They should name it Gort.

Also,

could they tell if the missile was intercepted?

or would it look like a probable catastrophic failure.

csdeven on March 26, 2009 at 12:52 AM

Wrong on so many levels…but funny nonetheless.

The only hope I have left for our country’s safety is in our nation’s military leadership. It looks as if that bloodthirsty midget may be the one to test our strength, and we have Bawreck Insane Osama for our civilian leader.

…and as much as it creeps me out so say it, this is the first time in my life I’ve wished the military didn’t answer to a civilian as their top dog.

BobMbx on March 25, 2009 at 11:57 PM

Maquis on March 26, 2009 at 12:15 AM

Thanks to you both for the replies.

I did have Carter in mind, but I wasn’t aware of their new name.

It would seem that they do, indeed, have a mission, these days.

Daggett on March 26, 2009 at 12:45 AM

Perhaps they should call it “bad kimchee”?

/ducks

“Staff, if Korea launches a nuclear missile at us, you may NOT call it a thermonuclear attack. It is a Korea-sponsored focused warming episode.”

Boo-ya!

………… LAUNCH!

Remind me, folks, why were neutron bombs outlawed?

OldEnglish on March 25, 2009 at 11:08 PM

Because Jimmy Carter is a moron that wants any use of a weapon that can effectively end the Seoul hostage crisis without millions of civilian casualties to create massive radioactive fallout creating global terror and universal condemnation. We can’t have a weapon that only kills the bad guy because then it might be, you know, militarily useful. Because nukes are evil, and betraying the security and freedom of peaceful peoples is a pastime of Mr. Carter.

Duhhh! ;)

Remind me, folks, why were neutron bombs outlawed?

OldEnglish on March 25, 2009 at 11:08 PM

They’re not outlawed. They have no mission. They still exist with a new name: Enhanced Radiation Weapon. No country is known to have this design deployed. The only difference between a run-of-the-mill nuke and an ERW is how the energy is released. An EWR releases a higher percentage of energy as radiation instead of heat or blast effects.

Although the argument can be made that “dirty bombs” are EWRs, and they are not as difficult to construct.

get da hell out from unda dat desk, foo. and stop suckin yo thumb. you know i tole you to stop doin dat when we moved in dis house.

sh!t, wont sumpin done right, guess you got do it yo-sef.

where dat kim jun ill?
i gone show dat ho wuz up!

Meeshel

i know, i know. i can’t help it. i just had a visual.

Do your worst!

I don’t think even Hans Blix couldn’t whitewash this one.

Thats what I figured and being trained by our SpecOps and Marines is a major plus.

Bubba Redneck on March 25, 2009 at 10:11 PM

Actually, I think AP’s on to something where he wrote:

One possibility is shooting it down secretly and announcing publicly that the missile failed on its own, a la the 2006 Taepodong launch. That would let the North Koreans save face, which might be enough to avoid confrontation.

Consider:

TOTUS has been caught with his pants down more, often than not, regarding military matters generally (Gitmo, Afghanistan, Russia, Iran, Iraq, etc., etc. come to mind). I agree with AP that he will gravitate to something that will save face. Also, privately he will use the very tool he publicly derides – BMD – to keep NoKo in place while publicly fellating them diplomatically. Not only will TOTUS then be able to spew his BS about “smart diplomacy”, but he will also remind the military that they are his b*tch to be used, and abused, just as BJ did from 1993 to 2001.

TOTUS cannot politically afford an attack on CONUS, because it will instantly make him a one-term president with no future in politics (like a African-American mashup of Gore and Carter, if you can imagine that). At the same time, TOTUS cannot politically allow the US to be seen as a strong force in strategic affairs, because he needs to nurture a state of fear in order for him to get away with spending his way into another 50 year Democrat permanent majority.

TOTUS is a grotesque political combination of the worst bullsh*t of Clinton and the weakness of Carter, on Soros-bought steroids. Beware.

One question that hasn’t been answered as compared to the Norks, what is the status of the SoKo military? They have a manufacturing base and a fairly dynamic economy. Do they have hardened batteries pointed back at the Norks?