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- doctechnical, on 05/26/2009, -4/+69I'm sure the UN is meeting in emergency sessions to draft a Strongly Worded Letter.
Again. - boxxa, on 05/26/2009, -10/+66n00bs
50 years ago we leveled two cities in Japan.
they still cant make a rocket fly straight. - stutimandal, on 05/26/2009, -3/+57Seems they missed Japan again.
- leontes, on 05/26/2009, -2/+40North Korea, don't be an ass.
- slyzxx, on 05/26/2009, -0/+34Great now every time i watch news for the next 2-3 weeks it will be about this.
- sdizier, on 05/26/2009, -0/+33It depends where you live. If you are in South Korea I would say it would constitute as a threat.
- sirjimithy, on 05/26/2009, -1/+30What a bunch of *****.
- wiggles, on 05/26/2009, -12/+39It was either tens of thousands of civilians with two bombs, or hundreds of thousands of civilians with bamboo spears against allied invasion forces. Take your pick. The only way Japan would have folded conventionally would be through genocide. Their army fought to the last man in nearly every engagement they lost - their homeland would have been fought the same way.
Truman made the best of a really ***** situation. It's unfortunate it's all he was left with. - frequentFlyer, on 05/26/2009, -1/+23Yeah, I heard that those North Koreans had "short range missiles".
- Number23, on 05/26/2009, -1/+22And the strongly worded letter will inform them, in the strongest terms, that if they do it again, they will receive a strongly worded letter.
- inactive, on 05/26/2009, -1/+22Ah, these *****. When will that douchebag Kim Ill Dong just keel over and die, already?
- acid_jazz, on 05/26/2009, -0/+20The "Dear Leader" should focus on feeding his country.
- wiggles, on 05/26/2009, -6/+26At the rate I'm getting dugg down, I see people don't belive me.
Educate yourself. You think Iraqi suicide bombers are bad? You should see what Japan had planned for us:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pacific/peopleevents/ ...
"The Japanese strategy was to destroy the invader's landing vessels before they hit the beaches. For this purpose Japan had reserved about 5,000 conventional aircraft and a variety of suicide vehicles, including about 5,500 kamikaze planes, 1,300 suicide submarines, and several hundred piloted bombs. There were even frogmen, wearing explosives, who would blow up landing craft -- and themselves."
"The invaders who made it to shore would face Imperial Army divisions expected, as always, to fight to the last man. Civilians were recruited to fight alongside the soldiers with sharpened bamboo spears." - Twitcheh, on 05/26/2009, -10/+30If they had test fired long-range missiles, it might be seen as a threat. However, firing short-range missiles just says "Pay attention to us, dammit!"
- TheXboxReview, on 05/26/2009, -2/+20So when there actually is a WMD threat, from a psychopathic dictator... we do nothing. Awesome.
- diggit83, on 05/26/2009, -2/+17To be fair we used a plane to deliver those....
Not saying they could pull that off, with all of the air cover we have over there, but still. - enevitable, on 05/26/2009, -5/+20Clearly this is all Obama's fault
/s
Or perhaps the failures of the negotiations of the Bush administration. Or perhaps N.K. just can't be reasoned with like a bully on the playground. - KenSPT, on 05/26/2009, -3/+17I think Barack Obama should talk to him, because during the campaign he stated that's the best way to get across to these people, and it's obvious that these are level headed people who'd be open to intelligent discussion ...
- hawkspur, on 05/26/2009, -13/+26Yeah, ***** those tens of thousands of innocent men, women, and children!
- KaivenTor, on 05/26/2009, -4/+17I have a theory: Say we land a dud missile in the middle of their capital, nothing that goes boom, but we do it around 3-4AM, just as a sign that can put this stuff on their land without them really seeing it (I'm guessing we can do something like that).
Then we call them up the next day and ask if they would like to sign a non-proliferation treaty. If they say anything other than yes, we let them know that we can put a nuke (or conventional missile) anywhere we want and that their government is the first target on the list. If they still say no, wipe out their government for the safety of the world. - cygnus2112, on 05/26/2009, -0/+12Was Hiroshima Necessary?
by Mark Weber
Actually, the article you posted was written by Mark Weber. A long-time holocaust revisionist widely criticized and often laughed at.
You may want to seek new, unbiased and honest references for your "truth", there, hawkspur.
http://www.adl.org/Holocaust/weber.asp
"More than any other propagandist, Mark Weber, 45, embodies the Holocaust-denial movement. An articulate, media-savvy spokesperson with a master's degree in History from Indiana University, Weber got his start in the radical right in 1978, when he took the position of news editor for National Vanguard, a publication of the neo-Nazi National Alliance. " - howyudoin, on 05/26/2009, -1/+13Oh come on guys, give them a break; these letters are STRONGLY WORDED! They're not your ordinary run-of-the-mill dissent letters. How many letters do you come across nowadays that have words with that much strength?
- MacParrot, on 05/26/2009, -0/+12Twitcheh
With a nuke how close do you have to be? - angryfirelord, on 05/26/2009, -0/+12Too late.
- vinod1978, on 05/26/2009, -0/+11Why is everyone promoting good ol' fashion war? What ever happened to simply infiltrating a country's security forces and assassinating leaders like the good ol' days to spare our troops their lives? Am I alone on this?
- wiggles, on 05/26/2009, -2/+13because if we did that, they'd level Seoul in 20 minutes.
- TruthKid, on 05/26/2009, -0/+11Yeah when I was living in Tongduchon every temper tantrum that the DPRK threw pretty much ruined my weekend.
