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[W]hat you cannot do is argue as Dick Cheney and Bush have consistently argued about the WMD threat, then look at their current position on North Korea and consequently make any coherent sense at all.
The Cheney argument, as outlined in Ron Suskind's book-length brief for the CIA, The One Percent Doctrine, is clear. It is that if there is a 1% chance that terrorists can get access to WMDs, the US, after 9/11, must treat that chance as a 100% certainty.
Under that Cheney risk-rubric, Kim is easily the gravest threat to American lives since Bush took office. He has the materials; he has the motive; all he lacks is a delivery system.
And the failure of his missile delivery system is not a cause for relief. It merely means that if he is to deliver the nuclear goods to his enemies, he has to find another way.
A suitcase? An Al-Qaeda suicide bomber? A Pakistani intelligence agent?
You think these options aren't available to him? If you live anywhere near a western city you should be concerned.
July 9, 2006
"Under that Cheney risk-rubric, Kim is easily the gravest threat to American lives since Bush took office."
45 comments:
- Wickedpinto said...
The caution that comes with that part of the world is that there is china who wants to take taiwan, you have north korea that is crazy, and we have pakistan not to far away, who may be culpable (is actually already) in NK's development of nukes, you have india who might use NK's nuke program as an excuse, you have japan, who has maintained a pascifist, or at least purely defensively military for 60 years.
The complexity of the NK problem is a lot more significant that Iraq, that is why the 6 party talks. The more people/nations involved in the talks, and the more nations that wash their hands of NK, the better stance we have in shutting them down military, without a gigantic cascade of directly related, uninteded, but clearly identifiable consequenses.
This isn't ideology, or just ideology. It's also strategic sense.
- panther33 said...
Oh dear, Andrew Sullivan feels "conned" because the U.S. is engaging in "multlateral blather" on NK. What does he want, an invasion north across the DMZ next month?
The fact is that the countries most at risk from North Korean nukes are Japan and South Korea, democratic countries that happen to be allies of ours. Ignoring their interests would be both unwise and immoral,IMO. Sullivan's whining about anything GWB does is getting pretty old.
- Seven Machos said...
We can't invade North Korea because of China. Just like China can't invade Taiwan because of us.
Somewhere in his weird mind, Sullivan knows this. Somewhere in his mind he is aware that the United States just might lose a war with China.
Also, by the way, the fact that we did not find WMD in Iraq addles us greatly when we talk of WMD elsewhere. Bush has to be kicking himself for allowing WMD to become such a centerpiece in Iraq.
- John Thacker said...
The argument is entirely straightforward:
South Korea is a strong ally, and doesn't want us to do anything, and we respect that, not least because they would bear the brunt of casualties.
We are restrained by circumstances and reality in what we can do. Yes, the DPRK is a terrible threat. But strategic concerns (including allies) constrain us.
- Palladian said...
This is classic misdirection by a man who is desperately trying to retain some shred of his "hawk" credentials.
That North Korea is a threat is not in dispute. They've been a threat long before Maddy Albright was clinking glasses with Kim Jon Il. The problem with dealing with them has everything to do with both our ally South Korea and their ally China.
- Internet Ronin said...
As one who theoretically lives within the range of harm's way, I refuse to lose one wink of sleep over this despite Andrew Sullivan's hysteria.
- Icepick said...
And the failure of his missile delivery system is not a cause for relief. It merely means that if he is to deliver the nuclear goods to his enemies, he has to find another way.
A Pakistani intelligence agent?
That is simply stupid. Pakistan already has nukes. Wouldn't it make more sense for a Pakistani agent to get hold of a Pakistani bomb?
- Steven said...
Screw upsetting China, and screw the complexities. We can't invade North Korea because we physically can't.
Why? Because we don't have anywhere to invade from. China isn't going to offer itself as a staging area. As long as Seoul can be hit by a barrage of North Korean artillery, South Korea won't let us invade from there, no matter how much we demand it. An amphibious assault from Japan is well beyond our capabilities. Finally, we couldn't paratroop in enough forces to fight the North Koreans if they gave us a free month to drop and organize.
This is not a case of Kissengerian realism; this is not a case of incoherence. This is a case of not being physically able to do something given the nature of reality, and accordingly not doing it. You know, basic sanity? Sullivan might as well complain that Bush is being incoherent because he hasn't repealed the law of gravity in North Korea, thus flinging the WMDs safely into space.
Sullivan stopped being an honest critic of the Bush Administration some time ago. Nowadays, he just uses whatever rhetorical club he can find to attack the man who dared endorse a national constitutional amendment against gay marriage. Remember when he tried to blame the less than life sentences for abusive Tennessee state correctional workers in Tennessee on Bush?
Another sad victim of Bush Derangement Syndrome.
- Seven Machos said...
Steven -- I think you and I probably would agree on a lot politically. Actually, though, it would be a lot easier to invade North Korea than it was Iraq. We have 40,000 soldiers on the border right now, and several warships always in the region.
- Wickedpinto said...
Seven's right. we have the troops already in the ROK (always liked when peole would call it that, had some ROK service in oki and 29 for training, guys were ninja's, like really, ninja's only with another name)we have a complete Marine and Army division in Oki, we have a massive air assault option in Guam, and the naval presense in that region is massive.
I wouldn't say it would be easier, cuz of all the damage that would be done to seoul in the case of a direct conflict, but we don't have to move too many pieces to be able to establish a significant invasion force on NK.
- Internet Ronin said...
North Korea has over 1,000,000 men in the Korean People's Army, of which 700,000 troops, over 8,000 artillery systems, and about 2,000 tanks within minutes of the demilititarized zone, while the United States has 37,500 men and women stationed all over South Korea.
- Seven Machos said...
Ronin -- If the U.S. decides to attack with the military, it will probably move a few more assets in.
- Internet Ronin said...
Seven - They can't do that without South Korea's permission and they aren't about to get that under the circumstances. Besides, the DPRK would be bound to notice and react before any significant build-up occurred. It isn't like it could happen over night ;-)
- Kev said...
(the other kev)
'Andrew Sullivan detects incoherence'
'Andrew Sullivan = incoherence'
Easily corrected.
- Wickedpinto said...
Ronin? Direct numbers are not enough of an excuse. I believe that a mobilized US force of say 50K (not including air or sea support) would slaughter standing force of 1 million in NK.
Noone else on this planet fights wars like the US other than the UK and AU.
In truth if we were determined to go there without the ROK's permission it would actually make things better, we could free up those troops maintaining a positional defense along the DMZ, and throw them across the lines to destroy immediate threats like those artillery pieces, and all supporting troops we can route through a newly established beachhead in the north, like, Inchon? and just start pooring death in a green business suit into NK.
The outcome is without question, but the side affects are ugly. Thats why we don't move, MOSTLY cuz of the ROK, largely cuz of japan, and somewhat cuz of china, and the other things that might come about between pakistan and india.
- peter hoh said...
I think certain people on the right hate Andrew Sullivan much the way certain people on the left hate Ann Althouse.
- Gahrie said...
Internet Ronin:
North Korea has over 1,000,000 men in the Korean People's Army, of which 700,000 troops, over 8,000 artillery systems, and about 2,000 tanks
That's just more targets. The truth is, North Korea's technology is even more antiquated than Iraq's was, and our technology has gotten even better since the Gulf War and it's extension, the Iraq War. The war would be extremely bloody for North Korea, and the North Koreans would kill hundreds of thousands of South Koreans, but we could take them easily.
- John Thacker said...
The war would be extremely bloody for North Korea, and the North Koreans would kill hundreds of thousands of South Koreans, but we could take them easily.
Well, anything that results in the death of hundreds of thousands of South Korean civilians isn't easily, and isn't something that is practical or doable unless something is really imminent.
It underscores the fatuous comparisons between the DPRK and Iraq. Yes, the DPRK is more dangerous, but when there's a reasonable possibility of so many South Koreans dying, our hands are largely tied.
