that's MY SONY, KIM JONG. STEP DOWN OR I'LL FARHKING NUHKE EWE!

Wow!  Shiat just got rea.....

*giggle*

Okay.  I'm kidding.  I can't even try and sell that with a straight face.

Anyone else thinking "suicide by cop"? As in, USA=cops.

Mothra is not worried at all.

So China steps up on the talking about NK but not talking about NK in so far as they think that certain countries should chill on the rhetoric and yet said country doesn't listen and just amps the dial again.

I'm gonna keep calling it.

NK attacks, US and SK flatten the military in a week via unilateral UN resolution, and China steps in to act as 'peace keepers and stabilizers' with SK as a partner.

And of course by stabalize I mean extract resources and exploit a vast cheap labor pool

"This business will get out of hand...it'll get out of hand and we'll be lucky to live through it."

We should just give him the aid he wants so he will not be so mean and we can continue to ignore the plight of his people.

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That picture made me laugh for some reason.

steverockson: Guuberre: [www.tristanx.com image 399x213]

That picture made me laugh for some reason.

Nothing funnier on this thread regarding Japan than a Godzilla facepalm! My hat to you my good sir, Guuberre.

Correct me if I'm wrong but if NK wanted to attack why the heck would they keep posturing and aiming missiles and letting everyone know they're going to attack?

If I was them I would shut up, ease of the rhetoric, get some food because now I'm playing nice and then right after the next major world crisis start lobbying my arms.

Of course the end result would still be the same a flattened Nk and deposed leader...but hey this way I at least place on the scoreboard instead of getting shut out.

The_EliteOne: Correct me if I'm wrong but if NK wanted to attack why the heck would they keep posturing and aiming missiles and letting everyone know they're going to attack?

If I was them I would shut up, ease of the rhetoric, get some food because now I'm playing nice and then right after the next major world crisis start lobbying my arms.

Of course the end result would still be the same a flattened Nk and deposed leader...but hey this way I at least place on the scoreboard instead of getting shut out.

Omg typing from cell on moving boat = typos....well good enough for the Best Koreans anyway.

Triumph: U.S. trying to stop a nuke strike on Japan - it's a perfect circle.

Those are Japanese Patriot batteries, not U.S. ones. We just build and sell them.

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MyKingdomForYourHorse: So China steps up on the talking about NK but not talking about NK in so far as they think that certain countries should chill on the rhetoric and yet said country doesn't listen and just amps the dial again.

I'm gonna keep calling it.

NK attacks, US and SK flatten the military in a week via unilateral UN resolution, and China steps in to act as 'peace keepers and stabilizers' with SK as a partner.

And of course by stabalize I mean extract resources and exploit a vast cheap labor pool

Seems to be that way, if the US doesn't insist on being "peacekeepers" as they have been since the North Korean war was temporarily halted. Then instead of the Chinese industry getting those natural resources and cheap labor, it will be US and SK industries primarily getting the natural resources and cheap labor with China cut out of everything.

Elegy: Triumph: U.S. trying to stop a nuke strike on Japan - it's a perfect circle.

Er... I'm pretty sure these are the Patriot missiles that Japan owns and controls. They've deployed them before when things got tense with the Norkers.

Why the fark haven't the Japanese had them permanently deployed quietly to defend against NK missiles since NK first had a missile?

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Peart seems rather happy in that pic.

Ah, the craptastic Patriot missile system riddled with software problems and failed miserably in Israel ?  Why not roll out some Bradley tanks while you're at it?

maudibjr: Peart seems rather happy in that pic.

You can't see Peart's left hand, and then look at Lifeson's eyes.  You don't have to be Tom Sawyer to be able to figure it out

MyKingdomForYourHorse:

And of course by stabalize I mean extract resources and exploit a vast cheap labor pool

China needs to go to NK for vast, cheap labor pool
NK has resources worth sticking around to take

So, does anyone have a pool on where the nuclear explosion will be? Maybe with added points for fall-out range and wind direction?


/no. Not serious.
//but the situation is.
///scared and sad slashies.

*ok. I call that it actually reaches California. And if that wasn't enough, the explosion triggers 'the big one' and western Cali slips into the sea. How's that for a "what's the worst that can happen?" Just needs an easterly wind to carry the fall-out across the US.
**indeed this business will get out of hand

Can't they just call up Ultraman?

trickymoo: China needs to go to NK for vast, cheap labor pool
NK has resources worth sticking around to take

No, SK has a cheap labor pool to exploit and NK has mineral resources China wants and the people of NK get jobs and food which they desperately need.

Endive Wombat: Do you really, honestly see NK being THAT suicidal?

Yes actually I do, especially when you are facing your nation experiencing the worst famine in decades.

DarkSoulNoHope: Seems to be that way, if the US doesn't insist on being "peacekeepers" as they have been since the North Korean war was temporarily halted. Then instead of the Chinese industry getting those natural resources and cheap labor, it will be US and SK industries primarily getting the natural resources and cheap labor with China cut out of everything.

Which is a faster path towards reunification and a stronger western presence, so China will play ball this time around so they can be involved.

The country may be planning a missile launch soon, a U.S. official told CNN

Well, then...

GET ON WITH IT!

shiat or get off the pot!

Move it or lose it!

farking DO IT!

All this blustering is just getting old.  I want to get back to blissfully ignoring the insane little despot in the backwards ass country that seems to be stuck in some alternate dimension of reality.

opiumpoopy: Why the fark haven't the Japanese had them permanently deployed quietly to defend against NK missiles since NK first had a missile?


