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- Motocompo, on 03/31/2008, -1/+61No, North Korea has been out of mainstream news for a while so they figure why not make a false threat like they have done a billion times before and see how much money and foreign aid they can rake in.
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 03/31/2008, -4/+60North Korea has been promising to turn Seoul (population: 10 million) into a sea of fire for years, even before they had nukes. The thing is, Seoul is so close to the DMZ and North Korea has so much artillery, they wouldn't even need a nuke to carry out this threat.
- hilikus34, on 03/31/2008, -8/+60That would be bad news for the North Koreans if that ever happens...the US would level their third world asses.
- Jimbob200, on 03/31/2008, -12/+42Last time there wasn't a world police force (well, the last two times), Germany tried to steamroll Europe.
- NoCt1, on 03/31/2008, -2/+29Wrong. China has already told N Korea that if it uses nukes China will invade.. Months ago China told the US to stay out of it that they would take care of it we can back up.. Since then China has about 1 million troops 50 miles from the border. China said They would not let the area become unstable sue to nukes.. China will police that area and will make sure that N korea doesnt do something stupid..
- solonGFX, on 03/31/2008, -1/+25According to some IR theoriest, no one's going to strike first with nukes. Just words and egos.
- 0crabby0, on 03/31/2008, -2/+26Springtime in North Korea...
- Waiting2awake, on 03/31/2008, -2/+25These dicks are all over the place.
- ryodoan, on 03/31/2008, -3/+25Digg him down as much as you want, its true... That said, I dont think one country should take that responsibility on by itself. That is why the UN was created.
- fuzzmeister, on 03/31/2008, -0/+18So you'd be completely fine with North Korea nuking Seoul? That's rather peverse. While we should be restrained in our foreign interventions, there are certain situations which absoloutely require intervention. Remember WWII?
- PhantomRogue, on 03/31/2008, -17/+34Or how about we stay out of the Affairs of the world? We are not the World's Police Force, it has gotten us nothing but disdain and hatred throughout the entire world.
- chanop, on 03/31/2008, -2/+19Threats have gone back and forth between these guys forever, this is nothing new. N. Korea even shoots missiles in their directions every once in a while...
- MonsterChaOS, on 03/31/2008, -0/+16Correction: No rational person would use them as a first strike. This is Kim Jong Ill afterall.
- inactive, on 03/31/2008, -1/+17His Axis of Evil Conveniently forgot about nations like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and most of central Asia where a lot more evil originates from.
- readerz, on 03/31/2008, -2/+18As Pussy as I may sound! This ***** is scary as hell these people are crazy!
- Balanced, on 03/31/2008, -1/+15I think one issue with the 'Axis of Evil' is it implies that there was some coordination and cooperation between the component states (like the WWII Axis, which at least had the Tripartite Pact between them) as opposed to just using the term for a bunch of unrelated 'nations we think are led by a-holes.'
- ArachnidDude, on 03/31/2008, -0/+13Like my Iranian-born American friend so eloquently put it, "The solution our problems with the Middle East is simple. Stop feeding them and they'll either get their ***** together or starve to death within a few months". Same goes for DPRK..
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS21834.pdf - fuhcough, on 03/31/2008, -5/+18language barrier aside, i think we all know what you mean and i commend you for it.
- ozymandias2012, on 03/31/2008, -0/+12Somebody wants attention.....poor babies are feeling neglected. Time to threaten nuclear war and get some billions.
- Nougat, on 03/31/2008, -0/+12I have a friend in Korea right now:
(09:17) Me: so I hear DPRK has threatened to nuke the south
(09:17) Friend: they sent some missles to the west coast
(09:17) Friend: I have pictures of all of the police freaking out and amassing
(09:18) Friend: they were all standing on the steps of the Kyobo bookstore
(09:18) Friend: OMG PROTECT THE BOOKSTORE - Jimbob200, on 03/31/2008, -3/+15Dude you're f'ed in the head.
- inactive, on 03/31/2008, -7/+19If we touch North Korea, you can bet that China will be the first one to jump to their side. And if America starts a war with China and North Korea, while we are still mucking about in the middle east, you can be sure that we won't last too long.
- sakuraz, on 03/31/2008, -4/+16Then again....
"I'm so Ronery" - lamiaconfitor, on 03/31/2008, -0/+12Nukes are a weapon. They may be misused. The Nukes themselves have no moral objection to being detonated.
- halleyscomet, on 03/31/2008, -1/+12Just look at what US sanctions have done to Cuba.
- fuhcough, on 03/31/2008, -0/+10now that i'll believe.
- BobScratchit, on 03/31/2008, -0/+10I spent a year in the military in Korea last year and during scenerios for their exercises the U.S. and South Koreans would overtake North Korea in less than 2 weeks. But also it was widely accepted that the North would turn Seoul into a smoking hole in the ground no matter what the scenerio.
