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F-ck Casey
07-03-2006, 07:12 PM
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea stepped up its anti-U.S. rhetoric on Monday, accusing Washington of mounting military pressure on the regime and vowing to respond to any pre-emptive U.S. attack with an "annihilating" nuclear strike.
The threat of a nuclear retaliation to a U.S. strike was an intensification of the North's customary anti-U.S. vitriol, in which it often accuses Washington of plotting an attack on the country. The reclusive North has recently come under heightened scrutiny after reports by the United States and Japan that it has taken steps to prepare for a test of a long-range missile.
White House spokesman Tony Snow refused to respond to what he called "a hypothetical situation."
"It is a statement about what may happen if something that hasn't happened happened, if you follow my drift," he said.
The North's Korean Central News Agency, citing an unidentified "analyst" with the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper, accused the United States of harassing Pyongyang with war exercises, a massive arms buildup and increased aerial espionage by basing new spy planes in
South Korea.
"This is a grave military provocation and blackmail to the DPRK, being an indication that the U.S. is rapidly pushing ahead in various fields with the extremely dangerous war moves," the dispatch said.
"The army and people of the DPRK are now in full preparedness to answer a pre-emptive attack with a relentless annihilating strike and a nuclear war with a mighty nuclear deterrent," the report said.
DPRK stands for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The report concluded by urging the U.S. to "get out of South Korea promptly." About 29,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea as a deterrent against the communist North.
On Friday, Pyongyang accused the United States of driving the situation on the Korean Peninsula "to the brink of war," and said it is fully prepared to counter any U.S. aggression.
Washington and Japan have said in recent weeks that spy satellite images show North Korea has taken steps to prepare a long-range Taepodong-2 missile for a test-launch.
Estimates for the range of the missile vary widely, but at least one U.S. study said it could be able to reach parts of the United States with a light payload.
Speculation that Pyongyang could fire the missile has waned in recent days, however, since the country's top ally and a major source of its energy supplies, China, publicly suggested North Korea should not to go ahead with the test.
A news report said Monday that China has offered a new proposal over the stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program.
Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan told Ichiro Ozawa, the head of Japan's main opposition party, that China had relayed the proposal to Japan, the two Koreas, the United States and Russia, Kyodo News agency reported, citing party officials.
The report did not elaborate on the proposal. An opposition party spokesman in Tokyo could not be reached for comment. Ozawa is in Beijing for a six-day stay that party officials hope will include a meeting with Chinese President
Hu Jintao, according to Kyodo.
The United States and its allies South Korea and Japan have taken quick steps over the past week to strengthen their missile defenses. Washington and Tokyo are working on a joint missile-defense shield, and South Korea is considering the purchase of American SM-2 defensive missiles for its destroyers.
The U.S. and North Korea have been in a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program since 2002. The North claims to have produced nuclear weapons, but that claim has not been publicly verified by outside analysts.
While public information on North Korea's military capabilities is murky, experts doubt that the regime has managed to develop a nuclear warhead small enough to mount on its long-range missiles.
Nonetheless, Lt. Gen. Michael Maples, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told U.S. lawmakers last week that officials took the potential launch reports seriously and were looking at the full range of capabilities possessed by North Korea.
SOURCE: Yahoo (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060703/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_us;_ylt=An7evxQZhCqz0TUfA6BGGI2s0NUE;_ylu=X 3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-)
Well, we're fucked.
Seinfeld
07-03-2006, 07:18 PM
OMFG...Holy shit...*sobs*
Evil Angel
07-03-2006, 08:09 PM
don't worry you yanks will get used to this like people in my country are used to pakistan and india giving each other threats
Seinfeld
07-03-2006, 08:19 PM
Well...hasn't it occured to someone that they ARE capable of doing it....so...it's still possible that it happens (not me to be so pessemistic but just gotta realize the posibilities)
Interesting. That would really suck.
They're not going to attack. Kim Jong knows that if he makes any sort of attack, he is completely fucked, because it's basically the whole world, minus a couple small other countries with whackjob dictators, versus him. He's trying to scare and intimidate us, and it seems like it's working for the most part.
Oh, and he's not just going to spontaneously launch nukes at us. He says he'll use them in defense if the US decides to police the world and attack another country and try to "free" its people. Simple solution, is we don't attack, he doesn't attack. Let's just hope bush isn't a fucking idiot for once.
If there was a nuke launched at us wouldn't we be able to stop it?
Excuse me if that's an idiotic question.
If there was a nuke launched at us wouldn't we be able to stop it?
Excuse me if that's an idiotic question.
Yeah, probably. But if Bush doesn't decide to unjustly "liberate" a soverign nation, then we won't have to worry.
NurcX
07-03-2006, 10:06 PM
This is bush we are talkign about though, i mean anything is possible..
Don't you think he got what he wanted with Iraq?
Don't you think he got what he wanted with Iraq?
No.
Ander
07-04-2006, 02:22 AM
Don't you think he got what he wanted with Iraq?
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No.
Canadian Joe
07-04-2006, 03:18 AM
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No.