- John Thacker said...
I think certain people on the right hate Andrew Sullivan much the way certain people on the left hate Ann Althouse.
Probably so, but I hate it when ANYBODY brings up the DPRK card in such a way, ESPECIALLY when they claim to be concerned about our allies, international opinion, or civilians in other contexts.
I'm opposed to torturing suspected terrorists in Guantanamo, certainly. But I'm surely MORE opposed to starting a war with the DPRK opposed by the ROK which could kill hundreds of thousands of their civilians. If torturing suspected terrorists is never acceptable, even if it produces good intelligence (and I agree), then certainly sacrificing so many civilians of an allied country is not acceptable, and nor is proposing it in order to talk tough.
- Freeman Hunt said...
As long as we're discussing Korea, I'd like to recommend the movie JSA. It's about a group of soldiers on either side of the Joint Security Area (border between North and South Korea) who become friends. Very good.
I think certain people on the right hate Andrew Sullivan much the way certain people on the left hate Ann Althouse.
I don't think that's true. He used to be a favorite blogger on the right. I remember when my father used to read him everyday. Then the gay marriage issue came up, and it's been Sullivan's sole compass ever since. (Not just on politics either.) His arguments have become weaker, and the argument above is a great example of that. He's a smart man. He must be aware that the NK situation is not comparable to the Iraq situation.
- panther33 said...
"I think certain people on the right hate Andrew Sullivan much the way certain people on the left hate Ann Althouse"
Pointing out that his position is nonsensical doesn't constitute "hate". And I don't seriously believe that AS supports military action against North Korea. He's just talking tough because he knows that no one's going to take his lame advice.
- ben wallace said...
The One Percent Doctrine was applied to terrorist organizations, not governments. A more relevant risk calculation is as follows: if North Korea uses a nuclear weapon against the US, the probability of massive destruction of NK is nearly 1. The logic of mutually assured destruction should hold for NK just as it holds for other states with nuclear capabilities.
- Wickedpinto said...
Using NK as an example of US impotence or incompetance is an outright LIE!
The reason that I made so many points about the success the US would have were we to engage in War ("War" should always be capitalized, since it is the most extreme nature of humanity to wage it, an needs to be recognized as such) with NK, isn't built on my own arrogant assumptions of how to wage war. It is built on the fact that I was in the service, in oki, during the late 90's, and I don't think there is a single person, after 1993, that served in that theater without recieving numerous lectures, and tactical briefs that conserned the nature of the most expected enemy, at least prior to the Iraq War.
It was a 4 times a year event, we would spend all day getting lectures from generals colonels and majors and even retired enlisted who knew about the situation. NK is a JOKE as a warfighting nation, the problem is, that SK is too friggen lazy to push their friggen populace outside of seoul. Regularly the major statements made was that the UN destroyed any hope of peace, and sabotaged the south with being the on the recieving end of the worst aspects of war for writing the armistice as they did.
Once again, you can CLEARLY blame the UN for the Korean situation in all ways. the UN had "control" of the army, though we fixed that, and the UN authorized mobilization of that armed force, and the UN caved in and drew the borders where they did.
Those lines are not an armistice, they are a blackmail against reasonable regional defense, and I think the UN knew it at the time, After all, china was a part of the negotiation.
- Zach said...
Like a lot of people, I read Sullivan a lot during the runup to the war. He was unusually strident back then, too, but the subject was so emotional and controversial that I misattributed the source of the stridency as being the issues instead of the man. It would have been nice if Sullivan hat put a little disclaimer by the arguments he wasn't going to stand behind when the fighting actually started.
"WMDs are the biggest issue in the world*"
*except gay marriage
"Saddam is the most dangerous tyrant existent*"
*except George Bush
"It is imperative that we invade Iraq immediately*"
*and win in two months, or I'm bailing on the whole thing.
When Bush supported the gay marriage amendment, it took about two days for him to go from being incapable of wrong in Sullivan's eyes to incapable or doing anything right, even on issues that have no connection with gay marriage. It wasn't the new positions that repelled me, it was how easily the old positions vanished into the ether. If the man places so little value on his own analysis, why should I value it any higher?
What really changed is Sullivan's opinion of Bush. The stridency -- before and after the change -- was just selection bias, where Sullivan buttressed his opinions with anything that came to hand.
I'm sure that this article is sincere, for whatever value of sincere that applies to Sullivan. But I'm also sure that he would sincerely change positions the instant anything went wrong -- even if it was something utterly predictable like Seoul getting shelled during the war.
- John in Nashville said...
Sullivan correctly observed that there are differences between North Korea today and Iraq four years ago. One difference that he omitted is that Kim Jong-il does not pose oedipal issues for the Cheerleader-in-chief.
- Troy said...
What are you saying John in Nash?
What in the hell does Bush's suppressed desire to schtupp his mother have to do with Saddam or Kim Jong Il?
Do you even know what "Oedipal" means?
Should someone from Tennessee even be making incest jokes?
- Troy said...
That last part may sound a bit snarky. unintended on the last sentence.
- Seven Machos said...
Barbara Bush was upset that she failed by not invading Baghdad when she was president. President Bush loves her and wants to have sex with her but cannot, so he instead corrects her failure by invading during his presidency.
Everyone knows this.
What else do you have, John? That the sky is blue? That water is wet?
- J said...
Sullivan returned from Provincetown in 04 with a fairly severe case of BDS that has gotten progressively worse. I've never understood his (or the LBGT rights movement in general's) rabid hatred for the guy who wants to destroy terrorists who would burn them at the stake or stone them to death, while avidly supporting politicians who would appease those terrorists, solely because those politicians support gay marriage. The LBGT crowd needs to rethink their priorities.
The idea that the NK and AQ situations are analogous is idiotic, but sadly representative of journalistic knowledge and understanding.
- J said...
"What in the hell does Bush's suppressed desire to schtupp his mother have to do with Saddam or Kim Jong Il?"
He said cheerleader, not commander. All he's saying is that Bill O'Reilly thinks KJI is his mother. Or something.
- Bruce Hayden said...
What must be remembered here is that NK (DPRK) is a client state of China (PRC), and the last time we invaded NK, in the early fall of 1950, the PRC intervened, with deadly results. Ultimately, the U.N. forces were able to push the PRC+NK back out of SK (ROK) again, but not until a lot of Americans had died.
What must be remembered is that the Chinese see this as a matter of face. If we (re)invaded NK, they would have to invervene. By all indications, they aren't happy with NK, but also by all indications at present, would come to their rescue if invaded.
Let me add that we never did get a peace treaty there, just a cease fire. And, for the most part, that cease fire has held for the last 53 years. I haven't read it, but rather suspect that the PRC was a party to the same side as the DPRK.
Indeed, has the DPRK done anything here more egregious than the constant sniping, etc. that they have been doing across the DMZ, etc., for that 53 years? Could we justify invading NK w/o violating the cease fire?
And that is the big difference between NK and Iraq - Iraq didn't have any major power patron state willing to go to war with us, and NK does.
And that, BTW, is the real reason that we are insisting on mult-nation discussions with NK - we aren't going to get anything done there without the cooperation of the PRC. The Chinese are supplying food and energy to NK, and could force that country to heel, by cutting such off. They haven't yet.
- reader_iam said...
Some scattered, not-comprehensive, observations, the implications of which to ponder:
China has balance of power issues with which it is contending. N.K. serves as a buffer state. China, which really is not all that concerned about a nuclear threat from Korea since it has its own nukes, among other reasons. It has no particular interest in dismantling the N.K. regime, and quite a bit of interest in maintaining key aspects of the status quo. Its concern is to prevent the spread of nukes to Japan, S.K. and, it goes without saying, Taiwan.
A complicating factor is that South Korea identifies far less with us than China, which is its top trading partner. It's also critical to remember that South Korea and North Korea, despite their vastly different experiences and situations over the past 60 years, are artificial constructions. Korea was one country which, with the strike of pen wielded by Dean Rusk and Charles Bonesteel through the 38th parallel. This was largely to establish a surrender line that would prevent the Soviets from seizing all of Korea. This division was never intended to be permanent.
