http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/2004...55605-6954r.htm

 

I am very surprised the Moonie Times came out with this story.

 

From the antiwar.com blog --

"Newly declassified documents revealed the United States planned as recently as 1998 to drop nuclear bombs on North Korea if the country attacked South Korea.

As part of "scenario 5027," 24 F15-E bombers flew simulation missions at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina to drop mock nuclear bombs on a firing range between January and June 1998..."

 

 

Indeed! Swell thing it is for the people of NK that Jong-Il decided not to invade. Instead, he decided to develop nukes himself. Some random, probably useless thoughts:

Hasn't the US nuked enough people in that region? Why does the plan use the annoying word "scenario"? Why would those F-15E "Strike Eagles" need bombing runs? What with the awesome destructive power of the modern nuke, you're going to destroy the entire civilian population anyway, no matter where the damn things land. Who cares if you miss the mark by a few dozen feet? I'm no scientist, but wouldn't the fallout from those bombs damage South Korea significantly as well? (Including the 30,000 US troops along the border with the North)

 

The UPI report goes on to say:

 

"The declassified documents also said the U.S. had kept nuclear weaponry in South Korea until at least 1998, despite officially claiming it had withdrawn all nuclear warheads in 1991."

 

Yet another reason the "crazy" Kim Jong-Il would want nukes of his own. So, in a very significant way I guess, the US, in its tireless efforts to "protect" the South, is actually responsible for creating a good deal of the danger that exists in the region.

*wonders how this is Bush's fault....*

*wonders how this is Bush's fault....*

Never said it was...but I think it is part of the War Party's fault [everybody who is pro-interventionalist/imperialist] that cuts across both political parties.

Never said it was...but I think it is part of the War Party's fault [everybody who is pro-interventionalist/imperialist] that cuts across both political parties.

That wasn't aimed at you... sorry Apu

The plan uses the word 'scenereo' because it is one of many plans made up to respond to situations. They probably have plans drawn up for what to do if China invades Tiawan, or any number of other things. They probably also had plans that didn't involve nukes, and maybe even had a plan to just withdraw.