South Korean Outlines Muscular Military Posture

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NY Times:

SEOUL, South Korea — The four-star general chosen as South Korea’s new defense minister said on Friday that the South would use airstrikes against North Korea if it carried out further attacks.

“If the enemy attacks our people and territory again, I will use force to punish the enemy to make sure it doesn’t even dare think about it again,” the minister-designate, Kim Kwan-jin, said in confirmation hearings on Friday.

His comments provided the first details of a muscular new military posture announced by President Lee Myung-bak last week. Mr. Lee’s government has come under fierce criticism for what is widely seen here as a feeble response to the North Korean shelling of a South Korean island last month.

Last week Mr. Lee accepted the resignation of his defense minister, announced plans to reinforce the island’s defenses and revised the rules of engagement to make it easier for South Korea to respond to a North Korean attack with greater force.

Mr. Kim’s comments on Friday were the first to suggest that such a response could include bombing the North from the air.
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Strong stuff if he means it. That sound you hear is of Mini Me Jr. crying for his daddy...