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Report: N. Korea fires on S. Korea, killing 1 and injuring 15 - CNN.com
Hope everyone is still here to read this in the morning.
Right now North Korea is bombarding a small South Korean island off the Western Coast of the peninsula with hundreds of artillery shells, injuring at least 16 people and killing 2-3. The South responded with return fire of about 80 shells and scrambled F-16's as well as gathered an emergency meeting in Seoul.
So what do you think? apparently there was a skirmish similar to this last year. In addition, the sinking of a South Korean warship (PROBABLY) by North Korea didn't result in WW3, so will this?
Should the US intervene? NK has nukes, and who knows what China would do. In addition to the other wars we are currently involved in.
I for one see US action in the peninsula as a much better option than entering Iraq was, although that may not be saying much.
A full scale assault would almost certainly mean the demise of Seoul, as the North apparently has loads of artillery pointed in that direction. Not much you can do to stop a shell.
I don't think the South has nukes, and U.S. tactical nukes were removed some time ago I believe. But that doesn't mean that any number of U.S. warships in the area don't have that capability.
Is Obama too scared since he was voted in to "end the war" to start another one?
Not to mention the financial instability the conflict has already caused in its first few hours! International markets are falling 2-3% and that is after the Korean markets have closed!
Hope everyone is still here to read this in the morning.
Right now North Korea is bombarding a small South Korean island off the Western Coast of the peninsula with hundreds of artillery shells, injuring at least 16 people and killing 2-3. The South responded with return fire of about 80 shells and scrambled F-16's as well as gathered an emergency meeting in Seoul.
So what do you think? apparently there was a skirmish similar to this last year. In addition, the sinking of a South Korean warship (PROBABLY) by North Korea didn't result in WW3, so will this?
Should the US intervene? NK has nukes, and who knows what China would do. In addition to the other wars we are currently involved in.
I for one see US action in the peninsula as a much better option than entering Iraq was, although that may not be saying much.
A full scale assault would almost certainly mean the demise of Seoul, as the North apparently has loads of artillery pointed in that direction. Not much you can do to stop a shell.
I don't think the South has nukes, and U.S. tactical nukes were removed some time ago I believe. But that doesn't mean that any number of U.S. warships in the area don't have that capability.
Is Obama too scared since he was voted in to "end the war" to start another one?
Not to mention the financial instability the conflict has already caused in its first few hours! International markets are falling 2-3% and that is after the Korean markets have closed!
