http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/11...illery-island/
I always hold my breath when hits the fan between these two...Let's hope it doesn't escalate
yeah, me too. I did a tour over there (area 1) and still have a Korean friend who was a KATUSA in my unit. Love that country and it's people, so I always cringe when it gets hot between the North and the South.
The DMZ is a scary place, and i'm not sure how many people know just how little it would take to set off some serious . I'll never forget driving through/over mountain passes/bridges that were rigged to blow in order to slow down a NK advance. We trained in areas that had extensive trench networks with dug-in, pre-positioned tanks and artillery that were always ready to go. Did the Panmunjom trip too. It always felt like I was going back in time when we were training near the DMZ, to some alternate universe where the Cold War never really ended, and I suppose in that area it hasn't. The sheer amount of firepower packed into that small area is staggering
I don't even like to think of how bad it would be if things went to full scale war. It wouldn't be like anything seen since the last Korean War, and probably much worse due to the size of the militaries involved.
Hope those crazy kids simmer down
So the fat- Dear Leader III wants to get some? Dear Leader II is practically dead, right? So it's lardass running the show?
Thanks for the insight.
I'm not sure a war would be sustainable in terms of invasion from NK into SK, but lots of people would be killed by bomb blasts. And that's the problem with NK, they just seem content to destroy and manipulate their people into being content with nothingness, they don't give a if they gain anything at all. The new kid doesn't seem to have learned from studying in Western schools. Terrible.
we all know if this goes to a UN or nato meeting, look out for the chinese to veto...
seriously north korea u can just park ur subs n ships on its coasts and bombard the out of it...
Economy in U.S.A bad
Distract Americans from bad economy by telling N.Korea to start a war
Me speak english well
Fight,Fight,Fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meh...they aren't really gonna start anything major. They are dictators. They need to keep their population isolated, paranoid, and under control. They rattle their sabers and blow stuff up occasionally to keep their people sacrificing for the "defense" of their country...
ohh the irony..
seriously, the sheep doesn't even realize this is what the government is doing to most of you today with censorship and hiding the truth. global elitists will stop at nothing until their plan is complete
Since the outright sinking of a South Korean warship a few months back the South has been in little mood to be nice.
Not sure if Fox noted this in your article, but the South has stepped up its military exercises, and one of those exercises involved lobbing artillery s s into some disputed offshore waters.
The North said that was unacceptable, and the South did it anyways.
This episode marks a dangerous escalation by all accounts.
I have a feeling China is going to be jerking very hard on the leash of its yappy lapdog behind the scenes.
Arrogant little , aren't you?
will the south rise again?
More: CNNSeoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Hours after North Korea's deadly artillery attacks Tuesday, South Korea's president said "enormous retaliation" is needed to stop Pyongyang's incitement, but international diplomats urgently appealed for restraint.
"The provocation this time can be regarded as an invasion of South Korean territory," President Lee Myung-bak said at the headquarters of the Joint Chiefs of Staff here, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
The incident -- in which two South Korean marines died -- is "the first direct artillery attack on South Korean territory since the Korean War ended in an armistice, not a formal peace treaty" in the 1950s, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
Scott Snyder, director of the Center for U.S.-Korea Policy, the Asia Foundation, called the act a "very serious provocation" and said it was "unprecedented in recent years in terms of artillery beyond the DMZ into civilian areas."
S Korea seems to think it was pretty major. All it takes is one misstep by either side.
I've got a friend stationed over there right now; hoping nothing goes down.
Koreans eat dog
Speaking of eating dogs, George did u ever spread jam on your ass and let fido go to town on you, you sick er.
Naturally SK is gonna trash talk but IMHO they won't escalate. China is the 800 pound gorilla in the room.
Hopefully you're right. They seem itching for a fight.
They are probably still trying to figure out what the happened. You know SK fired artillery from the island first, right?...just not AT NK. Could have been a trigger happy reaction from the local NK military commander, or even more likely, ordered by the military (to keep tensions up) in a power struggle in the transition...
I think you're right but I don't think its because of China. Its because of the total destruction NK would rain down on Seoul. The fall of NK would mean tons of refugees crossing Chinese borders and thats the last thing they want. They also don't want to have to deal with this . Their relationship is very much love hate with NK but I don't think they'd ever support them in a war with the US and SK.
Yes, but according to SK, they informed NK ahead of time. Like I said, lots of tension, and all it takes is one misstep, real or perceived.
There's already lots of dead SK soldiers in the mix. I'm not sure how much more restraint they can show.
... with the US being the 1,000 pound gorilla backing them.
I think the Chinese are going to be pushing very hard on both Koreas to tone it down, though.
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