- mxmj, on 03/31/2008, -0/+10Once any Country on the planet uses Nuclear Weapons offensively, it becomes everyone's problem, not just the country that is nuked.
- Nitrodist88, on 03/31/2008, -4/+14What the ***** are you even talking about?
- Di0genes, on 03/31/2008, -3/+13I would as well. North Korea's government is sinister and parasitic, and the whole place is like a nation-sized version of Jonestown.
- dilibau, on 03/31/2008, -15/+24now they have a Dick Cheney in North Korea too?
- justananomaly, on 03/31/2008, -0/+9So we launch a nuke at china while its on its way china is like... "***** ***** who the ***** is shooting us... oh well, fire missiles" Then France is like "***** guys, we got the missiles are coming, fire our *****... but i am le tired.. well have a nap, then fire ze missiles." Meanwhile Australia is down there like 'WTF^^ mates' India Israel and Pakistan launch their ***** So now we've got missiles flying everywhere passing each other. Russia's like "AHH motherland" Then England is like "Its about that time eh chaps.... Right o"
- zephyear, on 03/31/2008, -0/+9aw look at that, they tested nuke a year and half ago and want to play with the big nuke boys now
- DrDragun, on 03/31/2008, -10/+19Oh stop trying to gay it up. You can have diplomacy and economic strangulation through sanctions which are just as effective at removing a country's influence in the world without putting bullets into peoples' heads.
- Barbarino, on 03/31/2008, -0/+9Quick someone re-program the WOPR!
- cababika799, on 03/31/2008, -1/+10They are highly trained. Lets say they're four times as trained and well armed than the Iraqi's. That means that they will survive eight weeks against a US invasion as opposed to the two weeks it took to obliterate the Iraqi Forces.
Still not competitive. - cababika799, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8I agree that in order to properly fight a war of that magnitude, we would need our fingers out of the middle east. However, I think the assistance from China would probably come in the form of aid rather than actual fighting troops.
I think China is vying for economical prowess right now, and the US is their biggest customer. Outright war would probable cripple their economy in ways they aren't ready to accept. - sangjmoon, on 03/31/2008, -1/+9That would be bad news for the North Koreans on many level but mainly because the fallout would land on their own country. This is just words, but it is the words of a spoiled teenager who can cause a lot of trouble. If North Korea wasn't so good at punishing itself, we should spank its butt.
- BobbyMC, on 07/21/2008, -1/+9If you are going to make an argument against sanctions base it in reality. I can't speak for everything else but you went into exaggeration territory the minute you claimed Nintendo is in any way threatened. I don't know whether you were claiming they are Chinese or just that they produce in China, but either way it is a fact that they did not produce anything in China until relatively recently, and if China wanted to bitch about America Nintendo would just abandon its factories there rather than letting commies ruin their empire.
Believe it or not other countries know how to produce goods domestically even if they themselves make use of China. In any event where China got bitchy we would just start getting higher quality products from Japan, and rather than the collapse of the country like most people predict, it'd be more like going back to a time before Wal Mart which really isn't remotely that big of a deal.
The world doesn't need China. - soulkitchen, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8Keep in mind that China holds veto power on the UN Security council. I don't think its unreasonable to conclude that they will never let a resolution go forward authorizing military action in N. Korea.
- NoCt1, on 03/31/2008, -0/+7Didnt stop us before. Stop trying to say we are in it for profit on everything.. Iraq isnt a profit either since we are in debt again.. Look at facts before you try to tie ***** in to oil.
- Nitrodist88, on 03/31/2008, -0/+7Yup, that and the League of Nations. Oh wait..
- sublimemm, on 03/31/2008, -1/+8Do you have any idea how ***** busy I ram?
- halleyscomet, on 03/31/2008, -0/+7That and you can expect China to back off and let the world do whatever they want to North Korea without intervening. China is trying to play ball with the rest of the planet, and the LAST thing they want is a neighbor throwing around nukes. It's possible China would invade North Korea themselves. Heaven knows they've seen how much power comes with being the "World's Police Force."
Either way, Never get involved in a land war in Asia. Douglass MacArthur, one of the greatest generals of WWII said that while engaged in the Korean war. If one of the biggest military badasses since Napoleon advised we stay the Hell out, I'm inclined to agree. - shibainu, on 03/31/2008, -0/+7JerichKorean. New TV show on CBS
- MWeather, on 03/31/2008, -1/+8Yeah, at worst it'll just irradiate fifty million people. Nothing to be alarmed about.
- cababika799, on 03/31/2008, -0/+7And if the UN did anything on equal terms (simply put, the US pours more into the UN than almost all the other countries combined), then we could have a world police force not comprised almost entirely of American funding.
- NCSUspoon, on 03/31/2008, -1/+8Umm that's kind of close to home I would think. If the winds change, they wouldn't be in exactly the best of conditions.
- mxmj, on 03/31/2008, -1/+7If North Korea nukes S. Korea, China will be a little pissed. The fallout would be carried by the wind into China.
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