They have, but it's not nearly as sensational in the news.  There's a Patriot detachment at Iruma airbase just outside of Tokyo.

Resident Muslim: So, does anyone have a pool on where the nuclear explosion will be? Maybe with added points for fall-out range and wind direction?


/no. Not serious.
//but the situation is.
///scared and sad slashies.

*ok. I call that it actually reaches California. And if that wasn't enough, the explosion triggers 'the big one' and western Cali slips into the sea. How's that for a "what's the worst that can happen?" Just needs an easterly wind to carry the fall-out across the US.
**indeed this business will get out of hand

That would be crazy but NK's longest-range missile can only reach Alaska and hasn't had a successful test flight from what I've read.

MyKingdomForYourHorse:  

And of course by stabalize I mean extract resources and exploit a vast cheap labor pool

If North Korea has any resources, they wouldn't be Best Korea.

Cheap labor possible.. but does South Korea make anything in a fashion that is not automated?

Godzilla face-palm needs a "Not this shiat again" caption

/no skilz

Nutsac_Jim: If North Korea has any resources, they wouldn't be Best Korea.

Cheap labor possible.. but does South Korea make anything in a fashion that is not automated?

They actually have vast amounts of mineral resources just sitting there because they lack the ability to extract and process

Endive Wombat: So is this "suicide mission" noble in anyway? As in - Un knows that he will be killed by his countrymen or by the swift actions of the US...so he is taking the quicker route/ forcing the nation to change in a significant way?

More or less, in starting a war he is in fact saving his country.

The best thing that could be happening is for Russia, China, the US and SK to agree that this is not an acceptable state. Being threatened with nuclear apocalypse daily by a young and dumb despot is certainly not acceptable to the US, SK, and Japan. So whatever happens, this can't continue much longer. Not sure where the Russians and Chinese stand, but it really would be best for the big three powers to all agree that it is simply not acceptable and work together to bring it to an end. That might mean some kind of instant overwhelming military response to disable NK's offensive capabilities. It would probably also mean concessions from the US to the Chinese and Russians. Maybe a reduction or removal of US troops from Korea after all is said and done. But I really think it would be a good step for our civilization for the big powers to work together on this. We're at a point as a species where we have incredible destructive power, but petty monkey brains sometimes overtaken by emotion and delusions. The main thing that needs addressing is to make sure this does not turn into a bigger global conflict due to entangling alliances.

... along with two family members and a daughter-in-law ...

StrangeQ: The country may be planning a missile launch soon, a U.S. official told CNN

Well, then...
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GET ON WITH IT!

shiat or get off the pot!

Move it or lose it!

farking DO IT!

All this blustering is just getting old.  I want to get back to blissfully ignoring the insane little despot in the backwards ass country that seems to be stuck in some alternate dimension of reality.

Here's the thing: they're not. No troop movements, no equipment deployments, no factories being fired up... nothing. I'd love it if President Obama addressed the nation, letting the North Koreans know that we know that they're lying. It's time to call this butthole's bluff and get this over with.

Endive Wombat: Assuming my speculation is correct, and Un lives through this whole thing, it would be REALLY interesting to see an interview with him, breaking down how he hated his homeland, the fact that his grandfather and father were evil men...he had to start a war to get the country out of the rut it has been in for so many years...I mean, that would be something huh?

I know it be nice to think he's thinking of his country men in that situation, but the reality is he wants to take his fathers swiss fortune and ride off into the sunset.

Just one more day to go till all foreign diplomats are supposed to evacuate Best Korea, and then we'll see if Fatty Kim has the stones to back up his noisy little tard boy threats.

Triumph: U.S. trying to stop a nuke strike on Japan - it's a perfect circle.

In all fairness, "THE SPICE PORN MUST FLOW!"

Tobin_Lam: Resident Muslim: So, does anyone have a pool on where the nuclear explosion will be? Maybe with added points for fall-out range and wind direction?


/no. Not serious.
//but the situation is.
///scared and sad slashies.

*ok. I call that it actually reaches California. And if that wasn't enough, the explosion triggers 'the big one' and western Cali slips into the sea. How's that for a "what's the worst that can happen?" Just needs an easterly wind to carry the fall-out across the US.
**indeed this business will get out of hand

That would be crazy but NK's longest-range missile can only reach Alaska and hasn't had a successful test flight from what I've read.

Does anything about this whole situation sound sane to you?

NK has been under sanctions/embargo since 2006 (please correct me if in wrong, it was a quick google) yet we are going "oh, poor hungry folks in North Korea".
Does that sound sane to you?

War planes flying by, warships passing by, but the moment NK has any kind of military movement it's "Crazy Norks!"
Sane?

Ok, so they can only (supposedly) reach Alaska, what's going to happen to oil prices if that happens?
What if they hit China (under pretenses of selling them out)? Japan?
Hell, if they hit the panic button and just shoot their whole arsenal of regular weapons at SK!

Are we pretending we are out of the financial crisis?

This is all not even taking into account the direct loss of life in any scenario. I'm just trying to look at the big picture.

NK is like that weird kid in class no one wants to sit next to. The more people cut him off the weirder he gets. He starts wearing all black with a black overcoat and a weird haircut (what a fitting example!)*.
The only question is that will someone befriend the kid and he loosens up? Will he just graduate and find himself in the real world? Or will he come in one day with a death wish, guns blazing, hunting down who in his mind are the bullies.

*no disrespect to our resident Goths.

/likes wearing black on black.
//whole situation stinks
///can I hide behind my slashies??