[fast-forward through years of history since then]
There is also an "age gap" in attitudes toward North Korea between South Korean youth and those old enough to remember the Korean War and the historical period to which it belongs. This gap in attitudes is reflected in views toward North Korea, China and--largely as an extension of those entities rather than actual anti-Americanism as we usually understand it--the U.S.
Younger South Koreans tend to hold some romantic (I do not use this term dismissively) views of North Korea, and in many cases are revisiting the vision of unification into a single country, which after all was what was originally promised. A very significant proportion of younger South Koreans not only say they'd support North Korea over the U.S. should the latter attack the former, but that they identify China as the power with which it is important to maintain good relationships--and by a significant margin over the U.S. (This, by the way, it can be argued, isn't really a reflection of anti-Americanism, but rather of some of the factors to which I have already alluded.)
All of this, and implications emanating thereof, make the situation very complex indeed, not just in terms of what we actually do or do not do now, but the long-term fall-out not just for the Korean Peninisula, but a much larger chunk of Asia.
This really may not be our hand to play, or at least to win with, at least not as it appears to stand now.
Just some thoughts ... .
- Steven said...
Seven, Wickedpinto:
That's all true. But it doesn't matter how many troops we have in South Korea, even though yes, we'd have plenty there to invade North Korea. The problem is we cannot invade North Korea with them without South Korean permission, because that be an act of war against South Korea. The odds of a successful invasion of North Korea from South Korea in the face of South Korean opposition to us are nil; that's what makes the invasion a physical impossibility.
South Korea is not a U.S. colony; over and above their soverign status, they have enough military muscle that they can veto our staging from their soil. And Roh's not going to trade Seoul to calm our fears about maybe losing L.A., no matter how much we demand it.
Now, if you have an argument that will cause Roh to give us permission to launch from South Korea, then yes, it becomes physically possible to invade North Korea. Similarly, if you have an argument that will cause ther Chinese to let us stage from China, it becomes physically possible. But without the permission of either (or maybe Russia), we cannot sucessfully invade.
Which is all to say Bush cannot unilaterally order the invasion of North Korea Andrew Sullivan is criticizing him for not ordering. He must—not as a legal matter, but as a matter of making it possible—have permission from at least one of North Korea's neighbors. As long as they all say no, no invasion is possible as a practical military matter. It's not a matter of respecting our allies or world opinion—it's a matter of logistics.
- Ernst Blofeld said...
A war with North Korea would be expensive in terms of US lives. The North Koreans have enough artillery lined up on the DMZ to send a lot of steel downrange, and they've had fifty years to dig it in. It would take a long time to supress all of it, and in the mean time they'd take a steady toll of US lives. You don't shoot thousands of rounds of artillery into an area occupied by troops and not kill a lot of them. If the artillery was suppressed that would have to be followed by an allied assault through fixed fortifications. Against a nuclear power.
The US would eventually win, assuming the Chinese didn't intervene or threaten to intervene, which isn't a very good percentage bet. But it would be expensive and insanely risky. The only way the South Koreans would agree to any of this is if their own existence was threatened by a North Korean attack.
I don't hate Sullivan. I think he's become increasingly hysterical, and i flipped on his bozo bit some time back.
- Wickedpinto said...
Ernst? It wouldn't cost many US lives at all, it would cost a whole buttload (approximate 156 imperial gallons) of ROK lives.
Steven? You are right, seven and I are right. We have just been saying the same thing with different words. No reason to bore eachother with the same argument again, until some lunatic makes a comment about how the US is affraid of NK nukes or some such.
- John Jenkins said...
Wickedpinto, afraid is the wrong word, but I'm confident that U.S. war planners are concerned about DPRK nuclear weapons and consider to what extent an invasion might provoke DPRK launch of any weapons that might exist against Japan or ROK.
Not to burst anyone's bubble about the invicible U.S. soldier/Marine, but our sub-50k would get run over by the sheer numbers of the DPRK force. That's a factor of roughly 20:1. The only real question would be whether the DPRK would have the will to fight, and I don't know that and probably neither does anyone else commenting here. If we invade them, they almost certainly would because almost anyone will fight to defend his home.
That's assuming that PRC doesn't decide to use any kind of attack as a convenient time to test its doctrine against ours, reinforcing and supplying DPRK with equipment and possibly even soldiers (they have enough of them, after all).
All of that is ignoring the fact that the Korean peninsula is not a good place to fight if you don't have to. There's a reason that Korea was essentially sovereign for a long time between two competing regional powers.
The terrain you'd be invading is heavily mountainous, denying U.S. forces their primary advantage: mobility. It's slow and dangerous going and people advocating it need to get a bloody clue. Seriously, who in his right mind attacks an enemy fortified in mountains going uphill? And I thought Market Garden was a pipe dream.
- Ernst Blofeld said...
I'd guess US combat deaths in a North Korean war would be well into the thousands. The North Koreans can shoot about 500,000 artillery rounds per hour from a standing start, and US bases are within artillery range, though in the process of being moved south. The North would presumably also use chemical weapons. The DPRK has about 12,000 artillery pieces and it would take allied forces days or weeks to supress them. Sending that quantity of artillery downrange is simply going to cause a lot of deaths. It doesn't have anything to do with superior US training. It's just a matter of statistics. Yes, _eventually_ the North Koreans would be chewed up, but the facts on the ground don't play to the recent US strengths, namely standing off, shooting them in place, and then manuevering to destroy them.
In an invasion the North would have to move through a limited number of north/south roads, which the US would obviously bomb and mine. So the good news would be that they are unlikely to be able to maintain momentum all the way to Pusan.
DPRK troop motivation is an unknown, but their special forces at least are fanatical. There have been some scrapes with them after they've been landed by sub in South Korea, and they've been to-the-last-bullet affairs. (In a war I'd also expect DPRK special forces attacks on US bases in Japan, and probably Okinowa and Guam.) The regular forces may be substantially less well motivated.
- LoafingOaf said...
What must be remembered is that the Chinese see this as a matter of face. If we (re)invaded NK, they would have to invervene. By all indications, they aren't happy with NK, but also by all indications at present, would come to their rescue if invaded.
What is it that China sees as most important to their own interests to keep propping up the North Korean slave state? Is it that they want a buffer on their border, or is it that they'd be afraid of millions of North Korean refugees pouring into China if North Korea's government fell?
I've been told that any war with North Korea would lead to the complete destruction of Seoul, South Korea and perhaps millions of lives. Someone even told me that Seoul has natural gas lines piped all through the city and would be engulfed in flames in a matter of hours, but I'm just going by what some dude said to me at a bar.....
I feel unable to evaluate the job our leaders in the Clinton and Bush administrations have done because it's so tricky. But from my layperson point of view, I'm pretty sick of countries like China and Russia undermining every attempt to civilize this world and since they're being enablers of evil in North Korea they should be paying a higher price for that. But if China's agenda is partially about fearing refugees from North Korea, I'd think we should be able to negotiate away those fears.
- Wickedpinto said...
John? If the US disenganged from the ROK, then, NK would be an aggressor.
if the ROK wants a REAL military deterent? they should remove the US forces from the ROK, cuz the ROK forces are bad ass mofaku's. Also, it would give the US forces their greatest advantage.
OUR form of War fighting is built on mobility, even our defense is built on mobility. If you are a swimmer, or ever been taught how to swim, think of the US method of defense, and assault as the breast stroke.
We Strike deap, spread out, allowing others to fill the gap, while the point of the spear moves to a defensive patrol, and the next layer of offense becomes the new point and they strike deaper, and repeat.
War for the US isn't a single line against another line.
Someone said their are 40K US troops in the ROK, that is 40K plus the almost 80K troops in oki/japan. That is a MAJOR invasion force.
