re: #107 Desert Dog

The only way is to flatten them first and that would mean testing some of our own “tacticals”. That would not be good as there is usually a large amount of radiation afterwards.

Not only that but enough of their conventional missile stock would survive the first strike to make downtown Seoul look like Detroit in ten minutes flat.

Not a whole lot of great options, from a military standpoint.

This has nothing whatsoever to do with how tough Obama’s intestines are, and everything to do with playing for time.

Kim Jong-Il is dying. The son he favors to replace him is in his twenties. I’m betting 1) that he only believes he has control of the button, but it’s really in the hands of his general staff, who probably want to keep breathing, and 2) once he goes, the succession will not stay in the family. We’ll see a coup, and an immediate offer of new talks.

If we speak loudly and brandish the nuke stick instead of playing the backchannels and waiting it out, we’ll see our allies dead, the Asian-Pacific economy in ruins, and, oh, yes, a mound of American bodies flying home that will make 9/11 look like a collision between a bike and a taxi.

Macho “Team America” dick-n-pussy posturing will not do the trick. That was a movie, in case no one noticed.