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milkweedma



Joined: 15 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 5:24 pm    Post subject: North-Korea-declares-war-on-South-Korea Reply with quote

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/8490663/North-Korea-declares-war-on-South-Korea
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Scorpion



Joined: 15 Apr 2012

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good. Maybe all the newbs will run home, and fewer teachers will be willing to come here. The schools will be begging for teachers and our conditions will improve. For too long now the market has been saturated and wages have declined. I think a little nuclear conflagration might just be the thing I've been waiting for.

Bring it on. Very Happy
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lemak



Joined: 02 Jan 2011

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Again?

It's been a long winter. They must need America to send them some food again.
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Scorpion



Joined: 15 Apr 2012

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lemak wrote:
Again?

It's been a long winter. They must need America to send them some food again.


Exactly.
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maximmm



Joined: 01 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

North Korean tactics in the past have caused people to ignore what North Korea says/does. You have to admit though, as North Korea keeps upping the notch, things may escalate and turn very sour, very quickly.

A couple of things to keep in mind that have occurred very recently: Armistice has been disbanded, North Korea has declared war, missile units have been moved into ready positions, Kim Jong Un has issued a call to arms.

The first two events are new and have never been done before. I would keep an open eye on things - more so than ever before.

Here is some info regarding the SK and NK war capabilities: http://www.forexlive.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/506141-north-korea-armed-forces-infographic.jpg

A declaration of war: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/03/29/north-korea-south-us-threats.html
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sendittheemail



Joined: 15 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seeing as how they are producing nuclear weapons, the sooner they (NK) are hit heavy and hard, the better. Waiting to strike them will only allow them to build their stock piles further. It's time for the US and S. Korea to do a deal with China, start fortifying the DMZ, hit the North Koreans hard from the air and sea, and let the Chinese roll tanks across the border and take possession of the place. North Korea could be a Chinese Special Administrative Region, and perhaps they could hand it back over to the South (Hong Kong style) after 50-60 years.

BTW, have we shot their "satellite" out of space yet? Perhaps that's what the US will do next to rattle their cages.
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Beeyee



Joined: 29 May 2007

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sendittheemail wrote:
Seeing as how they are producing nuclear weapons, the sooner they (NK) are hit heavy and hard, the better. Waiting to strike them will only allow them to build their stock piles further.


By this logic, the US should also strike Israel 'hard and heavy' too right? The North's nukes are a deterrent from US aggression, nothing more.
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Paddycakes



Joined: 05 May 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm putting my money on some kind of little sea battle in the next few weeks.

The North has talked themselves into a corner, and they have to do something... anything.

A carefully controlled sea battle that is not allowed to escalate will probably suite the NORKS just fine.

Neither side wants an escalation... the NORKS know they can't win a real war, and the South doesn't want to do anything that will interfere with its love affair with consumerism.


Man, I miss MC-JC right now....

MC-JC, Where are you!!!!
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Smithington



Joined: 14 Dec 2011

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beeyee wrote:
The North's nukes are a deterrent from US aggression, nothing more.


Rolling Eyes
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lichtarbeiter



Joined: 15 Nov 2006
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This whole thing reminds me of a drunken bar fight between two ajossis.

They both have each other by the collar and have their fists cocked behind their heads while they beak at each other, but neither ever actually throws a real punch.
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Beeyee



Joined: 29 May 2007

PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Smithington wrote:
Beeyee wrote:
The North's nukes are a deterrent from US aggression, nothing more.


Rolling Eyes


Constructive.
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Dodge7



Joined: 21 Oct 2011

PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

lichtarbeiter wrote:
This whole thing reminds me of a drunken bar fight between two ajossis.

They both have each other by the collar and have their fists cocked behind their heads while they beak at each other, but neither ever actually throws a real punch.

That's interesting (and funny) and I told my family in an email something similar. I said N Korea was like a Korean woman. Always threatening, never acting.
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TL



Joined: 30 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Paddycakes wrote:
I'm putting my money on some kind of little sea battle in the next few weeks.

The North has talked themselves into a corner, and they have to do something... anything.

A carefully controlled sea battle that is not allowed to escalate will probably suite the NORKS just fine.

Neither side wants an escalation... the NORKS know they can't win a real war, and the South doesn't want to do anything that will interfere with its love affair with consumerism.


Man, I miss MC-JC right now....

MC-JC, Where are you!!!!


I'd be surprised as well if NK didn't do something like shell an island or attack an SK naval ship. How much closer can the NK rhetoric get to stating full scale war?
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FloridaGator314



Joined: 04 Apr 2011

PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 4:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

But there was already a state of war, which can only mean one thing: Double War. Surprised
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Rteacher



Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA

PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 5:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It might be time to send in the cast (and director) of Spring Breakers to North Korea as a special forces unit ... http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130320/REVIEWS/130329996

Like NK's leaders, it's "self-indulgent..., dark, and always provocative"
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