BRAVO SIERRA ALERT: US Special Forces 'parachuted into North Korea'

I was going to wait until tomorrow to post this but the story has gone viral so I'm going to jump in and do a little damage control:


The Telegraph: US special forces 'parachuted into North Korea'

The general officer quoted in the article isn't only smoking dogfood he's drinking the bongwater. His claim that ANYBODY is parachuting into North Korea is right up there with Santa Claus & the Easter Bunny conspired with George Soros to give us Barack Hussein Obama as revenge on the American people for succumbing to George Bush's mind control techniques.

It's telling that the Telegraph posts a pictures of regular Marine grunts unloading an Amphtrack. Heads up Newsboys - THIS is what Special Forces soldiers in Korea look like:

Soldiers of 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) and the Republic of Korea 11th Special Forces Brigade training near Gwangyang, South Korea - notice they are wearing CPOGs (Chemical Protective Outerwear Garments) - an indication of anticipated NorKorCom response to the presence of US/ROK SF on the battlefield. (Andrew Kosterman/ U.S. Army )


This ain't World War II occupied France - the North Korean airspace & coastline is the most seamless, heavily-fortified on Earth. They have radar, TONS of anti-aircraft (nap-of-the-Earth helo infil not an option they stretch cables between hilltops) and they literally sweep their beaches twice a day, for evidence of beach landings. When I was in 1st Bn/1st SFG in Okinawa our no shit go-to-war plan for N. Korea involved: A) infiltrate by parachute or sub-surface/over-the-beach, and B) after the sun comes up, die in place (and try to take as many of them with you as possible).

North Korean Special Forces: these guys do NOT f*ck around.


North Korea has increased the number of its special warfare forces and battle tanks over the last two years as part of efforts to improve both conventional and asymmetrical military capabilities against South Korea. According to the South Korean Ministry of National Defense 2010 Defense White Paper, the number of North Korean special warfare forces has increased by 20,000 to 200,000.

Bottom Line: if there were any validity to this story we wouldn't be hearing it from this bozo clown one-star general we'd be learning about it as they paraded the RoK/US SF infiltrators before the cameras at their propaganda show trials.

Anyway the commander of US Army SF in Korea is a major, not a one-star. I suspect the journo's who filed this story got the officer's duty position mixed up, but that's easy enough to do; Special Operations chains-of-command are notoriously confusing, even to the soldiers within those units. I suspect we do that on purpose, in keeping with the sentiments expressed by a Wehrmacht general: "War is Chaos, and the reason the American Army excells at War is because they practice Chaos on a daily basis."


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IRAN, ISRAEL, GAZA & THE WEST BANK - PERCEPTIONS

I was recently approached for security guidance regarding travel to the Palestinian Territories. I myself have traveled thru Gaza, but that was way back when Israeli paratroopers were still patrolling the place, so I reached out to my contact in Israel; his assessment is that the PA is clearly enemy territory and its probably safer to travel to Iran or North Korea than it is to go to the Gaza Strip. My professional advice regarding the West Bank is to restrict travel to only that which is absolutely necessary. My perception is that PA is not as challenging a destination as Gaza, although it is DEFINITELY deep inside Indian country. - S.L.

Gaza

Ramallah, capital of the West Bank in the occupied Palestinian territory

West Bank, Hebron


Hello Sean -

Thanks for your contributions to security measures to be taken while traveling to the Middle East. I am still concerned over the Israel/Iran uranium purification issue that has gotten the attention of the P5+1 countries with the disclosure that enrichment has reached 27 per cent. Hopefully, talks will continue and the rather significant build up of US troops in Israel is not a sign of an imminent strike. Any thoughts of whether a visit to Israel and the West Bank over the next two weeks should be avoided? I welcome your perceptions.

Very best regards for a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend,
Neilsson


Iran Uranium Purification:

There is no indication at this time that Iran has weaponized any of its nuclear material. Historically nuclear weapons serve as an effective deterrence, and Israel possesses a formidable arsenal. Despite Ahmadinejad’s rhetoric, the clerical rulers of Iran are aware of Israel’s capability and willingness to respond - plus the certainty of a US response - to any offensive move on their behalf. However, Iran has come to appreciate the powerful value of a potential nuclear capability, and continues to play this issue to gain leverage toward their primary geo-political goal, which is to become the major regional power as the United States withdraws from the Middle East.


“Significant Build-Up of US troops in Israel”:

This appears to be a reference to a missile defense exercise announced in January, scheduled for this spring, and subsequently postponed indefinitely. This is not a sign of an eminent strike, or even an escalation of regional tensions. Considering that the US has few if any troops in Israel at any given point in recent history, the presence of a single Patriot missile battery could be considered a “significant build up of US troops”. Given the base facilities available to the US – Diego Garcia, carriers in the Gulf, etc – any likely US strike on Iran would not necessarily be launched from Israel.


