Any NKorean attack would be sudden but futile: US general

AFP
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

A senior US military officer said Tuesday that any North Korean attack on South Korea would be sudden and “extremely destructive”, but would ultimately fail.

Major General Johnny A. Weida, outgoing deputy chief of staff for the US Forces Korea, also said such an attack is highly unlikely because it would spell the end of Kim Jong-Il’s regime.

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More than two-thirds of the North’s forces are within 90 km (56 miles) of the border with South Korea, Weida said.

“They could attack, if they were so inclined, with very little notice,” he told a group of civilians touring the Demilitarised Zone on the frontier.

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