The only reason to not HUMILIATE NK, and by humiliating NK we would humiliate china, is because NK could engage in a disgusting slaughter of the populace of the ROK. and though the US and Japan, and the ROK would have every right ot wage "TOTAL WAR" they won't.
A war with NK, or china, or any other former soviet vassal, would be a horrible and humiliating bloodbath.
That is why we don't do it. The ROK would suffer horribly, and we would destroy the army of every enemy to the point of putting them in a flogging juicer.
We Can't fight NK, cuz the ROK wouldn't tolerate it, and the American press would depict it as an ATROCITY.
MORONS! on all sides. NK and china should have been destroyed back when we had the upper hand.
50 years ago.
- Casey said...
Cheney never made a One Percent Doctrine. Suskind has elaborated on one sentence in all of the speeches that Cheney has made. Any idiot can see that this was never an official administration position rather it was a stray perhaps unfortunate remark in one single speech. The Iraq war was a war of Preemption the goal being to stop Iraq before they aquired a nuculear weapon. Once a country aquires nuculear capabillity the entire equation changes which is one of the primary justifications of a policy of preemption. If North Korea was about to aquire instead of already in possesion of a nuclear weapon it would be a situation where the doctrine supporting the Iraq War would apply but they already have a nuke and so everything is different. This is such a completely bogus meme that has been circulating in the left lately. It shows how far Sullivan has gone that he would repeat it uncritically.
- Edgehopper said...
One thing you're all leaving out is the possibility of NK using its nukes as theater weapons rather than against a civilian population. What would our response be if NK nuked a U.S. carrier group in response to an invasion? The U.S. would have a lot of trouble responding with a nuke against a civilian population, as that would be a significant escalation.
Meanwhile, NK doesn't need nukes to decimate South Korea's civilian population, they have artillery for all that.
Worst plausible scenario (because NK using nukes against civilian populations seems unlikely, that would trigger MAD)--The U.S. starts an invasion, which immediately results in NK killing tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of South Koreans with entrenched artillery along the DMZ. U.S. soldiers on the peninsula are also decimated in the initial artillery attack. A U.S. carrier group is either nuked or simply attacked by Nodong conventional missiles. With the U.S. presence in Asia severely weakened, China launches its invasion of Taiwan and declares NK's civilian population to be under its nuclear umbrella. The U.N. does nothing because of China's veto. The U.S. military has to settle in for a long slow land war, as NK's remaining nukes are held in wait for further U.S. carrier groups.
- Wickedpinto said...
Long ago, the tactical application of nuclear weapons has been disregarded, because of the clear damage that is done to all the area. There is no reasonable tactical application of nukes.
Also it's clear that the NK missiles don't have any sort of guidance system, they can only hit an approximate area, and that area isn't that approximate, it's random.
Absent a reasonable guidance system, and delivery system, there is no way that any nuke can be used in a tactical capacity.
Not to mention, would NK waste a nuke one of the 2 lhd's in the area? or wait for a carrier group to hit the seas?
Naval air, is no longer the doolittle naval air, we can have a carrier group outside of midway engaging in long range action without putting the carrier into threat distances, because the MC and navy have the LHD's floating combat support planes rather than relying on oversized carriers.
Fact is, that as long as we have the long range choppers, with carrier based re-fuelers, and the harrier and guam, and oki, we don't need any carrier groups in the area to maintain a murderous airborne presence.
- ATMX said...
Regarding Korean youth affinity for China:
Korean youth are extremely fickle. They turn on China whenever there is a perceived slight, whenever China makes a claim on some damn island Korea claims, or when China tries to rewrite some aspect of ancient Korean history that might support a Korean claim on areas of China. And whenever that happens, they change their minds on who they should have better relations with, the US or China.
- M. Simon said...
Internet Ronin said... North Korea has over 1,000,000 men in the Korean People's Army, of which almost all are inadequately fed.
I propose a food drop into the DMZ.
In any case it appears we have outsourced the problem to the Japanese.
- paul a'barge said...
"It is that if there is a 1% chance that terrorists can get access to WMDs, the US, after 9/11, must treat that chance as a 100% certainty"
Yes, Andrew ... "CAN". In the case of the NOKO's, it's not "CAN" it's "Already have".
Sullivan's inability to understand even the fundamentals of verb tense makes you wonder why he doesn't just slink away in abject shame.


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The price of justice
Finally, the time has arrived when everybody can relax. The pressures of the presidential inauguration, the Australian Open tennis tournament, and the Super Bowl, the movable Mecca of professional sports, are all behind us. As miraculous as it may be, the world survived despite the undeniably tense moments born of too many high anxiety events bunched together in a two-week period.
This week, I am going to acknowledge a man who threw a small Super Bowl party where the guests respectfully watched and enjoyed the game. Although this does not sound as if it would be a gathering of significance, I must point out that his right to host this now annual affair, cost the man somewhere around $300,000 to have the right to do so.
The man, whose real name will not be used at his request, and his friends will be aware of my acknowledgement as soon as they read this column. Other than omitting their names, I have not attempted to even thinly disguise their identity.
The man, who we will call Jerry, is an avid football fan. Admittedly, Jerry's wife is a bit of a football widow during the season because she does not share his enthusiasm for the gridiron contests.
About a decade ago, Jerry told his wife, whom we shall call Sheila, that he wanted to invite a few friends for a modest Super Bowl party. Much to his surprise, Sheila said that Jerry had a great idea and enthusiastically offered to help.
Before Jerry had an opportunity to protest, Sheila had taken over the organizational responsibilities and invited Jerry's football friends as well as their wives or significant others. Jerry suspected that her intentions were not altogether altruistic, but he couldn't put his finger on her exact agenda.
Sheila's agenda was simple. She was selective about the friends she invited. She made sure that the men who had lost their manhood as well as their wallets and bank accounts at the alter comprised the majority of the crowd when accompanied by their spouses.
When the game commenced, the sound emanating from the game on television was little more than a minor background annoyance making a feeble attempt to compete with overbearing party conversation.
Every year Sheila made sure that the party turned into less and less of a football event. She smirked in defi ance, as she made Jerry pay for his season-long indulgence by having to tolerate her non-football Super Bowl fiasco.
Whenever Jerry or any of the other serious fans protested the excessive noise, Sheila and her supporters would accuse them of being rude and obnoxious. The non-football majority inevitably had their way.
Jerry is an architect. His office is above a garage at the back of his property. The office is large, measuring approximately 40-foot square. It just so happens that it is an excellent space for a party.
Jerry's office is his sanctuary. He holds the only key. He even has a gate with a buzzer at the bottom of the stairs so unwanted solicitors or anyone else cannot come up the stairs and knock on the door unless he buzzes the gate open. He can turn the buzzer off any time that he wants.
In 2006, when Payton Manning took the Indianapolis Colts to a victory over the Chicago Bears, Jerry leveled the playing field concerning the Super Bowl party. He clandestinely told his serious football friends that they could join him in his office to watch the game in a football friendly atmosphere if they were willing to sneak out of the party in the main house.
The football fanatics were delighted at the prospect of a real Super Bowl party and cooperated fully to make the ploy a success. They each brought a snack and something to drink, and Jerry set up a wide screen TV in the office for the occasion.
Jerry's son came home from college with his cheerleader girlfriend who was also a serious football fan. She brought several of her friends with her, and they wanted to watch the game unimpeded. Jerry's get together had half a dozen of his closest football buddies, his son, and four gorgeous college cheerleaders in attendance.
By halftime, the absence of the husbands, Jerry's son and the four beautiful girls was obvious. Sheila saw the lights on in the office and marched over to the gate where she repeatedly pressed the buzzer. Nobody responded. When she called on the telephone, the answering service picked up. She was livid.
After the game, Jerry and his band of revelers returned to the main house. They were quite satisfied with watching the game under ideal conditions. Sheila and her emasculating friends were not amused.
