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Junior
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 Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:17 am Post subject: North Korea declares "sacred war" on U.S., South K |
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SEOUL | Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:47pm EDT
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday it would begin a "sacred war" against the United States and South Korea at "any time necessary" based on its nuclear deterrent, in response to "reckless" military exercises by the allies.
"The army and people of the DPRK will start a retaliatory sacred war of their own style based on nuclear deterrent any time necessary in order to counter the U.S. imperialists and the South Korean puppet forces deliberately pushing the situation to the brink of a war," the North's National Defense Commission said. |
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66M10I20100724 |
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Captain Corea
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| I wonder how they excuse their own drills. |
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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anyone think something serious will happen? My husband's already talking about evacuating  |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| NK will not start an all out war, only skirmishes. If they do, it's the end of their regime. |
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Junior
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| NK will not start an all out war, only skirmishes. |
Agreed. It makes sense politically for them to ratchet up the tension further with a couple of naval skirmishes. Help to unite the people under athe new incoming leader. Beyond that neither side will be willing to escalate into full-scale conflict.
Sure the rhetoric has reached a new height but its only words. |
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alice0216
Joined: 23 Jan 2010
Location: Yangju
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:21 pm Post subject: NK threats |
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| The fact that the US just sent Hilary and Gates here tells me they are not that worried about NK actually attacking. They know how many American civilans are here and if they had any inkling that NK was going to make good, they would issue a travel warning or something. So, I agree with everyone else, NK is notorious for bluffing, and this is no different. |
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The Hammer
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Ullungdo 37.5 N, 130.9 E, altitude : 223 m
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| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| This sacred war is a KIMCHIHAD! |
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Konglishman
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| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| naturegirl321 wrote: |
| anyone think something serious will happen? My husband's already talking about evacuating |
Maybe, it is just my imagination, but it seems like everytime that the US and South Korea hold joint military exercises or something else of that nature, North Korea threatens to make a "sacred" war and never follows through. |
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Junior
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| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:48 am Post subject: |
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| Konglishman wrote: |
Maybe, it is just my imagination, but it seems like everytime that the US and South Korea hold joint military exercises or something else of that nature, North Korea threatens to make a "sacred" war and never follows through. |
Wasn't it "holy war" last time? |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| Konglishman wrote: |
Maybe, it is just my imagination, but it seems like everytime that the US and South Korea hold joint military exercises or something else of that nature, North Korea threatens to make a "sacred" war and never follows through. |
Wasn't it "holy war" last time? |
Maybe, the North Korean government should hire an English editor in order to make sure that threats of war remain consistent...  |
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ReeseDog
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| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| Konglishman wrote: |
Maybe, it is just my imagination, but it seems like everytime that the US and South Korea hold joint military exercises or something else of that nature, North Korea threatens to make a "sacred" war and never follows through. |
Wasn't it "holy war" last time? |
Sacred? Holy? I thought commies didn't go in for religion. I wonder why they'd employ such terminology? |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Junior wrote: |
| Konglishman wrote: |
Maybe, it is just my imagination, but it seems like everytime that the US and South Korea hold joint military exercises or something else of that nature, North Korea threatens to make a "sacred" war and never follows through. |
Wasn't it "holy war" last time? |
Sacred? Holy? I thought commies didn't go in for religion. I wonder why they'd employ such terminology? |
"sea of fire' was a good one but lost its sharpness over the years by repetition. 
Thats when they added "reduce seoul to debris, not just set everything on fire" to add more edge.
They've already used "unprecedented nuclear strike", so there's not much left in the dictionary to escalate things further. |
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tjmauermann
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Someone wants more foreign aid methinks. Saber rattling and nothing more. |
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