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Seriously though...the US has enough missile defence systems that anything shot at them would likely be toast long before it gets anywhere close to its target. The USAF has the ABL planes based in Anchorage (close to where a missile would fly), and they're able to shoot down anything within about 400 miles (yes, they're still experimental, but in tests they were pretty damn good). And they're mobile.
Kim Jong Il won't try it...he'll be a smoking hole in the ground before the missile leaves the silo.
This is bush we are talkign about though, i mean anything is possible..
Yeah, North Korea's in for it, he'll send out crazy ninja monkeys at them.
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No.
Where's that at? It's 2.83 out by me after going down from 2.89. There's a gas station right by where I work. Friday when I went into work, it was 2.74, Friday when I went to lunch it was 2.73, then Friday when I went home it was 2.89 :censored:
NurcX
07-04-2006, 06:02 PM
bush wants a hell of alot, he will never get exactly what he wants..
Well I made that post simply because it's been his goal to go for Iraq since day one. He's even admitted to that. It seemed like alot of what we've done is out of his grudge against Iraq that he's had forever.
NurcX
07-05-2006, 07:52 PM
He hasent gotten everything from iraq though has he, now arnt they talking about attacking afganistian aswell? Sorry if thats a stupid question but..
Bush seems pretty hell bent on war and terror.. its also rumoured, he send out a fake terror warning, to scare the american comunity? to keep them doing what he wants, because if you dont know what to do, You will find, your willing to listen to anyone, for help..
Christopher
07-05-2006, 09:10 PM
I think North Korea doesn't stand a chance...
When they would even try to make a move on America, they would have everybody against them. Nobody wants a worldwar again.
Everything is pretty safe if you ask me... after Bush is gone all problems will be solved, I hope.
NurcX
07-05-2006, 10:23 PM
like how you think, but korea is alied all over the east, and China is the next super power..
He hasent gotten everything from iraq though has he, now arnt they talking about attacking afganistian aswell? Sorry if thats a stupid question but..
We've been in Afghanistan since 9/11, which at first I supported, but now I don't, since Bush even said himself we completely gave up on Bin Laden and now we're just there "liberating" the people. And no, he hasn't gotten everything he wanted from Iraq. He wanted us to go into Iraq and turn it into a democracy with a booming economy and make the country a vacation spot for Americans. He wanted the Iraqis to have a reliable source of electricity and clean, running water, and match the US in technology. He thought our presence would immediately cause all violence in the country to cease, and Iraqis would join Americans in song and dance in celebration of Little America. He thought all we had to do was capture Saddam and that would happen. He thought our presence over there would make the world love us for bringing our democracy and western ideologies to Iraq. And more importantly, he wanted to boost his tanking approval rating. Here we are, nearly 3 years after Saddam's capture, and Iraq is worse off than it was before we went in there. Violence is at an all time high, living conditions are even shittier, and I certainly don't see Iraqis and Americans singing in celebration. Less than 30% of Americans approve of his job as president, and the rest of the world hates us. It seems Bush forgot his 6 P's: Prior planning prevents piss poor performance.
Well if North Korea attack, there fucked cause everyone else will rain down a world of pain around them:P
Derek The Infamous
07-05-2006, 10:38 PM
Yeah but if they attack the US with a nuclear bomb, the entire eastern side will be fucked either instantly or by the strong radiation that will follow for months and years and decades to come.
Look at Hiroshima. Do we want history to repeat itself?
Although I'd admit it'd be ironic for us to get what we gave to Hiroshima over 40 years ago.
Yeah but if they attack the US with a nuclear bomb, the entire eastern side will be fucked either instantly or by the strong radiation that will follow for months and years and decades to come.
Look at Hiroshima. Do we want history to repeat itself?
Although I'd admit it'd be ironic for us to get what we gave to Hiroshima over 40 years ago.
It would hit the west coast, and with some of the crap coming out of LA lately (Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, ect) I don't think getting hit would be all that bad :D
I'm happy I live in farthest-east city in North America. :P
While I do agree that Kim Jon Il would be stupid to send off a missile and provoke the world, I don't think he really cares about the consequences of his actions. He'd probably rather go down in history as a martyr in defiance of the US instead of peacefully disarming.
That being said, can anybody justify the US retaliating with a nuclear bomb of their own?
Derek The Infamous
07-06-2006, 12:28 AM
Call me horrible, but I think the sooner someone puts a bullet in Kim Jong's head, the sooner we can put all this behind us and leave peacefully.
Really. The guy's an asshole. Even his own people dont like him because he has no respect for them. It most be 'ronery' at the top. (See: Team America).
Call me horrible, but I think the sooner someone puts a bullet in Kim Jong's head, the sooner we can put all this behind us and leave peacefully.
Really. The guy's an asshole. Even his own people dont like him because he has no respect for them. It most be 'ronery' at the top. (See: Team America).