Iranian Capabilities:

Iran has a considerable inventory of medium-range missiles capable of reaching Tel Aviv:
• Shahab-3A/B/C - strategic MRBM (range 1,200 km to 2,100 km).
• Ghadr-110 MRBM (range 2000–3000 km).
• Ashoura missile 2 stage MRBM (range 2,000 km).
• Sajiil 2 stage solid fuel MRBM (range 2000–2500 km).

It is significant that in the 32+ years of the Iran Revolution, Iran has not launched a single strategic missile at Israel from its own territory (there have been tactical short-range missile launched out of southern Lebanon by Iranian proxies i.e. Hezbollah). At this time Iranian strategic missiles are only equipped with conventional warheads; i.e. non-nuclear explosives, and as such represent terror weapons at best. In other words, it is possible to be under missile attack, one city block away from a missile strike, and remain completely unharmed.


Worst Course of Action:

In response to indications that Iran has developed nuclear weapons, and mated them onto strategic missiles, Israel and/or the United States launch pre-emptive strikes against Iran. Iran responds with whatever nuclear weapons survive initial strikes, and one or more warheads reach Israeli and/or European cities. Israel and/or the United States - and possibly NATO allies - conduct limited nuclear response against Iran, followed up by conventional military engagement.


Most Likely Course of Action:

Iran continues to “tightrope walk on a tripwire” - betting against a pre-emptive Israeli and/or US strike as it flexes its muscle throughout the region. Continuation of limited actions designed to mitigate the Iranian threat, such as the sabotage of a missile production facility in February of this year, and the Stuxnet virus cyber attack in 2010.


Comment:

In February of this year, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta stated that “Israel has indicated that they’re considering this . . . . (a strike against Iran in April, May or June) . . . and we have indicated our concerns.” Although the upcoming US elections provide for some room for speculation; i.e. if poll numbers swing downward will a desperate incumbent launch a pre-emptive strike in order to ensure re-election? This is an extreme contingency, has no precedent in US history, and in any case the polls are not anywhere near levels required to initiate such a desperate political ploy.


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THE NADIR OF LIBERALISM

Here we have the remarkable spectacle of a credentialled liberal media darling explaining why he is "uncomfortable" in calling America's fallen military members "heroes."





Hayes is worried that doing so is "rhetorically proximate" to justifications for more war.


HEADS UP YOU LIBERAL PUKE:

I've got news for you, Liberal newsboy: you are a worthless oxygen thief, not worthy to carry the gear of men & women better than you, who died facing the enemy on a thousand distant battlefields so that you can enjoy the freedoms you so obviously take for granted.

What about the soldier's of Washington's Continental Army, and the sailors and militiamen of the Revolutionary War? Do they qualify for heroes?

What about the soldiers, sailors, airmen & marines who gave their lives to end fascism in Germany, Italy and Japan? The soldiers who liberated Auschwitz? Are they not heroes, each and every one of them?

What about the warriors who gave their lives in the liberation of Afghanistan and Iraq? And in all wars to liberate the oppressed, all the way back to Thermopylae?

You know what your problem is, newsboy? You've never lived. You've obviously never seen suffering and oppression. You are a pampered lapdog, a Liberal media darling, and you've probably never had to fight for a damn thing in your miserable short lifespan. The sad truth is that War is a constant of the human condition, and there are some things that are worth fighting for. History teaches us that when you get indifferent and lose the will to fight, some other guy who has the will to fight will take you over.

"ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ"

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
John Stuart Mill
English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)

MEMORIAL DAY 2012

"Honor"

9,387 American military dead are interred at the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. The names of an additional 1,557 Americans who lost their lives in the Normandy campaign but could not be located and/or identified are inscribed on the walls of the semicircular memorial.

They are all heroes - each and every single one of them.

BRACE YOURSELVES

This is Liberalism, defined:

Krugman: Scientists Should Falsely Predict Alien Invasion So Government Will Spend More Money

Last year New York Times columnist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman called for space aliens to invade earth so that the government would spend money to mount a defense thereby stimulating the economy.




PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES: This is hard to get people to do, much better, obviously, to build bridges and roads and healthcare clinics and schools. But my proposed, I actually have a serious proposal which is that we have to get a bunch of scientists to tell us that we're facing a threatened alien invasion, and in order to be prepared for that alien invasion we have to do things like build high-speed rail. And the, once we've recovered, we can say, “Look, there were no aliens.”


This isn't crazy ol' STORMBRINGER speaking here; this is a Nobel Prize laureate, people. Credentialled Liberal aristocracy - it doesn't get any higher. If I question Darwinism, or speak out against abortion, or gay marriage, or call out a slut/whore as a slut and a whore - all positions backed up by the Bible, by the way - then I'm an intolerant ultra-right wing Tea Party nut case. This guy seriously suggests a government massive-spending scheme involving a make-believe space alien invasion and the New York Times gives him a platform.

I do like the author's take on it, however.


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