Posted by
raygun on Monday, June 08, 2009 8:00:00 AM
Barack Obama could free Laura Ling, sister of actress Lisa Ling, and Euna Lee in 10 days or less if he has the wisdom to see how. Evil dictators like Kim Jong Il think that hostage taking puts them in a superior strategic position over us. Actually, such stupid moves put THEM in extremely vulnerable positions for themselves and their countries. The following scenario could have been used by Jimmy Carter in 1980 to free our embassy people who had been taken hostage in Tehran on November 4, 1979. Sadly, Carter did not display the wisdom needed to figure this out.
We start here with an aircraft carrier attack group of F-18s. The planes will use all weapons necessary to destroy any (or all) military targets in North Korea. But the KEY to the strategy is that they will NOT attack in usual war mode. Rather, they will attack according to a very RIGID and PRE-DEFINED SCHEDULE. Before any attack begins, we select a list of 30 military targets in North Korea. Next, we have our diplomat GIVE THE NORTH KOREANS THE TARGET LIST and scheduled TIMES OF ATTACK. Day 1, we wipe out target 1 precisely at noon their time. Day 2, we wipe out target 2 precisely at noon. Day 3, we wipe out target 3 precisely at noon. They will always know which target is next and when they will lose it! We can be this BOLD because we will have complete air superiority and the world will see that THEY cannot stop US. The North Koreans can stop our attacks at any time by releasing our girls. If harm comes to them, then ALL remaining targets will be wiped out. This will have been made clear to them in advance also.
The Chinese will not get involved because we will assure them that we will not invade the North. We have only one goal. We will invite the Chinese to put diplomatic pressure on North Korea to ensure them that we are SERIOUS. This would be an excellent time to eliminate the North Korean missile and bomb programs while we are at it. These targets must be high on the list.
If anyone reads this who has access to The White House, please pass it along to our commander in chief.
--Ray Curtis, Houston, TX Monday, June 8, 2009