- borez, on 05/26/2009, -1/+11Thank you for that well laid out, intelligent and critically tasteful comment to what was an open and unopinionated ( you'll notice the "surely" dropped in there) question, laid out to provoke discussion.
Retard. - JasonCox, on 05/26/2009, -0/+10Hey North Korea, you do know that one day you're just going to piss China off for good and you're gonna be *****, right?
- inactive, on 05/26/2009, -2/+12C. Or perhaps N.K. just can't be reasoned with like a bully on the playground.
- Chairboy, on 05/26/2009, -1/+10> North Korea fires short-range missiles
North Korea: "Short range missile, thanks for coming, this will only take a minute. You know Jan from Missile Resources?"
Short-range missile: "Yo."
NK: "Go ahead, sit down. Can I get you anything?"
SRM: "No, I'm cool. What's up?"
NK: "Well, this is going to be tough, but this is a follow-up regarding the incident last week."
SRM: "I told you guys, I'm short rang-"
NK: "Yeah, I know, but that's really secondary. We've established performance guidelines, and we've documented and discussed each shortfall, and it's time for us to make a decis-"
SRM: "Wait, what's happening?"
NK: "-ion about your future here, and we've made it. I'm afraid we have no choice but to end your contract. You'll be-"
SRM: "What the hell? This is *****!"
NK: "I appreciate that you're upset, but we set clear expectati-"
SRM: "BULL! You ***** are firing me?!"
NK: "With respect, Short-range missile, you fired yourself." - wiggles, on 05/26/2009, -0/+9They have poor targeting capabilities, but they have a MASSIVE amount of conventional artillery (that we can't stop with missiles) aimed at Seoul, which is really close to the border. They wouldn't need to be accurate if all they're trying to do is spread artillery shells across the map.
- dafragsta, on 05/26/2009, -1/+10You do realize that any nuclear arsenal is pretty much off the table for actual use right? It's only purpose is mutually assured destruction. If there were to be action against North Korea, it would be a coalition carpet bombing of North Korea facilities with conventional weapons.
- diggit83, on 05/26/2009, -1/+9Considering many thousands of Americans are stationed across Japan and in S. Korea, Id say it is our problem.
- zooplibob, on 05/26/2009, -1/+9We technically were never at war with them. It is called the Korean Conflict for a reason.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War#Name_of_th ... - MacParrot, on 05/26/2009, -1/+9Or the failures as well of the Clinton/ Bush da first/ Reagan/ Carter/ Ford/ Nixon/ Johnson/ Kennedy/ Eisenhower/ Truman administrations.
How many more decades long problems are you going to lay at the feet of Bush da second? As long as the Kim Dynasty/Monarchy (what else can you really call it since there never has been anyone else allowed to come to power since the revolution?) remains in power and stays paranoid and willing to sacrifice every non-military asset in the hopes of whatever the hell it is they really want, there won't be any real chance for peace on the Korean peninsula. - imnojezus, on 05/26/2009, -0/+8Three years shy of 70 years, actually. Just sayin.
- wiggles, on 05/26/2009, -6/+14Hawkspur: I watched it -- it was moving. The damage done with those two bombs still pales in comparison to the destruction that would have been wrought by operation downfall.
Oh, and always be leery of anyone claiming what they're telling you is the "actual history". Usually what they mean is "history without the spin that supports my position". - inactive, on 05/26/2009, -4/+12You know we'll be going to war with them at a future date.
- imnojezus, on 05/26/2009, -0/+8For all of his faults, Dubya did make some headway with N. Korea, but nothing is really going to change the cycle. Kim Jong Ill is a tiny little unreasonable douchebag, and he's willing to gamble the lives of his people to get what he wants.
- crazymonkey1, on 05/26/2009, -2/+10I wonder if the UN will condemn it in 'even stronger' terms than last time.
- inactive, on 05/26/2009, -2/+10Nah. Just wait for that Kim to die. He hasn't got long. Doubt the regime will last after his death.
Wait by the river long enough and you will see your enemies' bodies floating by. - deeboe, on 05/26/2009, -3/+10He's so ronrey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCmqzrFL26M
- hatdrop, on 05/26/2009, -2/+9we technically still are at war with them, if i remember correctly the result of the Korean War was a cease fire
- Phaedryn, on 05/26/2009, -0/+7Actually, wiggles is correct. Seoul is not just within artillery range of the DPRK, they have pre-positioned and pre-plotted artillery.
Conventional artillery isn't high-tech, or even modern. It's cheap and easy to produce in mass and the North has been doing just that.
The "warning" for us would be the smoking ruins of Seoul.
Unless you are proposing a pre-emptive strike to take out those positions? - Twitcheh, on 05/26/2009, -0/+7Good point.
- immatellyouwhat, on 05/26/2009, -1/+8He must be ronery
- borez, on 05/26/2009, -8/+15As much as I see (or I'm led to believe) that North Korean leaders are complete wackjobs, surely they have the right ( If you can really call it a right ) to test and develop arms just as much as any other nation. The fact that the World is up in arms about this is, quite frankly, blatantly hypocritical.
- Fallout911, on 05/26/2009, -0/+7Do they want to die?
It seems that they want to be "liberated". - HappyNihil, on 05/26/2009, -0/+7It will be interesting to see what reasoning will North Korea/Iran/Izrael/Pakistan/India/or any of the other "wise enough to have nukes" nuclear powers use once they throw a couple of atom bombs on some city.
Let´s hope it´s not: "The sacrifice of people of Seoul saved millions of lives."
This one is getting a little old. -
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