Re: U.S. Special Forces are in North Korea

*What if one of our Special Ops is captured by the lunatic North
Koreans?*
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it will reinforce the USA's reputation as an interventionist
nation ... sticking it's nose where it doesn't belong

On May 29, 10:40 am, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> **
>            New post on *Fellowship of the Minds*
> <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>  U.S. Special
> Forces are in North
> Korea<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/u-s-special-forces-...>by
> Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>
>
> As the war drums beat ever louder against Syria, in the name of "human
> rights," the startling news this morning is that U.S. special forces have
> been parachuting into North Korea to, in the words of "a senior US
> officer," "gather intelligence about underground military installations."
>
> Ask yourself this question:
>
> *What if one of our Special Ops is captured by the lunatic North Koreans?*
>
> [image: Soldiers from the US Marine Corps take part in a US-South Korea
> joint landing operation drill along the shore in Pohang, about 370 km (230
> miles) southeast of Seoul, March 29, 2012. North Korea remains technically
> at war with South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. In a sign
> North Korea is moving forward with its announced plan to launch a rocket in
> mid-April, a U.S. official confirmed the United States had detected
> activity that looked like launch preparations at a facility near the
> country's northwestern border with China]
>    The UK's *Telegraph*
> reports<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9296587/US-...>,
> May 29, 2012, that at a conference held in Florida last week, Army
> Brigadier General Neil Tolley, commander of US special forces in South
> Korea<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/>,
> said that North Korea had built thousands of tunnels since the Korean war,
> which are hidden from our satellites. And so, Tolley revealed:
>
> "*So we send (South Korean) soldiers and US soldiers to the North to do
> special reconnaissance. *After 50 years, we still don't know much about the
> capability and full extent of the underground facilities. We don't know how
> many we don't know about."
>
> Tolley's comments were reported on the website of *The Diplomat*, the
> National Defense Industrial Association's magazine.
>
> Gen Tolley said the commandos were sent in with minimal equipment to
> facilitate their movements and minimize the risk of detection by North
> Korean forces.
>
> At least four of the tunnels built by Pyongyang go under the Demilitarized
> Zone separating North and South Korea. Among the facilities identified are
> 20 air fields that are partially underground, and thousands of artillery
> positions. In February, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that
> Pyongyang had built at least two new tunnels at a nuclear testing site,
> likely in preparation for a new test.
>
> +++
>
> Here are some statistics<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/saying-enough-to-th...>to
> remember:
>
>    - U.S. national debt is now $16 trillion.
>
>    - But U.S. "defense" military budget keeps going up: from $370 in 2001,
>    to $620 billion in 2006, to $900 billion in 2012.
>
>    - Since 1990 when America's most formidable enemy the Soviet Union fell
>    apart, ending the Cold War, U.S. military expenses depleted the U.S.
>    Treasury of $11.5 trillion.
>
>    - U.S. national debt in 1990 was $3.2 trillion. Today, it is $15.7
>    trillion -- a 500% increase in 22 years.
>
>    - In 2001, spending on "defense" was 17% of total governmental spending.
>    In 2012, Defense, Homeland Security, and war spending account for 25% of
>    government spending.
>
>    - We have thrown over $1.3 trillion down Middle East rat holes over the
>    last 11 years with no discernible benefit to the citizens of the United
>    States. But the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost America the lives of
>    6,470 soldiers and 47,545 wounded -- thus far.
>
>    - America's perpetual wars are stressing and pushing our soldiers beyond
>    their limits. Suicides by soldiers increased by 80% between 2004 and 2008.
>    There are almost as many deaths by suicide as deaths in combat. Half of our
>    returning Iraq and Afghan wars soldiers will go on disability.
>
>    - Our military veterans, who make up 13% of the population, account for
>    23% of the homeless.
>
> Still on the fence about the U.S. Perpetual War Machine?
>
> *~Eowyn*
>  *Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>* | May
> 29, 2012 at 6:33 am | Tags: Afghan
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