03-31-2013, 09:52
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North Korea: What happens if Kim Jong-un acts on his threats?
In the event that the 'bellicose rhetoric' of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un turns into something more serious, the opening hours of conflict could be 'pretty ugly,' defense analysts warn.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Militar...on-his-threats
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03-31-2013, 11:55
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Well, if what we have is used the way it supposed to be, yeah, the opening hours could be bad...but...IF we can unleash...WITHOUT the politicos, we could get it done.
But, given our track record (politicos)....it will be bad..sooo, same 'ol same 'ol I fear..
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03-31-2013, 17:04
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the inaction and rules imposed by the politicians would kill more US soldiers than the enemy.
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03-31-2013, 17:23
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F-22's?
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03-31-2013, 17:43
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F-22s
Yeah, lets throw some more eggs into that basket.
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04-01-2013, 06:50
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This help?
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04-01-2013, 07:33
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This help?
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LOLOLOLOL 
Better than coffee, Bro.
In this case of rattling, we have an unknown factor-exactly how unhinged is the little fellow?
NK's more of a threat to CONUS than Hussein was. We know he has WMD's, and he's capable of acting on his bluster...
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04-01-2013, 21:06
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I think the problem here is that little shit never earned anything. His dad and grandpa, for all their bluster, knew that they would lose badly in a war having already seen it happen. Fat boy and most of the generation surrounding him haven't, so he probably buys into his own bullshit to an extent.
I don't have any SF experience with Korea, and my last trip there in the big army was 15 years ago. From what I remember, I think it's gonna be bad if the balloon goes up. Even if it is Fat Boy that starts it, his cult of personality and state control of the media is so total that he could sell "The evil empires have attacked and invaded the peace loving people of the DPRK" all day long, thus turning his entire population into a farmers with pitchforks militia. Pitchforks are no match for bullets, but the PR and propaganda victory of outside military units subdueing DPRK civilians is not going to over well.
If it happens, I think it is gonna suck. I hesitate to use a Vietnam comparison, but between the climate shifts, terrain, 60 years of preparation for it, and a northern neighbor that doesn't like us very much and would love to see us bogged down in another war that they could support very easily - yeah, I'll stand by my opinion, but I hope I'm wrong.
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04-01-2013, 22:39
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Well now, the Chinese are gettin' in on the action. They've increased their activity/readiness for PRK by troop movements near the border ....
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04-02-2013, 06:18
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I cant believe a place like this exist in 2013. Entire Korean slave towns set up in Siberia. With Korean writing on all the signs. They don't even know they are in Siberia.
http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-t...h-korea-1-of-3
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04-02-2013, 10:05
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I just finished watching part 1 of that documentary. What a strange place!
Thanks kgoerz
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04-02-2013, 10:52
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guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain
The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013...#ixzz2PKFwZ1Nk
I would say this is called in poker ante up!
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04-02-2013, 11:18
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They've been doing the same thing since I was there in the early 90's. Several times a year, leap up, pound their hands on the table, and scream "Hey! Everybody look at me!" Just so the rest of the world doesn't forget they're there.
Allow me to take a page from the book of Richard:
And so it goes...
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04-02-2013, 16:17
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Quote:
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They've been doing the same thing since I was there in the early 90's. Several times a year, leap up, pound their hands on the table, and scream "Hey! Everybody look at me!" Just so the rest of the world doesn't forget they're there.
Allow me to take a page from the book of Richard:
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Normally I would agree with you 100%. What's different this time is the extent of PLA mobilization in NE China - something that has not been done, to this extent, since the tree-cutting incident during the Carter administration.
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04-02-2013, 16:25
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Normally I would agree with you 100%. What's different this time is the extent of PLA mobilization in NE China - something that has not been done, to this extent, since the tree-cutting incident during the Carter administration.
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Note the parallels. What's missing?
Reagan.
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