North Korean Missiles launched

[Biohazard]

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TBH nowt we can do personally to stop it anyway.

Just hope that the weapons that alledgedly dont excist to stop this happen actually do what they are alledgedly supposed to do.

[Winston001]

Solution: Any country that wants to start a war with another country should get the leaders of those respective countries and put the two in a room together, no weapons just thier big dicks and after 24 hours open the room again... the surviving leader wins the war...

Outcome: No civilian deaths
no money wasted on weapons
no economic effects

Nice idea but it ain't that easy. Imagine Hitler was put in a room with Neville Chamberlain. Hitler wins, all the Jews, gypsys and non-Aryans in Europe get slaughtered over the next 25 years. Not exactly win-win.

[Winston001]

I like Nth Korea testing these missiles.
Why? Because it sends a BIG fu*k you to the UN and all of the paper-pushing pencil-dicked weenies there.

Maybe, but the UN is funded by the likes of you and me. While the North Korean leadership are spending money on missiles, their people are starving to death. And who is helping them out? The UN, along with assorted aid agencies including considerable American support.

So frankly I don't blame anyone for being annoyed that these people.

[Winston001]

So basically, the mighty US of A is scared that another country might come close to having even a 10th (most likely less) of the firepower they have... so they are really only a threat to the US. And thats what it boils down to right?

Nope. Its the Japanese, the Russians, the Phillipinos, the South Koreans, and the Taiwanese are afraid. Even the Chinese are nervous.

And the USA is friendly with most of those nations so it sticks up for them.

Think of it this way. A teenager lives down the street from you. Instead of working he's on a benefit and doing drugs - which your taxes pay for. He gets a shotgun off Trademe, and starts firing random shots into the street. He is paranoid and scared of the local street kids, and wants to show them he can defend himself - and that he is one tough dude.

You'd be fine with that?

We have a real double standard when arguing about the actions of nations. On the one hand the liberal view is not to actively interfere when people are being persecuted/killed etc. None of our business.

Yet on the other hand when twin babies are killed, we are up in arms. Why wasn't something done etc etc. Aren't murdered babies in Iraq/North Korea/Sudan just as important?

[Winston001]

So basically, the mighty US of A is scared that another country might come close to having even a 10th (most likely less) of the firepower they have... so they are really only a threat to the US. And thats what it boils down to right?

Nope. Its the Japanese, the Russians, the Phillipinos, the South Koreans, and the Taiwanese are afraid. Even the Chinese are nervous.

And the USA is friendly with most of those nations so it sticks up for them.

Think of it this way. A teenager lives down the street from you. Instead of working he's on a benefit and doing drugs - which your taxes pay for. He gets a shotgun off Trademe, and starts firing random shots into the street. He is paranoid and scared of the local street kids, and wants to show them he can defend himself - and that he is one tough dude.

You'd be fine with that?

We have a real double standard when arguing about the actions of nations. On the one hand the liberal view is not to actively interfere when people are being persecuted/killed etc. None of our business.

Yet on the other hand when twin babies are killed, we are up in arms. Why wasn't something done etc etc. Aren't murdered babies in Iraq/North Korea/Sudan just as important?

[Biff]

Nothing to really worry about if you ask me, apart from the fact that the US, in particular, is biting. Ignore this stupid regime and they'll fade back into obscurity up their own arse holes.

The biggest mistake the region and the wider world could make is to react in face of these dicks letting off a few fire-crackers IMO. It's simply a pathetic attempt to make the world believe that N.Korea is important on the world stage and are a force to reckoned with. Which is hilarious. In reality it's a failed society built upon fear, and run by a misfit. Oh, and they've got an unstable stock of alleged weapons grade nuclear material, but claim they're a nuclear weapon nation. Yeah right.

Most countries with any kind of military capability in the developed world (with the possible exception of NZ alone) could whoop their arses.

Idiots. But I don't believe even they would be stupid enough to undertake any aggresive military action against their neighbours. They know, deep down, that they're pathetic.

[Street Gerbil]

North Korea launches a number of missiles, and the international community joins the USA in condemning their arrogance

Well, if you are not concerned about hungry commies with some nuclear warheads and intercontinental delivery vehicles, consider hungry commies selling those missiles to jihadis.

[diggydog]

North Korea launches a number of missiles, and the international community joins the USA in condemning their arrogance and refusal to comply with UN resolutions?

Lucky for the international community the USA complies with everthing the UN says................

Iook it might be one thing to fire a missiles, as long as it dos'nt hit us.
But what i see is the oil companies will have any excuse to put the price of gas up!!!- this is where we all pay for it.

[marty]

that first line needs to be read in conjuction with the next one.

no-one seems to have picked upon the irony of it all yet.

[Matt Bleck]

Just saw a piece on one news.... the top dog of NK is a nut job...

[Street Gerbil]

you (Sarge) said they "will" use them... Against who? Who do they hate enough to start WW3? (cause one nuke is all it takes)

Allow me to reiterate. I don't think NKorans have an intention to use their nukes. That's bad business. They'd rather sell it to jihadis who will use them without slightest hesitation. That's good business.

[Indiana_Jones]

Kim Jong Il: Hans Brix? Oh no! Oh, herro. Great to see you again, Hans!
Hans Blix: Mr. Il, I was supposed to be allowed to inspect your palace today, but your guards won't let me enter certain areas.
Kim Jong Il: Hans, Hans, Hans! We've been frew this a dozen times. I don't have any weapons of mass destwuction, OK Hans?
Hans Blix: Then let me look around, so I can ease the UN's collective mind. I'm sorry, but the UN must be firm with you. Let me in, or else.
Kim Jong Il: Or else what?
Hans Blix: Or else we will be very angry with you... and we will write you a letter, telling you how angry we are.

-Indy

[Swoop]

...Nothing to really worry about if you ask me... Ignore this stupid regime and they'll fade back into obscurity up their own arse holes.

Most countries with any kind of military capability in the developed world (with the possible exception of NZ alone) could whoop their arses.

Idiots. But I don't believe even they would be stupid enough to undertake any aggresive military action against their neighbours. They know, deep down, that they're pathetic.

You have researched the N Korean military and know their capabilities then?
Force size? Training? Equipment?

You might be in for a small shock.

Correct on the assumption about NZ being incapable (militarily) though...

[GIXser]

Don't underestimate the Japanese on this one. If they get nervous they will intervene directly, rather than calling on the US. The Japanese have a very capable "defence force" and are in no mood to take any shit at all from a loony near neighbour.

DUH,, ya old fool,!!!!

"stats" of japanese army, about 40 million available troops, (stats 05) china, 680 million, go do the sums... not only that, i think the chinese have a score to settle (think 1940-45)!!---(and then you have korea etc)

and oh yeah,, the commies have plenty of hardware too--"

also there will be some political underlying factors here US v China
China has the largest trade surplus with the US, "one by the way" that the US will never be able to repay,and its getting bigger day by day, bit by bit chinese are taking over amercian companies ie IBM (personal computers division) Maytag etc.. the list continues) as part of their debt/interest repayment .as mentioned they (US)will never be able to repay this,,, unless ofcourse......... guess what,!!!!!! they start " A WAR"
the only way to wipe a debt!!!!

[Lou Girardin]

Some missile crisis. When I was a kid, we had a REAL missile crisis.
This generation can't do ANYTHING right.