What to do about North Korea...?

"We are not controlling events in Iraq. Events in Iraq are controlling us.
We are the puppet; the street gangs of Baghdad and Basra are the
puppet-masters, aided and abetted by an unsavory assortment of confidence
men, bazaar traders, scheming clerics, ethnic front men, and Iranian agents.
With all our wealth and power and idealism, we have submitted to become the
plaything of a rabble, and a Middle Eastern rabble at that. [ ] The
lazy-minded evangelico-romanticism of George W. Bush, the bureaucratic will
to power of Donald Rumsfeld, the avuncular condescension of Dick Cheney, and
the reflexive military deference of Colin Powell combined to get us into a
situation we never wanted to be in, a situation no self-respecting nation
ought to be in, a situation we don't know how to get out of."

Wow. Try this:

- Substitute the word "Chicago" for "Iraq", "Baghdad" and "Basra"

- Substitute "drug dealers" for "Iranian agents"

- Substitue "ghetto" for "Middle Eastern"

- And, finally, substitute "Daley" for "Bush", "Rumsveld" and "Powell"
-- and that whole ridiculous diatribe makes sense!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"We are not controlling events in Iraq. Events in Iraq are controlling us.
We are the puppet; the street gangs of Baghdad and Basra are the
puppet-masters, aided and abetted by an unsavory assortment of confidence
men, bazaar traders, scheming clerics, ethnic front men, and Iranian agents.
With all our wealth and power and idealism, we have submitted to become the
plaything of a rabble, and a Middle Eastern rabble at that. [ ] The
lazy-minded evangelico-romanticism of George W. Bush, the bureaucratic will
to power of Donald Rumsfeld, the avuncular condescension of Dick Cheney, and
the reflexive military deference of Colin Powell combined to get us into a
situation we never wanted to be in, a situation no self-respecting nation
ought to be in, a situation we don't know how to get out of."

Wow. Try this:

- Substitute the word "Chicago" for "Iraq", "Baghdad" and "Basra"

- Substitute "drug dealers" for "Iranian agents"

- Substitute "ghetto" for "Middle Eastern"

- And, finally, substitute "Daley" for "Bush", "Rumsveld" and "Powell"
-- and that whole ridiculous diatribe makes sense!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I have no doubt there are US & Russian subs, just waiting around
to pick up the rockets and other debris...From what I understand,
the NK guidance system is only slightly better than the cruise control
on my car.

"Blanche Cohen" wrote in message
...
I have no doubt there are US & Russian subs, just waiting around
to pick up the rockets and other debris...From what I understand,
the NK guidance system is only slightly better than the cruise control
on my car.


I think your cars cruise control is better. Has your car blown up?

Matt Whiting writes:

Jay Honeck wrote:

Uh oh:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I50915D5D
The news is reporting that they've launched FOUR missiles now --
possibly one that can reach the U.S. mainland...
I wonder what our Air Force guys in South Korea are doing right
now...

Sounds like they are watching missiles fail mid-flight according to
CNN. :-)

I was sort of hoping we'd use this occasion for some live tests of our
anti-missile laser and missile systems. It would be nice to have some
free targets for a change.

Sure, but so embarrassing when it doesn't work!
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"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
...

I was sort of hoping we'd use this occasion for some live tests of our
anti-missile laser and missile systems. It would be nice to have some
free targets for a change.

Sure, but so embarrassing when it doesn't work!

Not as embarrassing as when they fail in a real crisis because they never
conducted a fully operational test.

Matt Barrow wrote:

"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
...

I was sort of hoping we'd use this occasion for some live tests of our
anti-missile laser and missile systems. It would be nice to have some
free targets for a change.

Sure, but so embarrassing when it doesn't work!


Not as embarrassing as when they fail in a real crisis because they never
conducted a fully operational test.

In what crises would they work? If they succeeded in sending even one
to the US, their entire country would be leveled within minutes. What
advantage is that to them?


Matt

Jay Honeck wrote:
Uh oh:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?I50915D5D

The news is reporting that they've launched FOUR missiles now --
possibly one that can reach the U.S. mainland...

I wonder what our Air Force guys in South Korea are doing right now...

I suspect our Special Ops crews are preparing for very secret missions
to disable many components of NK's threat. After the real threat is
suppressed, NK will look more and more like a brat stamping his feet.

"Stubby" == Stubby writes:
Stubby I suspect our Special Ops crews are preparing for very
Stubby secret missions to disable many components of NK's threat.

I suspect you've absorbed too many action movies.

Special Ops crews are not superhuman, and the NK's are not some
3rd-world banana republic.

Bob Fry wrote:

"Stubby" == Stubby writes:

Stubby I suspect our Special Ops crews are preparing for very
Stubby secret missions to disable many components of NK's threat.

I suspect you've absorbed too many action movies.

Special Ops crews are not superhuman, and the NK's are not some
3rd-world banana republic.

2nd world isolated starving trash heap, courtesey of its wonderful
leadership, would be more accurate.