The private party, the pretty girls, the exclusive invitations were more than they could bear. They were entitled to dictate the conditions under which their husbands enjoyed themselves. How dare they be denied? It wasn't right, they said.
Jerry and his friends just laughed. "Justice at last," they said. Sheila did not take defeat lightly. In less than a year, Jerry's marriage was a thing of the past. Sheila got the house, and he kept the office. The entire bill for regaining his bachelorhood was on the up side of $300,000. "It was worth every penny and then some," he said.
Every year, despite Sheila's vehement opposition, Jerry throws his Super Bowl party for true football fans, and he holds the event in his office. Nobody ever claimed that justice was cheap, especially when it is administered in a system that we can't understand.


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The Report Card hands out grades for the week in tennis.
Serena Williams: A. Williams didn't drop a set in winning the Brisbane International for her 47th career title (the most among active players), destroying Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-1 in the final. "I always feel like I don't know how to play tennis when I play against you," Pavlyuchenkova said in her runner-up speech. Something tells me she's not the only player who feels that way. Given Williams' performance these days, she takes the racket out of her opponents' hands and renders them spectators. Williams is usually her toughest critic, but even she admits that she's in a "career zone" right now.
"I was looking at a lot of old matches on YouTube, and I feel like right now I'm playing some of my best tennis," she said.
The numbers back up that contention: Williams has won 16 consecutive matches and 35 of 36 since losing in the first round of the French Open. Though she didn't have to face anyone in the top 20 all week (No. 1 Victoria Azarenka withdrew from a semifinal match against Serena with a toe injury), Williams looks to be firing on all cylinders as she heads to Melbourne. If she's not your pick to win the Australian Open, you're being contrarian for contrarian's sake.
Andy Murray: B-plus. Murray started his Brisbane campaign by going three sets against an Australian qualifier ranked No. 199, John Millman. But the Scot did well to play himself into form through the week, culminating in a 7-6 (0), 6-4 win against Grigor Dimitrov in the final. It wasn't the dominating display that you might see from Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer in a tune-up event with a weak field, but that's never been Murray's style. It wasn't pretty, but he got the victories and defended his title. Winning with your "B" game can be a confidence booster, too.
Li Na: B-plus. Li didn't have to face a top-20 player on her way to winning the inaugural Shenzhen Open, but she did have to overcome one of her toughest foes: herself. Maybe it was the pressure of playing before a home crowd or perhaps it was the standard nerves that come with serving for a title, but Li squandered a 5-2 lead in the third set against Klara Zakopalova in the final. Zakopalova only had to stand there as Li imploded, double-faulting (she served 10 for the match) and dumping forehands into the net to level the match at 5-5. Li looked to be unraveling, but she steadied herself just in time, winning the final two games for a 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 victory.
Richard Gasquet: B-plus. A strong start to the season for Gasquet, who's looking to build on a good 2012 in which he finished in the top 10. But let's not pretend that Gasquet didn't get a little help from Nikolay Davydenko in the Qatar Open final. Davydenko, who steamrolled top-seeded David Ferrer in the semifinals, led 6-3, 4-2 and had two break points for a double-break lead in the second set when the wheels came off. The 31-year-old Davydenko -- who hadn't been broken entering the final -- crumbled as he neared the finish line, letting Gasquet back in the match. The Frenchman, who spent most of the match well behind the baseline, didn't let the opportunity slide against the fatigued Russian, rallying to win 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to capture his eighth career title.
Agnieszka Radwanska: A. Pretty standard stuff from the WTA No. 4, who opted to play the smaller tournament in Auckland, New Zealand, with a weaker field over Brisbane, where her on-court nemeses, Azarenka and Williams, were lurking. A-Rad didn't drop a set in five matches, including a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Yanina Wickmayer in the final.
Janko Tipsarevic: B-plus. Tipsarevic finally won the Chennai Open after making the semifinals or better the previous three years, beating surprise finalist Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. But it was surprising to see Tipsy, who didn't face anyone ranked higher than No. 60, get pushed to three by both Bautista Agut (ranked No. 80 at the start of the tournament) in the final and Alijaz Bedene (No. 86) in the semifinals.
Grigor Dimitrov and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: A. The Brisbane runner-ups represented the future well last week. Pavlyuchenkova, who now trains at the Mouratoglou Academy, scored back-to-back victories over top-10 opponents in Petra Kvitova and Angelique Kerber before falling to Williams in her first Premier-level final. Ain't no shame in losing to Serena these days, so that's a solid week for Pavs, who's looking to rebound from a subpar 2012. The 21-year-old's run assured her a seeding at the Australian Open.
As for Dimitrov, he absolutely routined Milos Raonic in the second round, beating the Canadian 6-3, 6-4. The 21-year-old Bulgarian carried that form through to defeat Jurgen Melzer and Marcos Baghdatis to make his first career ATP final. Dimitrov pushed Murray in the final, holding a set point in the first set. Could this be the year that "Baby Fed" makes an impact? He's now at a career-high ranking of No. 41.
Roberto Bautista Agut: A. Who? Yeah, no kidding. The unheralded 24-year-old Spaniard, ranked No. 80 and 3-12 on the ATP Tour entering Chennai, made his first ATP final by upsetting top-seeded Tomas Berdych, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 and fifth-seeded Benoit Paire, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 before losing to Tipsarevic.
Sloane Stephens: B-plus. She really held her own against Williams in the third round of Brisbane, exchanging power for power and showing great movement in a match that displayed Stephens' promise. The 19-year-old American is a speedster who can hit and serve for power. What's not to be excited about here? She moved up to a career-high No. 29 this week, securing a seed for the Australian Open.
Nikolay Davydenko: B-plus. Focus on the positives -- his win over Ferrer, his ability to hold serve through four matches, his incredible form through 90 percent of the tournament that recalled his top-four ranking -- and I want to give him an "A-plus." But focus on the negatives -- his inability to hold his nerve to close it out in the final -- and I just want to forget the other four matches happened. Keep an eye on him in Melbourne. Depending on his fitness -- Davydenko was treated for hip injury in the third set of the final and admitted that he wasn't moving well late in the match -- he could be a dangerous floater.
Petra Kvitova: D. I'm officially at DEFCON 3 when it comes to Kvitova. With straight-set losses to Pavlyuchenkova in Brisbane and Dominika Cibulkova in the first round of Sydney, Kvitova will go into Melbourne struggling for confidence.
Sam Stosur: D. Like Kvitova, Stosur heads into Melbourne without any momentum after opening-round losses to Sofia Arvidsson in Brisbane and Zheng Jie in Sydney.
Jamie Hampton: B-plus. Hampton quietly put together a career week. The 22-year-old Alabama native made her first career WTA semifinal, where she had every opportunity to score the biggest win of her career, against the top-seeded Radwanska in Auckland. Hampton served for the first set at 6-5, but she played nervously to get broken, and she eventually lost the set in a tiebreaker. She climbed out of an 0-4 hole in the second set by winning five consecutive games, but then dropped her second tiebreaker of the day. A disappointing result, but not a disappointing week.
John Isner: D. Isner lost to Kevin Anderson and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at Hopman Cup before withdrawing because of a sore knee. He's still struggling to break serve. Not good.
Monica Puig: A. In the best WTA match of the week, the 19-year-old Puerto Rican qualifier, ranked No. 124, came within a few points of stunning fifth-ranked Angelique Kerber in the second round of Brisbane, losing 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7). I was very impressed with her game. One to watch.
Ksenia Pervak: B-plus. Her quarterfinal appearance in Brisbane was hard-earned. After winning three matches to qualify, Pevak knocked out Caroline Wozniacki 2-6 6-3 7-6 (1) in two hours and 48 minutes and outlasted Urszula Radwanska 3-6 6-2 7-6 (6).
