Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (190175)	6/26/2006 2:35:10 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Japan and the United States have agreed to speed up deployment of advanced Patriot interceptor missiles on US bases in Japan, officials said Monday, amid concerns that North Korea may test-fire a long-range ballistic missile. I think my analysis is probably bearing out. We're essentially sending the signal to Pyongyang that if they launch it, we're likely to intercept and destroy it, matching provocation for provocation, without actually targeting the N. Korean mainland. And the last thing Pyongyang wants to do is risk providing Bush a political and military victory by proving, even in theory, that we have the ability to shoot it down and nullify the threat. And given that Kim Jong Il has likely placed a tremendous amount of political, as well as economic, capital on this missile, it's too precious to risk having it shot down. Hawk