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Old 07-27-2010, 03:21 AM  
Doug E
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I've said from day 1 it was probably bullshit. North Korea would have claimed doing it had they done it intentionally unless it was some rogue or accident bullshit but theyd probably still claim it after they realized there was no retaliatory bombing/invasion coming, as always.

One guys theory is a US nuclear sleeper sub not involved in the training exercise at the time had sunk it mistaking it for a NK threat. He has good arguments for it but it could have been any number of things and the US moved to capitalize on it. We'll probably never know, there will be so much BS spun once the mainstream media starts printing it that only the genius conspiracy theorists will know 'exactly' what happened. The people involved that actually do know won't even know what to believe at the end of it.

Other than the massive amount of civilian casualties on both sides of the DMZ (a very big other) I've got no problem seeing the NK government fall. It should have been done in 52/53. Had Macarthur had more support from the presidents office the thing would likely have been nipped in the bud and not allowed to drag out for 57-and-who-knows-how-many-more years.

My thinking is US intelligence has seen a big opportunity with the upcoming transition of power, has made contacts within the military/government there and has the chance to push the current administration to collapse and has maybe enough support for a coup or at least support to help stabilize the country soon after what ever may happen happens. There's no way with the money the US is bleeding with two inherited wars that Obama would allow these stiff sanctions right after this very possible mocked up incident. It's a huge provocation by the US gov and wouldn't be done if they didn't have good reason to believe the Kim Jong Il government is folding or will fold if they give it a little push over. A huge provocation assuming I and others are correct in believing the SK vessel was not sunk by NK. But fuck it, I'm probably wrong and this shit will drag out for another 50 years with some retard running North Korea, sipping cognac or whatever he drinks these days in his harem of slave whores while his people eat dirt and starve all the while as South Koreans rightfully live the good life in what is quickly becoming one of the most advanced countries in the world on what should be one of the most advanced peninsulas in the world.
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