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| Lessons From Iraq Include How to Scare North Korean Leader |
| 2003-05-12 |
| American intelligence officials have concluded that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, went into seclusion during the final buildup to the war in Iraq because he feared that he too might be the target of attack. That judgment has led the Pentagon to consider new ways to hold him and his inner circle at risk as a way of bolstering deterrence on the peninsula. Mr. Kim vanished from public view for 50 days starting in mid-February, a time when the Pentagon also moved bombers into the Korean area of operations. Now, the military's ability to mount precision attacks on leadership targets in Iraq is being examined to see how it might apply in a tense standoff with North Korea, perhaps influencing North Korea's behavior without ever firing a shot. A senior Defense Department official said that lessons from the attacks against Saddam Hussein of Iraq, including short-notice air strikes on suspected hideouts in the opening and closing days of the war, are shaping discussions of how best to re-arrange the American military presence in South Korea and nearby in the Pacific. The goal would be to assemble in the Korean region the same kind of detailed intelligence on high-priority targets — including the location of the adversary's leadership — and the ability to strike almost instantaneously with precision weapons should the need arise. (con't see link) |
| Posted by:Anonymous |
| #2 Perhaps the best result (of the many) to come out of the Iraq episode, is the way every evil and would-be evil despot on the planet has seen that you can't hide behind your population any more. There is no protection to be enjoyed behind the innocent masses, however many millions you have in your slave army, should the US military decide to go gunning for your worthless butt. This planet is not longer safe for tyrants. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-05-12 18:04:14 |
| #1 After seeing how easy it is to strike a 'hardened' bunker, Kimmie wet himself. Funny how he wants to make nice after his recent hissy-fits over nothing. American technology - 2 Evil Regimes - 0 |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2003-05-12 17:38:27 |