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Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:08:44 +0000

[...] Inspect the North Korean ship bound for Myanmar, or destroy it | Mind Your Own Damn Business Politic… mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/2009/06/29/inspect-the-north-korean-ship-bound-for-myanmar-or-destroy-it – view page – cached North Korea has sent a ship to Myanmar (Burma), a nation ruled by one of the few governments more tyrannical than North Korea (though recent statements from Iranian clerics suggest they may be seeking the number one spot on the on the Top Ten list of nations ruled by despotic regimes). I want the U.S. to demand permission to board the ship, and if refused, I want the destroyer to disable that ship, request permission again, and if refused, I want the ship sunk in the name of human rights. — From the page [...]

By: jonathan chih

jonathan chih — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:09:55 +0000

Hello every one,

Days past, Years Past, there is still no proper progress to handle North Korea to come forward and work together with International Community, they are much stronger now and they dont care any one, so US, EU and other Friendly countries should take utmost care while handling the case of N.Korea. Firstly, we have to give big lesson to PRC and then we can solve long standing uncomfortable issue of N.Korea. You dont know, the main culprit behind the scene is China and Russia also, but China is playing BIG BROTHER Show for his closest gangsters.
As for Burma, they are also relying on China & Russia, they both r getting enormous income from Burma’s Natural Resources so they will protect Burma same as N. Korea, Forget UN, they are not doing enough to stop such problems, they are living in a comfortable life with US Taxpayers and just making drama, that’s all

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:04:58 +0000

We need to do the same thing to both North Korean ships and Japanese whalers. Tell them to head home, if they don’t, destroy their ships pilot house. No contamination and the ship becomes useless. Now they can tow it home with their tail between their legs. If they leave it, we decontaminate it and make it an artifical reef.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:13:04 +0000

I pretty much agree with the note that Rich left below but I also believe that Jimmy is right about Obama doing almost nothing for any of our wars and the potential of the NK war. As most of you know NK has many nukes and their leader is an almost fully insane little dictator who has way to much power and who calls any routine checks an act of war. I think this all comes down to Kim Johng-Ill being who he is… and if we have a president willing to take any action or not. If you looked at George Bush’s track record no other country wanted to mess with him because he was more than willing to call out the bluffs or war attempt by the other country. Obama has not done any of that yet he has not attempted to block with force he has only gone to the UN to try and put in these ridiculous inspections that can be refused and nothing will happen from there. However, on the same token if we go around sinking all the ships that may be carrying weapons we may end up with another RMS Lusitainia insident. Any step that is taken will have its tolls on american people in fact any people. But if NK ends up firing off their nukes anything could happen to this world and then no one can predict anything for the future for our earth and the existance of the human race.

By: rich

rich — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:57:01 +0000

Just now i read that the US, according to some government whatever, basically said that “The sanctions will work and the US will enforce them fully” Something like that. But aren’t they just sitting there watching it? Watching it for what???!!! Saying they haven’t decided if they will even approach the stupid ship? Maybe they are waiting for it to dock. Fine, then do what needs to be done. How can the American people sit by and watch their all-mighty new President sit on this, while gripping about Iran no less! Yep, board it, stop it, sink it, whatever. Why can’t we stop all ships from NK? Stop them all. Anybody that thinks the US should sit and do nothing has no clue what that will cause.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:27:39 +0000

Unfortunately, the US will probably do nothing about North Korean shipping OR missile launches OR nuke tests. Bottom line – everyone is too afraid of what Pyongyang can do to Japan and South Korea with the chemical and biological weapons they already have.

But the logic of that fails me completely. We’re too afraid of NK now to stop them, so we’re going to allow them to add an arsenal of nuclear-tipped ICBM’s to the horrors they can unleash on the world??

Talk about passing the buck – where’s Harry Truman when we need him??

By: World focus on Burma (29 June 2009) « Save Burma

World focus on Burma (29 June 2009) « Save Burma — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:03:34 +0000

[...] Inspect the North Korean ship bound for Myanmar, or destroy it Mind Your Own Damn Business Politics – Robert S. Siegel – ‎ North Korea has sent a ship to Myanmar (Burma), a nation ruled by one of the few governments more tyrannical than North Korea (though recent statements from … [...]

By: James C. Harwood

James C. Harwood — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:53:43 +0000

I completely agree with you, Robert Siegel. I’ve been doing a Google Search in News for updats on North Korea about twice each day, and found your article as result this morning. I also found a very interesting article, which has left me with a big smile ever since I read it. At 3:01 AM PST this Monday 29 June 2009, Vandenberg AFB in CA launched a Minuteman 3 ICBM, traveled 4200 miles, hit its targets with 3 unarmed reentry vehicles at the Kwajalein Atoll at Marshall Islands. Love the message it sends to North Korea about its threats and planned missile launch possibly toward Hawaii on July 4.

By: Bernie

Bernie — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:59:34 +0000

The UN “resolution” (a term unfit for loose sanctions) does give the power to get the ship searched, albeit indirectly. If the ship denies an inspection, then it is to be tailed into the nearest port where local authorities will search. This is a horribly sleazy move; instead of one of our great nations boarding the ship (declaring war, in N.K.’s mind), we’ll have the officials from a third-party/third-world country take care of it. The goal was to tail the Kang Nam until it ran out of fuel, then tow it into India where U.N. trade sanctions are apparently strictly enforced.

My point is, it’s not entirely true that the ships can’t be searched, but the consequences and responsibilities of searching the ship fall on nations other than the ones that will be fighting this war, if and when it erupts.

By: Membery

Membery — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:46:29 +0000

Ok cowboy. Slow down there. The UN is not very powerful as an entity but that’s the way it should be. As part of the international community we need to work along side the rest of the world to deal with N. Korea. N. Korea is a problem for everyone, of which we are the least threatened. Your solution could be the start of world war. What would China think if we did as you suggest? I agree that the ship should be dealt with but I believe that it should be through the proper channels and not as a rogue world power gunslinger.