Anabel Medina Garrigues: A. People can dismiss Hopman Cup as a pure exhibition, but if you saw Medina Garrigues' reaction to winning the title for Spain, you might second-guess that assessment. AMG carried partner Fernando Verdasco through the competition. Her win over Ana Ivanovic in the final set up a live mixed-doubles rubber for the title. Once Spain got the break it needed late in the second set, it was AMG who coolly served it out to seal the victory.
Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic: A. The Serbs once again fell short of the Hopman Cup title, but they carried the tournament when it came to entertainment value.
Fernando Verdasco: C-minus. Shave and a haircut, buddy. Everyone's begging you.
Cara Black: A. In her first WTA tournament since becoming a mom in April, the doubles specialist won Auckland with Anastasia Rodionova. That's quite the return.
Kei Nishikori: B-minus. Nishikori had a strong week on his way to the Brisbane semifinals, only to have to retire against Murray with a knee injury. Can the 23-year-old stay healthy?Bernard Tomic: A.


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From Paul Bedard at the Washington Examiner.
The Family Research Council shooter, who pleaded guilty today to a terrorism charge, picked his target off a "hate map" on the website of the ultra-liberal Southern Poverty Law Center which is upset with the conservative group's opposition to gay rights.Floyd Lee Corkins II pleaded guilty to three charges including a charge of committing an act of terrorism related to the August 15, 2012 injuring of FRC's guard. He told the FBI that he wanted to kill anti-gay targets and went to the law center's website for ideas.At a court hearing where his comments to the FBI were revealed, he said that he intended to "kill as many as possible and smear the Chick-Fil-A sandwiches in victims' faces, and kill the guard." The shooting occurred after an executive with Chick-Fil-A announced his support for traditional marriage, angering same-sex marriage proponents.Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said that the Southern Poverty Law Center should take responsibility for the shooting and take down their hate map."The day after Floyd Corkins came into the FRC headquarter and opened fire wounding one of our team members, I stated that while Corkins was responsible for the shooting, he had been given a license to perpetrate this act of violence by groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center which has systematically and recklessly labeled every organization with which they disagree as a 'hate group,'" he said."Once again, I call on the SPLC to put an immediate stop to its practice of labeling organizations that oppose their promotion of homosexuality," said Perkins, adding, "Whether the SPLC continues to demonize those who hold to biblical morality or not, the Family Research Council will remain unequivocally committed to our mission of advancing faith, family and freedom."His comments had no impact at the law center. Their "hate map" still includes FRC.


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I recently began plugging my Ipod Touch into the AUX port on the front of my head unit because I'm tired of switching CD's and just having to lug those in the car. I immediately noticed a drastic decrease in sound quality. Every song is crackly and distorted, even though they sound fine when listening through headphones. After doing some research I've figured out that Ipod's are more a fashion statement than a quality device. Has anyone had this similiar issue or know of a solution? I'm considering trying a different, cheaper, music device and using it just for the purpose of listening in my car. Any suggestions for a device?
The cars stereo is fully stock, but it's still not that bad of a system. I plan on upgrading everything later but would like to get some decent sound quality still before doing that.


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50th anniversary of the closing of Alcatraz prison
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closed on March 21, 1963. During its 29 years as a prison it held some of America's most infamous criminals, some of whom tried desperately to escape "the Rock."
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Imperialism, adventure, and natural history come into ready play in this frontispiece taken from Hunters and Trappers, which includes the story of Mr. Cornwallis Harris' hunt for giraffes in the wilds of South Africa. Note how Mr. Harris is dressed in Western apparel, while is native guide is shirtless; both sport modern rifles. The giraffes appear in the distance. The giraffe (also known as the cameleopard) was standard fare in children's picture guides to animals, but this is an early depiction of them being the objects of game hunters. This copy bears the bookseller's stamp of J.N. Waggoner, who ran a shop in Galena, Illinois.


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Submission + - Magic Finger turns any surface into a touch interface (gizmag.com)
cylonlover writes: A trip on public transport or to the local coffee shop might give the impression that touchscreens are everywhere, but scientists at Autodesk Research of the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto are looking to take the ubiquity of touch interfaces to the next level. They are developing a "Magic Finger" that allows any surface to detect touch input by shifting the touch technology from the surface to the wearer's finger. It's a proof-of-concept prototype made up of a little Velcro ring that straps to the wearer's fingertip with a trail of wires leading to a box of electronics. On the ring there are a pair of optical sensors. One is a low resolution, high-speed sensor for tracking movement, the other a high-resolution camera, which is able to detect 32 different surface textures with 98 percent accuracy.


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If The_Unknown aka MrMario isn't banned for good after this then I will lose all hope in humanity. Just wow. How was he allowed back on here? It's too bad BiSB left the mod team.
Branden Dawson punches Purdue's Travis Carroll?
Definitely a punch. Sparty gonna spart.
Ignorant much? Now that the conference has reviewed thge videos, plural, you are truly an embarrassment, as are 85% of the other comments here as well. Amazing and ironic that people here talking about State and Dawson's lack of class need to take a long, hard look in the mirror, if any introspective skills exist, that is.
There never was a punch, as even common sense made clear from the moment "it" happened. But I know, it's too fun to attack stupidly and blindly, isn't it. How many here accused Dawson of something he never did again?
If it were State fans and the other way around, I'd criticize them, too, and have at times in the past, of course. I guess I just don't feel the need to hide behind being a Michigan fan to act like a complete jerk like so many here do. Not all, of course, but most.
Also didn't want to suspend Tom Gholson, so I'm not sure their opinion matters. We'll see what the league says. Did the refs go to the monitor during the game?
If that's not a punch, I don't know what is.
and Dawson was letting Carroll know he was it.
then Clowney's hit was a weak hit!
Wow, can I stop by and now show you what a real punch is, since you're obviously pretty clueless on what one is? You know, like the one that Dawson didn't throw, as a separate video angle conclusively proved to the B1G conference already. But thanks for showing all of us again what an idiot and judgmental clown one can look like when seeing things through a team's blinders.
Looking forward to your apology, right?
But it is no big deal, this is just Izzo playing 40 minutes of unnecessary roughness. Dantonio will be proud of his buddy.
...I believe there was a second punch that came from the grassy knoll.
That's a punch, and shame on MsU for trying to brush it under the rug like nothing happened. I get that athletes get pissed and do stupid things from time to time but I would be furious if one of our players did something unsportsmanlike and was not punished.
About Justice Hayes as he ran out on the field this year in The Game? Often times we all say things and our players do the same thing. What's the difference?
I don't recall that. I DVRed the game and fast forwarded through everything up to the kickoff. I would hope he got reprimanded by the coaching staff, and with our coaching staff I think it's safe to assume that they dealt with it accordingly. Maybe it wasn't public, but we certainly wouldn't put out a press release saying Hayes was just trying to give the other player a high five or some others bs.
In the Ohio State game?
Credit, justice Hayes did not play in the Ohio game but clearly swung at an osu player as Michigan was running onto the field, the pregame cameras caught it. I'm sure Hoke did something about it but according to my eyes, Justice clearly swung and sort of connected on a Buckeye, wish someone had the video...either way like someone mentioned, it's not like we wouldn't hold him accountable.
Edit: actually I just looked at Justice Hayes supposed punch, it clearly wasn't as bad as I initially thought...it was not a fist towards the Ohio guy, it was palm open, more of a smack in the direction of the Ohio player, it appears as if he connected, but far from a punch in my book. I'm sure hoke took care of it, probably not deserving of a suspension.
I think that's why even though people were saying "why isn't Hayes in there?" In the open game thread he never sniffed the field.
FWIW I don't think the Dawson thing is a big deal either. If the B1G can see he threw it he should be suspended, but I don't think it makes him a dirty player or anything. Just a kid caught up in the heat of the moment who might need to be punished. It wasn't a neck twist. I just find the denial funny. You didn't have Michigan issuing a statement saying "Justice Hayes didn't hit anybody."
Can we all expect a big public apology now from you since you very publicly accused Dawson of something he never did? I mean, the B1G already reviewed the alleged incident and announced that there will be no penalties at all. You know, confirming the obvious fact that there was never a punch in the first place...
