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2003-03-21 Korea

N.Korea Says Iraq War Part of Attack Plan

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-03-21 11:41 am|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 You gotta wonder what they're thinking. If Shock & Awe attack is not used the US will still have tons and tons of conventional stuff to Shock & Awe North Korea/Iran/Syria/whomever with little notice.

Posted by Yank 2003-03-21 12:03:57|| 2003-03-21 12:03:57|| Front Page Top

#2 N.Korea Says Iraq War Part of Attack Plan

We can only hope...

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-03-21 12:13:16|| 2003-03-21 12:13:16|| Front Page Top

#3 This is a little disturbing. I just saw a banner on Spanish-language Telemundo which I think said that North Korea was saying that "The situation with the US is at the border of nuclear war" and that South Korea was making military preparations against the north. Unfortunately, Telemundo's site is Flash-infested, and my Spanish [NOTE] is not all that hot, so I can't find a search button. Don't see anything that extreme-sounding in English-language media.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2003-03-21 12:16:34|| [darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2003-03-21 12:16:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Saw somewhere they're claiming this is a test of our ability to wage two wars at once.
Brilliant. If they believe that is the case, why are they in such a hurry to assist us with the test?

Posted by Dishman 2003-03-21 13:33:07|| 2003-03-21 13:33:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Damn, Kimmie has spotted the stretegic bases we have captured in the middle of western Iraq and their strategic location in relation to his shitty little country. For $15B, Saddam would have let us use them to attack NK...
Kimmie, please take a number and wait in the lobby.

Posted by Capsu78 2003-03-21 13:50:40|| 2003-03-21 13:50:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Angie,
This is the period of the annual joint service multinational (US&ROK) major field exercise. This has been ongoing for decades at this time of the year. The 2ID is pretty much fully deployed out of cantonments along with its support elements. The Americans have beefed up their naval and land based air support. Much of the ROK forces are in the same deployment profile. Now is the worst time for the NKoreans to even think of an adventurous death ride south because the US&ROK are in their best position to receive any such nonsense.

Posted by Don 2003-03-21 13:57:19|| 2003-03-21 13:57:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Whats remarkable is: We are doing a full scale airwar and ground assault in Iraq. We are preparing to airlift an entire division (the 101) across Iraq. We launched the largest "time on target" in history - without hitting unintended targets! We are mounting a heavy airmoble assault in Afghanistan. We have a full "Heavy" divisional element on a war footing in Korea. We have Marines and Navy standing by in the pacific. We have special forces operating in the Phillipines (You'll read more on this later I bet). And our air defense forces are defending the Kuwaitis, Saudis, Japanese, Turks, S. Koreans, etc.

All with MINIMAL casualties on BOTH sides (remember last gulf war we killed 60,000+ of their soldiers, and several thousand civilians).

This is one of the most remarkable global operations in the history of military actions of all time.

If you have any knowledge of military history, military operations, logistics, etc - you will be in awe of this as I am.

Posted by OldSpook 2003-03-21 14:16:21|| 2003-03-21 14:16:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Kimmie is seeing a REAL Army-Based Policy in action.

Posted by john 2003-03-21 14:36:11|| 2003-03-21 14:36:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Kim should be flattered that we studied "the Army based policy" and are now applying it.

Posted by Dushan 2003-03-21 17:11:51|| 2003-03-21 17:11:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Kimmie, are you watching it? Are you paying attention? Now that's "running amuck". Jam that up your Juche hole.

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-21 21:58:17|| 2003-03-21 21:58:17|| Front Page Top

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