----- Original Message -----
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: Landmines RE: US Foreign Policy Re: *DO* we share a
civilization?
> At 17:29 13-8-01 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
>
> > > You really don't want a few tank companies to stop all North Korean
tanks.
> > > First, the terrain is less than ideal for tank movements. Second, when
you
> > > combine "smart weapons" such as BAT gliders with targeting aircraft,
you
> > > can destroy North Korean tank columns long before they even reach the
> > > border, and long before they get within firing range of your tanks.
> >
> >Are you suggesting that the US destroy tanks when North Korea engages in
war
> >games and maneuvers? We haven't been doing that. Their tanks are mostly
> >within a few miles of the border, now. How can you tell the difference
> >between tanks that are going towards the border and then will turn away
at
> >the last minute as part of war games, and those that will keep on going
> >across the border?
>
> Ever heard of "Military Intelligence Operations"?
Yea, I have a friend who's job use to be Strategic Assets in the C.I.A. I
have some feel for what they do and don't know. What is your source of
understanding of intelligence operations?
>If and when North Korea wants to invade South Korea, they'll have to plan
that invasion first.
Yea, do you honestly think they haven't? Military folks plan all sorts of
things. Goodness, the US even has planned a defense against an invasion from
Canada.
>If the US Military Intelligence people have done their jobs right, the US
will
> know about those plans well before the invasion starts.
>
And, I'm sure they have some idea of the plans. And, I'm sure that they
look for signs. For example, what would you think when a small country has
the second largest special forces group in the world? When they remove all
the land mines from their side of the border, and move their troops towards
the border. When their troops go within the forbidden zone near the border?
Out of curiosity, how is the US to know when the trigger will be pulled on
their plans. Do you assume that any competent military intelligence has a
spy placed in the inner circle of every potentially hostile country?
Dan M.