Make sure the apology is to MSU, too. You accused them of a coverup, right? How about you face the facts; you were 100% wrong in accusing a kid of something he never did. You accused a university and athletic department of a cover up. You assumed that there was a punch despite considerable evidence to the contrary, simply because you wanted to get in a dig at MSU.
Some people are able to root for a team without the lack of class shown here by you and so many others in this case. If people want to use the term Michigan Man, try living up to it and not assuming next time simply because you hate MSU?
That a punch wasn't thrown with a straight face?
Because Hollis and MSU's idea of an internal review would look at WTC footage and conclude it was a gas leak.
Extensive cosmetic surgery. Hollis, Izzo and the gang are no longer capable of a grin or smirk.
Perhaps because it wasn't even close to a punch, you moron! You know, as the B1G already confirmed after being much smarter than you and not just assuming, but waiting to look at other angles... You know, like anybody with an IQ over about 85 would have done. Oh, I'm sorry...
It's possible to hate a rival like MSU without being complete morons, as 85% of the people here have shown to be regarding this incident. Don't dare to call other teams and fans classless after what we've seen right here on this site. Accusing a kid of something he never did, accusing MSU of a cover up, and for what? To make most people here look like judgmental jerks who aren't even rational enough to wait until other replays are seen? Or to think for a moment, Hmm... If Dawson had punched Carroll, I wonder why Carroll never grimaced, moved, etc...
C'mon people, we should be better than this...
Mike Tyson didn't punch Michael Spinks.
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Looks like a punch but you'd expect a little more reaction from carrol if it was, right?
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Perhaps Carrol was more suprised that he was punched in the stomach/chest for no apparent reason rather than hurt. He seems to have called the ref's attention to Dawson afterwards.
And Gholstin didn't punch Lewan either!
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According to my Sparty sources, it is not a punch. MSU has access to other angles of video. According to them, Dawson actually is beating his own chest.
It is from Sparties, I know. But it makes sense.
IF it was a punch, wouldn't Carroll actually react to it? Like, be hurt, or at least flinch, etc. Also, there was no foul call. A punch is a guaranteed foul. Even if the refs missed it, don't you think Carroll and Purdue's bench would be freaking out over the missed call?
I know this video looks incriminating, but I actually will give them the benefit of the doubt this time.
(neg away)
It could be him beating his chest, but Carroll does throw his arm up in a flinching motion, and points to Dawsen as he looks to the official at his right
Well from the video, it appears that he does flinch and attempt to block it. Also, look at the top of his left shoulder. It looks to me as though the sudden movement is the result of an impact. He also looks over to the ref afterwards and points. Nevertheless, if MSU has other video, I'll trust them I guess.
It definitely appears that his body moves abruptly, suggesting impact from an external force (Dawson's fist).
There isn't time for Carroll to react. It cuts it off like 1 sec after the punch. It looks like he is looking at the ref about to say "what the hell?", but the video stops. I'm not saying it was definitely a punch, but it looked like one, and from that video its hard to tell what Carroll's reaction was at all.
to me is key. I doubt a player is going to look at the ref and point at the opposing player if the opposing player is beating his chest. The video cuts off right when Carroll is looking at the ref. It'd be nice if the video was a few seconds longer.
Dawson probably punches like a little girl thus explaining Carroll's minimal reaction.
Even if he punched his own chest .. he threw the punch at Carroll, but his lack of boxing/mma training caused his fist to go awry, thus landing on himself. But the intent to punch Carroll was there ... I promise you ... the intent was there!
Keep in mind, post players get hit a lot while they're fighting for position (they catch a lot of stray elbows and such), so it wouldn't be a total shock to Carroll's system to get hit in the midsection. That's probably why you don't see much of a reaction.
I doubt Dawson was beating his chest. It definitely doesn't look like that in the slo-mo view. Maybe he was punching the air in celebration, but his little faceoff with Carroll at the end suggests otherwise.
The funny part is this: let's say the Sparty party line is true and he's just thumping his chest. He's doing it over a play he had no part in whatsoever and then goes to talk shit about a play he didn't make. Either way we're not talking about an abundance of class here.
Yeah, I remember all your posts here when Stauskas was yelling smack at the WVU bench. Oh, that's right, he's a Michigan player, so it didn't mean anything then, did it? Hypocrite much? So the best you can do after the bogus accusation is now that Dawson is classless for celebrating a bucket by a teammate? Really?
Again, don't call OSU or MSU and their teams and fans classless if 90% of you here are just as bad, if not worse.
It looks like a punch at first, but I can see it as him beating his own chest too after taking another look. Other angles of the replay should be able to tell one way or the other. Doesn't help their case that they stared him down right after doing it, though.
He turns his hole body behind the swing, extends his elbow fully straight, not in a circle motion like a chest beat, then turns in the Purdue player's face, who looks shocked and points at him looking at the ref.
Video can lie, but until they produce more video this is all we have to go on.
I hear MSU's looking for a new SDE for next year. I think Dawson has the correct technique to be just as successful as his predecesor.
Definitely a punch- kinda pathetic sparty.
Definitely a punch? Care to come back and admit you were 100% wrong? Seriously, what part of it always being a good idea of looking at different camera angles before making a judgment didn't make it to this blog?
I'll help you out; it definitely was NOT a punch and you definitely should be more careful in assuming things. Oh, that's right, it was by a State player, so it's then always okay for any type of accusation, correct? And I'm sure you're not a hypocrite and always criticize pathetic behavior. So I'm sure you immediately came here after the WVU game when Stauskas was talking smack to the WVU bench and got a T.
What's that, you didn't even comment on that? Oh, you're a Michigan fan alright, just the worst kind. Arrogant, clueless and beyond subjective. Luckily, not all Michigan fans are like you.
I can see you're obviously passionate about this situation and thread, but there's no reason to make it personal with other posters. Criticize the posts all you want, criticize the posting habits of MaizeAndBlueWahoo or Eve_of_TheRivalry and whoever else you've replied to, but leave the name calling elsewhere.
He's obviously an MSU troll pretending to be a Michigan fan. It's not like he's seen any other "angles". And the Big Ten not enforcing something means nothing. It's the same League that suspended Gholston for a punch but did nothing for the neck twist.
He throws a power shot at the Purdue kid. How can they expect anyone to not see this in replay?
punch the player or the ball?
I saw the video earlier, but at actual speed didn't think it looked like anything. With it slowed down, it sure looks like a punch.
The Purdue player clearly chest bumped his fist in the same manner Lewan throat bumped Gholston's fist a year ago. Judging by Their statement and Gholstons punishment last year he will probably be forced to go to the lockerroom at halftime of his next game.
Did anything ever happen after Justice Hayes took a swing at that Ohio player as he was running on the field. We never talked much about that...
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But the other guy pushed him in the back first, so it's ok.
/sparty logic
Right in the jejunum too, ouch
Carroll didn't throw up, so we know he wasn't punched in the jejunum.
Sparty logic means that it's only ok to punch someone when they grab your facemask.
I don't know about you, but I've never found orcs to be trustworthy.
I gave you an up vote not because I agree with you. But because I disagree with the practice of down voting differing opinions.
Edit- I appreciate the irony of getting a trolling vote for this comment.
Classic Sparty. No composure.
that Dawson didn't punch Carroll has a future in an NFL replay booth.
Excellent response. Kudos.
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Boys will be boys. A little roughhousing but nothing too terribly bad.
Recall: RR didn't suspend Jonas Mouton for punch of ND player
Probably a one game suspension for Dawson.
well that's RR for you.
It makes sense now why its not BoandHokeandRR fan now
And yet the Big Ten suspended Moutan, showing RR was in the wrong. Will be interesting to see if MSU coughs up their video for the B1G
It looks a helluva lot like a punch. It also looks like Carroll has absolutely no reaction consistent with getting punched in the abdomen, which doesn't seem to make sense. If you watch it enough times it kinda looks like he pulls it at the last second tho. I dunno, I'm gonna go out on a limb and if any additional footage comes out, I'm saying " no punch".
