Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:13:44 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Korea--Was  Re: [WSFA] Re: M*A*S*H and other TV shows.
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> bnewton at ashcomp.com 4/15/2005 9:47:07 AM >>>
>Most Remarkably, Michael Walsh wrote:
>>And if the North Korean leadership isn't too insane they'll realize
>>that and just rattle their sabres.  From what I've been reading both
>>China & Japan harbor worries/concerns about Kim Jong-Il.  More
>about
>>"poeerless leader" here:
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/783967.stm including
>>this: "according to official North Korean accounts, he was born in a

>log
>>cabin ".  (Oh, stop your snorting...)
>
>I seem to remember reading that the North Koreans had several
>thousand
>artillery pieces within firing range of Seoul.

37 miles from the DMZ to Seoul.

I recall during one the annual Armed Forces Days that this was rolled
out for display:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m65.htm - be sure
to scroll down for the images.

>  You think the Military
>District of Washington can be tense?

Well, going from Korea to DC & shortly thereafter the Cuban Missile
Crisis was *fun*.

Also fun was going from Taiwan to Rome, NY to Korea and then Northern
Virginia and watching the area reaction to a few snowflakes...

>  They have a crazy dictator with
>his
>finger on the trigger.  Don't know why they haven't built a new
capitol
>in
>the south of the country.

Probably for similar reasons why people still live near the San Andreas
fault...

mjw