai are playing bench strenght on the bad guys team, they arent exactly on the ice. Puffy however wants to be a "player". Wrong timing. While I know a lot of the readers here are of the view that Obama will do squat after making a speak in which he stares in all directions and then waits for the applause, I am of the view that his handlers will encourage him to ramp things up a bit - this will give new reason to water down significantly the sequester cuts on the military, ease springs on the navy and air force, and drive the sequester mess to the right. A bet on a Kilo of Canadian Bacon anyone? |
| Posted by: Northern Cousin 2013-03-11 15:42 |
| #11 Prediction: 1. Declare National Emergency 2. Set US Constitution aside. 3. Send strongly worded letters to Pyongyang. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-11 12:56 |
| #10 Between this and the commander of the Pacific Forces stating that 'Global Warming' is the greatest threat - this is scary indeed. Seriously. Suppose Pugley decided to fire a nuke at Anchorage or Seattle (in the opening round of a SKOR invasion) - what would happen in the few minutes the missile is in flight? Will the order be given in time to intercept? Or will a focus group need to be formed and consulted first? Sure he can't now but what's to say in the next year or two (with a little help from his friends)? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-03-11 12:35 |
| #9 Pudgy smells fear and weakness in the White House EU, I'm afraid you're right and Pudgy is wrong. What he smells in the WH is arrogance and stupidity as you find in a Hyena trying to protect its kill. |
| Posted by: Alanc 2013-03-11 12:31 |
| #8 It is scary. Dictators like Pudgy and his Peking puppet masters have no respect for human life. They don't care how many die as long as they achieve their goal. Pudgy smells fear and weakness in the White House so he may well believe that he can get away with aggression. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-11 12:06 |
| #7 My son is an Air Force officer, currently stationed in Washington state. In July, he is scheduled to report to Kunsan AFB in Korea. I find all this saber rattling very scary. At least Kunsan is several hundred miles from the DMZ. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-03-11 11:02 |
| #6 Pudge maybe has run out of room for work camps and needs more real estate? I thought the ChiComs were a bit put off by all of this and wanted to keep the little fatass under control. So much for that, now what are the puppet masters in Beiging going to do? Invade? And what would they do with that mess once they got it? Same for SoKor, I don't think there are many economies with the financial wherewithall to absorb that kind of burden. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-03-11 10:38 |
| #5 Jim: we reported the threat; now the Norks have actually done it. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2013-03-11 07:48 |
| #4 An accurate assessment Joe. Sadly, I suspect we'll soon be waking up soon to a very unpleasant surprise. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-11 03:43 |
| #3 I'm still not unable to access Chinese, Japanese, + Korean news blogs, etc. as like over the weekend. I continue to interprete this as not a good sign. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-11 03:28 |
| #2 ION TOPIX > [FreeRepublic] NORTH KOREA FORCES AWAIT FINAL STRIKE ORDER [war order] FROM KIM JONG-UN. * ALso from TOPIX > [SCMP.com] CHINA'S RELENTESS PUSH TO REDUCE US INFLUENCE IN ASIA-PACIFIC. ARTIC > "Unrelenting Strategy" = one of 36 strategems derived from the "I Ching". But isn't that why HUGO CHAVEZ + 1960's-70's Guam Taotamonas talked about the US dev land/island-sinking "Earthquake/Tectonic Bombs", now isn't it? D *** NG IT, WELL WHADDAYA KNOW, THEM "TEXAS-SIZED ASTEROIDS" WERE INNOCENT ALL ALONG! VERSUS * TOPIX > [News.net] WHITE HOUSE: US CAN DEFEND FROM A [DPRK = North Korean] NUCLEAR STRIKE [ballistic missle strike]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-11 01:24 |
| #1 Yes, we reported that yesterday. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-03-11 00:39 |