Comments on: Navy Tracks N. Korea Ship; Tensions Rise

Pentagon Boosts Defenses Around Hawaii After Reports That Regime May Fire Missile Toward U.S. Islands

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by p94932 June 19, 2009 7:44 AM PDT
Get the USS MIssouri out of mothballs, and let those 16 inch guns blow this ship out of the water! The navy needs target practice!


Send a battleship? Why waste the time and energy with a battleship when a gravyboat will do. (Ahem!)

[Questionews]

Great--Now we'll get to hear gravy boast about his 16" gun!

[p94932]

Let's build a new fleet of 20 Cheney class battleships!

[p94932]

Get the USS MIssouri out of mothballs, and let those 16 inch guns blow this ship out of the water! The navy needs target practice!

[bigmo47]

by riddelup June 19, 2009 4:25 AM PDT

...nuclear development with the intent of blackmailing the rest of the world to subsidize their inefficient and failing economy?
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Maybe we should use this philosophy and get someone to subsidize ours!!!!

[tunaatlast]

I mean like do it yesterday.

[tunaatlast]

whith both n.korea and iran newly "elected" leaders; Why don't we stop messing around and put a bullet in their respective heads.

[Questionews]

Some are saying to "just bomb them back to the stone age". (It's not that far back for NK) The big problem that I see is that the people that would pay the price are the South Koreans. It's very much like dealing with a killer with a knife to the throat of a hostage. At the first sign of an attack, the North will unleash a hailstorm of conventional rockets, artillery & whatever else that have upon the South. Yes NK's nuke facilities can be taken out with precision bombing, but unless the arsenal of conventional weapons that are already targeted on Seoul are secured, there could be thousands of dead South Koreans. Not the best outcome.

[gravyboat3000]

When the North Korean,"cargo", ship docks to refuel, they will be boarded by either the port authority where the dock, or U.S. forces.

Can't wait, as Lil' Kim's already stated that this would be an act of war. Of course, he won't DO anything, but make more threats, and shoot more blanks into the Pacific.

However, if the ship DOES have nuclear material or weapons, it's time for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea's nuclear facilities, and a blockade of ALL it's ports.

[erasmus111]

by Aldymac June 19, 2009 5:59 AM PDT
As far as shooting the missle down, don't count on BO to give the order, as with the pirates, the commander of the American ship gave the order, Obama just took the credit.



The only reason the commander of the American ship was able to give the order, was because Obama told him he could.

[Aldymac]

Obama did not give the order, the commander fell back on navel regs that gave him the authority to give the order to shoot, they waited for four days and knew the order was not going to come from Obama.

[bigmo47]

Aldymac,
There is no Navy REg that authorizes a ship commander to kill a nonmilitary criminal that is not attacking a naval vessel in intrnational waters. Start reading and stop listening to pundits. That order came from the White House. Even if the commander had given the order, the SEALs would not have listened to it because they do not work for him. They are simply using that ship as a launching point. There are many unclassified regulations that govern the employment of special operation forces that you can use to get a little bit more educated before you start ranting!!! Right now I think you are misinformed. If you keep repeating it, then you just are a liar.

[bigmo47]

Aldymac,
There is no Navy Reg that authorizes a ship commander to kill a nonmilitary criminal that is not attacking a naval vessel in intrnational waters. Start reading and stop listening to pundits and talking heads. That order came from the White House. Even if the commander had given the order, the SEALs would not have listened to it because they do not work for him. They are simply using that ship as a launching point. There are many unclassified regulations that govern the employment of special operation forces that you can use to get a little bit more educated before you start ranting!!! Right now I think you are misinformed. If you keep repeating it, then you just are a liar.

[Aldymac]

One thing I learned in Nam was to never underestimate your enemy, they are still getting help from someone who also has something to gain, or they wouldn't still be in business. The Chinese aren't in the least bit afraid, if they were they would do something about it.
As far as shooting the missle down, don't count on BO to give the order, as with the pirates, the commander of the American ship gave the order, Obama just took the credit.

[bigmo47]

You are either very uninformed or you are simply lying. The commander of the ship was not in chrge of the SEALs, they just gave them a ride. The ship commander has absolutely zero authority over the SEAL team. That command had to come from the White House or Pentagon because it dealt with a nonmilitary police action in international waters. Just a little reading will take you along way.