Comments on: Go in, get rid of the nukes/regime, leave http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/go-in-get-rid-of-the-nukesregime-leave/ One Damn Thing Leads to Another Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:48:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: lrC http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/go-in-get-rid-of-the-nukesregime-leave/#comment-1368 lrC Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:08:46 +0000 http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/go-in-get-rid-of-the-nukesregime-leave/#comment-1368 Clearing the strait isn't enough. The entire Gulf is not much better than a puddle. Other than the US and the US Navy, no-one will particularly care if the Iranians sink a few US navy ships up to and including aircraft carriers. But, if a couple of tankers go down, or even if the tanker owners and insurers assess the likelihood of such to be high, one thing will happen and another thing may happen: 1) Shipping insurance rates will increase. 2) Shipping may cease or diminish. The other difference between NK and Iran, BTW, is that Kim pretty much just wants to be left alone. He isn't ranting about destroying SK or Japan or anything else. Clearing the strait isn’t enough. The entire Gulf is not much better than a puddle. Other than the US and the US Navy, no-one will particularly care if the Iranians sink a few US navy ships up to and including aircraft carriers. But, if a couple of tankers go down, or even if the tanker owners and insurers assess the likelihood of such to be high, one thing will happen and another thing may happen:
1) Shipping insurance rates will increase.
2) Shipping may cease or diminish.

The other difference between NK and Iran, BTW, is that Kim pretty much just wants to be left alone. He isn’t ranting about destroying SK or Japan or anything else.

]]> By: jay http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/go-in-get-rid-of-the-nukesregime-leave/#comment-1360 jay Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:57:41 +0000 http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/go-in-get-rid-of-the-nukesregime-leave/#comment-1360 Or, Alan, Pakistan. The principle substantive difference is that Iran does not seem ot have nukes yet. NK does. I am less concerned with the Strait of Hormuz because it can be cleared and, if people spent a few hours planning an invasion of Iran they might well assign more than a few marines to take the Iranian side early on. Or, Alan, Pakistan.

The principle substantive difference is that Iran does not seem ot have nukes yet. NK does.

I am less concerned with the Strait of Hormuz because it can be cleared and, if people spent a few hours planning an invasion of Iran they might well assign more than a few marines to take the Iranian side early on.

]]> By: lrC http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/go-in-get-rid-of-the-nukesregime-leave/#comment-1359 lrC Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:51:32 +0000 http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/go-in-get-rid-of-the-nukesregime-leave/#comment-1359 North Korea isn't on one side of the Hormuz. North Korea isn’t on one side of the Hormuz.

]]> By: Alan http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/go-in-get-rid-of-the-nukesregime-leave/#comment-1351 Alan Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:41:30 +0000 http://jaycurrie.info-syn.com/go-in-get-rid-of-the-nukesregime-leave/#comment-1351 How are the "stakes in Iran" different from the stakes in North Korea? How are the “stakes in Iran” different from the stakes in North Korea?

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