North Korea Sinking of South Korea's Ship

The U.S. Department of Defense has admitted that the U.S. Navy was in the area off North Korea when the North Koreans sank a South Korean ship.

Associated Press
June 05, 2010
WASHINGTON — The night a torpedo-armed North Korean submarine allegedly sank a South Korean patrol ship, the U.S. and South Korea were engaged in joint anti-submarine warfare exercises just 75 miles away, military officials told The Associated Press.

The blast that sank the Cheonan, the worst South Korean military disaster since the 1950-53 Korean War, showed how impoverished nations such as North Korea can still inflict heavy casualties on far better equipped and trained forces, even those backed by the might of the U.S. military.

This sounds like the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964 where the U.S. was again involved in provoking another small country, North Vietnam, by going into her waters. As a result of that American action, millions died.

Why does the U.S. have to invade the disputed waters of these small countries thousands of miles from the U.S. coasts? What would Americans do if some enemy was carrying on navy military exercises off our coasts? Hysteria, fear, and anger come to mind. I suppose the only answer to why America goes into the waters and struts her military power off the coasts of small countries like Iran and North Korea is, a super bully needs someone to pick on.

Charles Tolleson