samclemens Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060322/...-RIGHTS-DC.html i never thought it was this bad until i read this. and i believe it too. they ought to be next on our s*** list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 QUOTE(samclemens @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 02:52 PM) http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060322/...-RIGHTS-DC.html i never thought it was this bad until i read this. and i believe it too. they ought to be next on our s*** list. Some of us believe they should have been higher on that list than Iraq. To bad they aren't as strategically interesting to our government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Iraq = maybe has weapons of mass destruction related program materials. N. Korea = Weapons of mass destruction I wonder why one was invaded and the other isn't ever talked about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samclemens Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 04:54 PM) Some of us believe they should have been higher on that list than Iraq. To bad they aren't as strategically interesting to our government. i will agree with you. and i appreciate that you used the word "government" and not "administration", which is accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCSox Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 12:54 PM) Some of us believe they should have been higher on that list than Iraq. To bad they aren't as strategically interesting to our government. It's even more interesting considering that Iran produces a lot more oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zach61 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 QUOTE(WCSox @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 03:05 PM) It's even more interesting considering that Iran produces a lot more oil. And from what I hear, a lot of enriched uranium. We need to get in there and nip that in the bud right now. And who knows, maybe we can use the oil to help them rebuild a democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 QUOTE(zach61 @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 04:33 PM) And from what I hear, a lot of enriched uranium. We need to get in there and nip that in the bud right now. And who knows, maybe we can use the oil to help them rebuild a democracy. Nicely played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCSox Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 QUOTE(zach61 @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 01:33 PM) And from what I hear, a lot of enriched uranium. We need to get in there and nip that in the bud right now. And who knows, maybe we can use the oil to help them rebuild a democracy. You're right. We should leave them alone and let them fulfill their promise of nuking Israel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 QUOTE(zach61 @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 03:33 PM) And who knows, maybe we can use the oil to help them rebuild a democracy. they already have a democracy and decide to elect psycho's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackSox8 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 (edited) QUOTE(mr_genius @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 04:16 PM) they already have a democracy and decide to elect psycho's Edited March 23, 2006 by TheBlackSox8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 North Korea = next to and a friend of China. Korean War was effectively USA fighting China. Connect the dots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I wonder if the reason they do it is to not have a child live his whole life being disabled in some way or if they just dont think disabled kids are worthy of living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 If I had to guess, while they have tons of people starving to death (the number has been put in the millions overall) NK feels that they don't have the resources to keep handicapped babies alive while healthy people are dying of starvation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 QUOTE(knightni @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 10:00 PM) North Korea = next to and a friend of China. Korean War was effectively USA fighting China. Connect the dots. More true then, less true now. Still an issue of course. That was what I meant when i referred to the overall strategic importance thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxmurph Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 The North Korean "tactical" situation forces the United States and the rest world into a different "strategic" view and/or response to the nuke threat posed by them. Please, please keep in mind that the capital of South Korea (Seoul) is within North Korean artillery range and hundreds of thousands people could be killed in a conventional attack by the North on the South, in just the first few hours. Now granted that even conventionally the U.S. and South Korea could clean the North's clock in a few days, but are you willing to gamble with the lives of millions of South Koreans to achieve that result? There is also the real possibilty that the North, if provoked could fire off a Nuclear artilley shell or missile at Seoul, which could kill millions. (The last time I was in Korea while in the Navy was in 1980 and I believe the population of Seoul at the time was 5-6 million, it may be double that now.) The only real way to reduce or eliminate the threat from North Korea is a massive tactical nuclear strike and I don't think anyone wants that. As for the threat from Korea to the U. S. I wouldn't be to worried for now re: that, the U S Navy a very good job of tracking state of the art Soviet "Boomers" and they are all over the North Koreans. The greater danger is the North selling nukes to terrorists or smuggling a nuke in a container ship and setting it off in Los Angeles harbor. It's a grand world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 http://www.slate.com/id/2117846 That article is one of the best I've ever read on Slate. It's about North Korea, and it really opens up your eyes as to the Human Rights conditions there. QUOTE(WCSox @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 04:13 PM) You're right. We should leave them alone and let them fulfill their promise of nuking Israel. All things considered, I don't think they'd nuke Israel. Israel has, after all, nukes as well as the third holiest city in Islam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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