24 Jan 2013 09:01:45
Looks like its kicking of in North Korea with another Nuclear Test this time, with statements such as "We do not hide that the various satellites and long-range rockets we will continue to launch, as well as the high-level nuclear test we will proceed with, are aimed at our arch-enemy the United States, "
What are peoples views, according to what I have read they are capable of creating nuclear bombs but not nuclear missiles. For years I have said North Korea could possibly be the beginning of the end.
Why can't we just leave them alone, they are not to be messed with and if it came to a full blown war I think they would destroy the US which is why I think nothing has been done so far, that the US know they would have not chance against them
KevDarko
Aren't their people supposed to be really poor and malnourished because they spend all their money on the military?
Adam
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The north koreans would be absolutely annihilated in a nuclear war with the us, although they had ties to china and russia during the cold war, their relationship with china seems fractured though and I see them like iran mainly: a pariah state which is simultaniously threatening and threatened. however ultimately a nation that enslaves and keeps its people starving is no real danger to our 'civilised' society ;P
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Its crazy stuff, I was looking at a website which offers tours of North Korea its a tad expensive but if money was no object I for one would love to go.
KevDarko
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The North Koreans just seem mad to me, they really do entertain me with some of the ridiculous propaganda, like at the Olympics when they broadcast the medal table as North Korea-300 golds, Russia-300 silvers and china-300 bronzes
LP
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Anyone intersted in the relationship between the us and n.korea should Listen to noam chomskys Iraq : the forever war .
Although mainly about the Middle East he makes a few references as to why the and Koreans are aggrieved by u.s actions.
One of the proposed reasons, aside many others is that the u.s had promised North Korea aid if it canceled all long range missile tests which it did for a short while . After which the u.s failed to supply the country with the aid it was promised .
Very interesting and a reminder not to be taken in by the western press's typecasting of North Korea as a violent rogue state.
Of course I'm not suggesting for a moment that they're not a brutal dictatorship, but it's interesting to look at every story from both sides.
Gordo
Although mainly about the Middle East he makes a few references as to why the and Koreans are aggrieved by u.s actions.
One of the proposed reasons, aside many others is that the u.s had promised North Korea aid if it canceled all long range missile tests which it did for a short while . After which the u.s failed to supply the country with the aid it was promised .
Very interesting and a reminder not to be taken in by the western press's typecasting of North Korea as a violent rogue state.
Of course I'm not suggesting for a moment that they're not a brutal dictatorship, but it's interesting to look at every story from both sides.
Gordo
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24 Jan 2013 18:03:03
Kevdarko you'd love to go visit a totalitarian dictatorship, where they starve their people to pay for the military, where in the countryside people are reduced to grass and nettle soup and its reckoned up to two million people have starved to death in the last two decades, and everything you seen was carefully screened to only show the glory of the regime and not the truth. And you also think they'd beat the yanks in a war despite the fact that last time out they needed the chinese and soviets to scrape a draw?
Kevdarko you'd love to go visit a totalitarian dictatorship, where they starve their people to pay for the military, where in the countryside people are reduced to grass and nettle soup and its reckoned up to two million people have starved to death in the last two decades, and everything you seen was carefully screened to only show the glory of the regime and not the truth. And you also think they'd beat the yanks in a war despite the fact that last time out they needed the chinese and soviets to scrape a draw?
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Sounds a bit like how the western countries are becoming.
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The yanks would use emp weapons the north koreans wouldn't even get their missiles off the ground ...no contest .....bear in mind the US was testing the likes of stealth in the 60s and 70s ....what sort of classified weaponary have the americans got now ...the mind boggles ....
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There's a documentary I saw a couple of months back. I still don't know if it's a hoax by people taking the piss but it's worth a watch. Here is the link ed. if you want to check it out first. I can't remember the name of the show when it first came out but pure Propaganda whoever is behind it whether N. Korea or the West.
North Korean film exposes Western propaganda - Part 1 of 10
North Korean film exposes Western propaganda - Part 1 of 10
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