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2014-01-04 China-Japan-Koreas

Kim Jon-Un execution unconfirmed update.

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-04 07:32|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 ...what happens in NORK stays in NORK - unless trumped by propaganda requirements...

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-01-04 11:23|| 2014-01-04 11:23|| Front Page Top

General MacArthur wanted to clean it up all the way to the Yalu, but he too was fired by a Dem president.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-04 11:29|| 2014-01-04 11:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Pudgy didn't think the Chinese would mind

Posted by OldSpook 2014-01-04 11:39|| 2014-01-04 11:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Whatever happened, it seriously upset the Chinese.

What would it take to do this?

Posted by gorb 2014-01-04 12:40|| 2014-01-04 12:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Words like "barbaric" would be a start.

Posted by Grunter 2014-01-04 14:09|| 2014-01-04 14:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Preceding "vassal of China".

Posted by Grunter 2014-01-04 14:12|| 2014-01-04 14:12|| Front Page Top

#7 The darkest part of night is usually just before dawn. What the fat kid doesn't realize is this will really upset the population. If China also is appalled, look for them to open the flood gates of a Chinese invasion that will roll through pudgy's regime like a paper sack.

Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-01-04 16:20|| 2014-01-04 16:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Besoeker: MacArthur did get his chance to "clean it all the way to the Yalu." While attempting that feat, he over-confidently let his Divisions get completely strung out, rather than massed, believing that our overwhelming air superiority would crush any attempt by the Chinese to cross the Yalu to reinforce the NORKs. What MacArthur missed was that numerous Chinese Divisions were ALREADY across the Yalu, infiltrating at night and camouflaged in the hilly terrain. It took a long time and a lot of blood for us to regain the initiative (Matt Ridgway deserving much of the credit). MacArthur expressed his policy disagreements to the point of insubordination and any President with more balls than Jimmy Carter would have had to have fired him.
The dog story originated in a dubious paper (one that makes DEBKA seem infallible by comparison). Uncle was almost certainly shot. The interesting thing to ponder is whether Kim Jung Un is consolidating power or whether he is weakening and a cabal of generals forced the move. I'm guessing the latter, but real evidence is hard to come by in the Hermit State.

Posted by Odysseus 2014-01-04 16:39|| 2014-01-04 16:39|| Front Page Top

#9 the 120 dog story is probably wrong but the fact that the chinese are pushing the story is important

it seems that KJU's uncle was a Chinese friend

Posted by lord garth 2014-01-04 17:02|| 2014-01-04 17:02|| Front Page Top

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