Putting a bullet in his head will only create more problems. Whoever would follow him as dictator would now have a reason to attack...revenge. Right now, Kim Jong Il has no reason to attack and won't because he knows how fucked he would be if he did launch a missile at us. But some crazy whackjob who takes his place might just consider the downfall of North Korea as a small price to pay for nuking the US for revenge. So for now, just let him be his ronery self, he may be insane, but I doubt he has any intention of actually harming anyone.
Derek The Infamous
07-06-2006, 04:23 PM
I don't know, it's just Bush made a huge stink about how Saddam treated his people, and yes while it was bad..Kim Jong is the true meaning of a dictator.
I'm for the liberation of those people, but I know Bush staging one of his liberation wars would probably spell death for us all.
Janie Jones
07-06-2006, 04:32 PM
Well, has anyone, including the asshole himself, thought about the consequences to the rest of Asia, especially the countries closeby? Plus, if Bush spies another 'terror-striken dictatorized country' in N.Korea, then they're fucked. And if US launches a nuke back, it's not just N.K. that will suffer, but all the other countries nearby too. And then, soon it'll build up, sides will be taken, and goodness knows WHAT will happen next. I doubt even the N.A.M. countries will be a ble to stay out of it. I mean, look at India and Pakistan's affiliations with Bush already. Pak more, obviously, but Bush's frequent visit's her make me nervous...
NurcX
07-06-2006, 05:45 PM
Depends who china are siding with, because very soon they will be the superpower..
Branden
07-08-2006, 07:08 PM
So this is basically a case of "If we show them respect, they'll show us respect" just like how the entire world should work in all situations?
Dr. Octogonapus
07-14-2006, 01:44 PM
Even though Jong's an asshole, he's not that dumb to just randomly launch a nuke at the US. He's basically saying "we'll come after you if you come after us first." And of course, Bush is taking it as a major threat and acting like we should do everything in our power to stop them (Heaven forbid any other country have a nuclear program!). So in other words, Bush is putting us all at risk by being a bullheaded idiot.
This is starting to look like a second Cold War almost, neither country ever attacking the other, but both countries constantly watching each other out of paranoia.
Evil Angel
07-14-2006, 02:18 PM
Even though Jong's an asshole, he's not that dumb to just randomly launch a nuke at the US. He's basically saying "we'll come after you if you come after us first." And of course, Bush is taking it as a major threat and acting like we should do everything in our power to stop them (Heaven forbid any other country have a nuclear program!). So in other words, Bush is putting us all at risk by being a bullheaded idiot.
This is starting to look like a second Cold War almost, neither country ever attacking the other, but both countries constantly watching each other out of paranoia.
Well don't be mistaken.I'm not saying that all that bush has done is good for you but then has any terror attack taken place on US soil after 9/11?He has been effective at avoiding those.
Even though you may not agree with him but consider this-India has the second largest casuality per year due to terror attacks(after iraq).But our government is too soft and letting those assholes go scot-free.Thats why attacks keep taking place in Kashmir and more recently in Bombay.This problem has existed since 1990 but nothing has ever been done.You should be thankful that you can live peacefully in your home because of bush.
Befor the admins jump to any sort of conclusion i'm not saying that what bush has done in iraq and afghanistan is justifiable but still hez been good at protecting you guys in the states
Arashi
07-25-2006, 02:46 AM
don't worry you yanks will get used to this like people in my country are used to pakistan and india giving each other threats
hun, this is different. and plus when you think about when the conflict began it is just some hilarious bullshit and you think `so this is the reason we are fighting?`.
This is different, and as Bush said it is sort of like `the world being attacked by Korean tyrant and her allies`. Being here in Japan, and during the time when this happened people were not extremely angry as they should have been, they were dissapointed. Korea, China and Taiwan have not been friendly with Japan for a long time, but Japan tries to be very diplomatic and ignores that. It acts like it is best chums with these countries or something (well ignoring Bush`s and Koizumi`s champagne parties). I hope though the the `right conclusion` occurs.
bytheway, they don`t live peacefully because Bush is their president, but because they are still number ones.
Odaton
07-25-2006, 03:01 AM
Yeah money can buy security, but how long will it last? Bush hasn't done a good job of protecting the US, he's made it even more dangerous for the country on the global stage! If he tries some more diplomacy he mightend up helping his country for once.
You know what, I spent two weeks in America recently and I have to say that you lot are being almost made to fear everything. I'm not saying it's your fault at all or anything like that but my advice to you is to not fear anything anyone says about attacking and whatever no matter what source its coming from, just think positivly, your country seems so enthusiastic about your army that even if an attack was to take place it would probably be foiled. After all, security has been increased so god damn much that it would be foolish for an attack to actually even take place.
Also with no disrespect intended I'm preying to god that we stay out of this.
SPACED
09-20-2006, 08:47 PM
is it me? or is Kim Jong pulling a Saddam Huesein? all talk no tactical assault?
and if we do get dragged into this, id rather live in korea, because his bomb is probably bigger than our country
Canadian Joe
09-20-2006, 09:04 PM
Holy necropost, Batman!
SPACED
09-20-2006, 09:12 PM
woops sorry
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