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2003-05-14 Korea

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Posted by Anonymous 2003-05-14 08:28 am|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 There's the sound of George McClellen again, "and oh, by the way, they have about a million-plus ground forces." Anyone who's been to Korea knows that the terrain channelizes any North to South movement. A million men will be one big traffic jam miles deep into N.Korea under constant interdiction making the Highway of Death(tm) look like a kindergarden playground. Add to the fact that it took days in 1950 for the N.Korean army to reach Seoul with little [but valiant when there was] opposition. Today the dreaded urban sprawl stretches half way to the border from Seoul and the S.Korean Army already has it set up with road blocks and fighting positions [and unlike the Iraqi] from which they will fight for every inch of their home.

To quote Grant - "Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land in our rear and on both our flanks at the same time. Go back to your command, and try to think what we are going to do ourselves, instead of what Lee is going to do"

Posted by Don 2003-05-14 09:05:14|| 2003-05-14 09:05:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Thats a slam dunk Don. Three days rations in a NK haversack will be used up in one.

Posted by Lucky 2003-05-14 11:04:15|| 2003-05-14 11:04:15|| Front Page Top

#3 One of my favorite quotes Lucky !

But, I often wonder when information about these "plans" are leaked, whether it might not be an attempt at deception ?

For example, when I hear the general breathlessly saying that NKor has 70 percent of its army line up along the DMZ, I am thinking "Hmmm...looks like we need to pin them there while hitting them back in the relatively undefended north -- Seaborne landings ? Airborne ?"

Posted by Carl in NH 2003-05-14 11:27:18|| 2003-05-14 11:27:18|| Front Page Top

#4 To quote Grant - "Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. "

Bruce Catton noted that while the Army of the Potomac was unsure of its leadership it was absolutely certain of Bobby Lee. ;)

Posted by Shipman 2003-05-14 12:45:04|| 2003-05-14 12:45:04|| Front Page Top

#5 The problem is certainly not defeating them militarily. The problem is that Seoul is an enormous city, but not very far from the DMZ at all. If the DPRK army realized that it was going to be defeated, but decided to go all out using its artillery and missiles to pound Seoul (especially in a pre-emptive attack) we would still easily win a war, but at a terrible cost in civilian casualties.

Posted by John Thacker 2003-05-14 12:59:35|| 2003-05-14 12:59:35|| Front Page Top

#6 I just can't imagine how the North Koreans could keep their supply lines open an hour after a conflict starts. They'll have a good opening shot if war starts, but once the artillery shells are gone they would be in big trouble.

I also wonder about the the people in North Korea? Does anyone see them rising up or do you think they are mostly either loyal (decades of propoganda) or starved beyond the ability to rise up?

Posted by ruprecht 2003-05-14 13:08:11|| [www.ruprechtschwarz.com] 2003-05-14 13:08:11|| Front Page Top

#7 In order for the Nkors to have a traffic jam on the DMZ they need a little something called gas. As for the Nkor pop rising up (this is a cannard). If they were capable of doing so, don't you think they would have by now. Even the most ardent Nkor patriot must be tired of a diet of tree bark and moss.

In short if Nkor is going to be freed, it will be the US military that does it.

Posted by Douglas De Bono 2003-05-14 15:51:59|| [www.douglasdebono.com] 2003-05-14 15:51:59|| Front Page Top

#8 "Army first" policy means the army gets the guns first, and get to shoot first.

Posted by Ptah 2003-05-14 18:00:43|| [www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-05-14 18:00:43|| Front Page Top

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