It's still a punch even if it's a bad punch. Dantonio (I respect Izzo) would tell him next time don't miss.
I think the punch landed on his chest, which would explain the lack of notable physical reaction.
is the only way you can see that as not a punch. He clearly takes a swing which isn't totally conclusive but then Dawsen is doing a "tough guy stance" have his arms flexed/clenched right after and he's staring down the Purdue guy while the Purdue guy is looking back surprisingly. I'd like to hear Hollis actually explain that to me
Sure looks like a punch, but I'm not sure the "tough guy stance" proves it. That would also be consistent with pounding your own chest or otherwise trying to intimidate your opponent without being proceded by a punch.
The spokeman for MSU said, "The angle of Branden Dawson that BTN had during the broadcast certainly makes it look like there might have been a punch. However, I've viewed an angle from underneath the basket and that does not appear to be the case." I found that to be an interesting choice of words. If the other angle MSU has clearly showed that he did not throw a punch, wouldn't the MSU statement be more definitively that no punch was thrown?
I shot a jumper from the the foul line and got fouled. The ball bounced on the rim a couple of times and finally bounced out. In frustration, I turned around and threw my fist in an uppercut motion. I didn't realize that a kid from the other team was right there. I hit him in the stomach. Everybody laughed. I went 1-2 on my foul shots.
In that game, I also broke my schools record for rebounds off of one's own missed shots, 6 in a row. I shot, missed, rebounded my shot six straight times. I finally missed the seventh. That was my last year playing basketball.
K? Thanks for that?
Hilarious man, i also hold similar records for my sub-par high school teams
The crowd seemed to love it, as do our brethren to the north on their board.
At best he nearly threw a punch that caused the Purdue player to expect a shot, which probably should be treated with some discipline. I'm not sure if he connected, but based on how they've been policing games that should be called. But obviously, not the biggest deal in the world. Kids get in fights on the court all the time, and maybe it was growing up watching the Bad Boys, but I'm fine with some aggression being shown on the court.
And I got slapped! *slaps self*
I've never seen a full wind-up for a chest pound.
He Really Shouldn't have called William Gholston last night....
it's hard to imagine it isn't, hard to imagine MSU denying it. Be interesting to see how it plays out. Poor sportsmanship has, over time, become synonymous with the MSU name.
We are going to look like fools when they show a better angle. Especially since a Purdue player elbowed Trice and we aren't discussing that. At least we can be happy about Narduzzi leaving.
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I'm guessing you only plan a post or two. And don't call me you people, I'm very clearly a donkey.
How many MSU threads have been on this board over the past month? 2? 3? Seems to me that a guy posting about an inferiority complex on a rivals message board might want to look in the mirror. I get it, you're pissed about your school's pathetic athletic performance, but let's try not to be a whiny bitch about it, ok?
Btw, people care about it because it's disgusting behavior and doesn't belong in sports, not because it's MSU (although frequently, the two do go hand in hand).
The better measure is the "new" or "recent" tabs, which track the most recently created and most recently commented on (respectively) threads. I see two, plus one where MSU is mentioned (the Army AA thread) in passing.
He's right guys. I mean a thread about a Michigan State Bowl Game? It's not like we do that for every bowl game that's played. We MUST be obsessed.
The thread about Narduzzi really seals it though. I mean, it's not like we also posted about Soup Campbell at Iowa getting fired and Chris Beatty at Illinois too right? It's not that we just want to discuss a potential major coaching change that would have an arguably top 2 D Coordinator in the B1G leaving the B1G, right? No, it must be our inferiority complex.
Are we going to argue that we don't post way too much crap pertaining to MSU? Because we'll just be lying.
They get about the same amount of talk as OSU/ND as far as actual athletics go (edit: in fairness, maybe a little less), but then everyone also feels the need to post about how they don't care about State and nobody else cares about them either. Then, as icing on the cake, everyone wants to find the "Sparty nooo!!!1!!" moment that will get a ton of upvotes, so we get a whole bunch even though most aren't very funny or interesting.
The Arkansas State obsession the board is showing tonight.
I'm good as long as no one wears ugly jerseys.
Sorta like Wonders Hall: a lot of things "don't happen" and result in "case closed" at MSU.
We have like 3 threads a month on MSU where they have like 5 threads a day on us.
proven or debunked as a punch yet but dies the league look at this like they did in football eg Tom Gholston.
Dawson seems like a good kid. Too bad he chose a coach who wont develop him to his potential.
he was tucking his jersey in
time to let it die. We have two chances this year for fun Sparty threads. This is not one of them.
There will be more than two, if you include hockey also!


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So, I try to make initial posts in forums actually useful .
I've read the FAQs, and realized some links to the bulb replacement guide were dead.
So here is my walk-through on replacing burned out bulbs in a radio display.
The car is a 93 Impreza L AWD, but the radio is out of a 98 Outback. A friend gave me the radio for free. So for those that ask "why repair when you can just buy a new radio?" I say "because $4 is less than $125". Unless you want to give me the cash to get a new radio.
With that out of the way...on to the guide. And I apologize in advance...all I had was my iPhone camera on me.
The entire process took me about 10-20 minutes of taking my time. This doesn't include the removal/installation of the actual radio.
Here are the bulbs needed: Radio Shack #7219. They ran $3.90 for two packages.
Here is the "before" shot. It was too bright out to show the burned out bulbs with the faceplate on, so I removed it to take this. I'll get to showing how to remove the faceplate soon...
And here is the actual radio being worked on:
I first started with just popping the left side clip:
Then I just worked my way around with a small flat-bladed screwdriver working the faceplate loose:
Make sure to remove the small screw on the left side...that holds the LCD display against the radio housing:
And make sure to pop off the volume/power knob. It's the only knob you need to remove the faceplate. The others pop right through it:
Now with the faceplate off and face down, it looks like this. There are two small screws holding the faceplate to the circuit board (notice the two screws are in holes marked with hash-marks):
Once the screws are out, you can simply (carefully) pop out the circuit board:
The bulb sockets are held on by solder. Here are the backside of the connections on the board (circled in red):
Here is the front of the board, with the 4 bulb sockets soldered to the board. Notice the electrical connector on the back of the board near the STOP-EJ/FF/RPT buttons. This connector and the screw near the LCD display are some of the things holding the board/faceplate onto the radio housing (well...plus the faceplate tabs).
Here is a closeup of the bulb/socket in original form.
Once the solder is heated and removed from the back of the board for the sockets, they look like this:
To remove the bulbs from the sockets, I just used a small sharp pocket-knife to cut the actual wire lead of the bulb (not the large silver terminal of the socket, but it's a very small copper wire lead).
Once removed, the bulbs just pull right out. I then pulled off the green rubbery covers and popped those on the new bulbs. I inserted the new bulbs with the long leads, and wrapped the leads up to where the terminals were. I then placed a small drop of solder to hold them on, and the snipped off the excess lead wire of the new bulbs.
Once on the sockets, I inserted the socket back into the board and re-soldered them.
And here is the finished result (before snapping back on the faceplate). I did this test to make sure it was all working properly before going through the reinstallation:
One important note: when doing this repair, pay attention to how tall the bulb/socket is. If you make too much solder, it will interfere with the faceplate. There is an easy solution to that though...you can ream out the faceplate where the bulb sits to make sure there is clearance.
When installing the board back onto the faceplate, it should easily snap in and the LCD will be flush with the faceplate.
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How To: Replace bulbs in radio
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Posted 31 December 2009 - 09:29 AM
Nice work record, this is a long lasting fix to a common problem
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Awesome I have seen a growing number of these with this problem recently and coupled with the climate control bulb fix this is pretty cool. It would look stupid to have all the climate control bulbs fixed and not the radio.
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