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Openfire
Joined: 11 Nov 2010
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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 Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:52 pm Post subject: Bombings in South Korea |
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| Is anyone else worried about the recent attack on South Korea by North Korea? I just got offered a job but my parents are saying I shouldn't go as War will be breaking out soon and they might Nuke the place. Has anyone else had some worries? I don't know if I should go any more. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Check one of the twelve other threads in three different forums about the same topic. You'd think we were talking about CDI with the way this thing is replicating. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| This kind of incident is quite popular. I've been here since 1997. I'm pretty indifferent to it. If North Korea intended to start another Korean war they would have not shelled an isolated island off the coast they would have bombed Seoul. The current president of North Korea will die soon. His son is not as hard line. so they are attempting to show the world an image of intimidation. |
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Openfire
Joined: 11 Nov 2010
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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sorry about posting a thread but I did not see any other topics..I'm not sure where the best place to ask this was but thank you for your replies. I'm more at ease.
Can someone be so kind as to link me to some of the other threads that spoke about this as I don't know where to start looking.
thank you!! |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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derbot
Joined: 04 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Or in other words welcome to Dave's. Don't worry OP not everyone is as welcoming as this. MOD EDIT |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="derbot"]
Or in other words welcome to Dave's. Don't worry OP not everyone is as welcoming as this. For more rude replies to your reasonable questions you should check out
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Kurtz
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
Location: ples bilong me
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Fishead soup wrote: |
| This kind of incident is quite popular. I've been here since 1997. I'm pretty indifferent to it. If North Korea intended to start another Korean war they would have not shelled an isolated island off the coast they would have bombed Seoul. The current president of North Korea will die soon. His son is not as hard line. so they are attempting to show the world an image of intimidation. |
How do you know;
a) The son is not as hard line?
b) Kim Jong il isn't dead already?
Perhaps they are blooding the son and this is part of his initiation to the leadership and the NK's are using the war games and whatever else they can find and using it all as propaganda to bolster the support for the new guy.
Aren't you at least a LITTLE worried? I mean, there's a complete maniac on our doorstep armed to the teeth who are launching missiles on islands populated by civilians and blowing up warships for absolutely no reason. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:01 am Post subject: |
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| The possibility of renewed hostilities between North and South Korea is very real and these flash points have occurred from time to time. If you cannot handle the risk, then perhaps you should do what your mother tells you to and stay home. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:28 am Post subject: |
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[quote="derbot"]You did yea but you probably made them feel a littlebad about it too. I was probably being a bit harsh though. MOD EDIT
Missing the stickies I can understand. There are hundreds of pages of not necessarily accessible material there. Not using the search function is something I'm totally sympathetic to. But there are 8 threads about this same topic, most of which have extremely straightforward headings. The first thought that crossed my mind when I read the OP was that it was likely a troll considering just how many threads there are that already exist. |
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jzrossef
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| Kurtz wrote: |
| Fishead soup wrote: |
| This kind of incident is quite popular. I've been here since 1997. I'm pretty indifferent to it. If North Korea intended to start another Korean war they would have not shelled an isolated island off the coast they would have bombed Seoul. The current president of North Korea will die soon. His son is not as hard line. so they are attempting to show the world an image of intimidation. |
How do you know;
a) The son is not as hard line?
b) Kim Jong il isn't dead already?
Perhaps they are blooding the son and this is part of his initiation to the leadership and the NK's are using the war games and whatever else they can find and using it all as propaganda to bolster the support for the new guy.
Aren't you at least a LITTLE worried? I mean, there's a complete maniac on our doorstep armed to the teeth who are launching missiles on islands populated by civilians and blowing up warships for absolutely no reason. |
It's like watching Dr. Strangelove again lol... (a classic btw)
A good rule of thumb is a resounding no, though it doesn't hurt to have a benefit of doubt. North Korea' #1 priority is the preservation of current Communist regime. It's a very risky and calculating move, but there were able to inflict relatively small collateral damage while doing enough barrage to give Koreans a strong message. North Korean government bombs Korea for purpose of terror without complicating the higher-ups that might risk a war... this meets their number one agenda. North Koreans are no longer spending fighters in their Air Force... they're investing more on SAM missiles (to keep the airforce out) and continues to buy technologically outdated bombers and ballistic missiles to remind the neighbors that if we are going down... we're gonna drag you with us as much as we can. (ex. They can simply drop dirty bomb to Seoul and paralyze South Korea' economy or rain radioactive materials on America eastern coast... if they can LOL)
My guess is that Kim Jung Un would be much open-minded leader for number of reasons.
Kim Il Sung and Kim Jung Il are trained and educated to be hardliners. They were mostly active in Manchuria where extensive guerilla fights against Japanese occupation was a regular routine (Similar to Osama bin Laden and other Muslim fundamentalists fighting in Soviet-Afghan War) Due to the nature of living most of their life as guerilla fighters, they were heavily supported and influenced by Soviet and Chinese supporters, who were mostly Soviet educated similar to Stalinist doctrines. This is the reason why he was not chosen as a successor in the beginning, and he was sent to Switzerland to become a technocrat and support his older brother�s regime. Due to the sheer chance, the original successor lost his favor because he became spoiled and his leadership incompetence. (He�s �exiled� in China right now wasting his life away with his mistresses... made a lot of babies too I hear... not someone that can preserve the fragile Korean regime) He once admitted in the interview that he had no idea as to how he can meet the expectation as he was nowhere near his father�s greatness. He may be brainwashed, but at least he�s humble albeit in a twisted way. (He could be playing dumb too btw) He lived much of his life being educated overseas rather than living in North Korea.
It�d be awfully hard to cover up Kim Jung Il�s death... and I doubt they will. They could have said Kim Il Sung is still alive... but they didn�t and focused their attention with Kim Jung Il. Overprotected oligarchs like to keep political news consistent... keeps the management simpler that way.
One final note... it�s not going to make a lot of difference even if Kim Jung Il is gone. A lot of things people often forget is that Kim Jung Il is only part of the North Korean puzzle. He is a figurehead supported by the military generals and influential North Korean members... and they play a lot more role than people realize.
But don�t come after me if your house is shelled.  |
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