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Mushroom Cloud Reported Over North Korea
cbrocious writes "Yahoo! News is reporting a mushroom cloud over North Korea that occured on Thursday in Yanggang province near the border with China. 'The explosion in Kim Hyong Jik county blasted a crater big enough to be noticed by a satellite, the source said.'"
So THATS where the weapons of mass destruction were. Its easy to see how one can confuse OIL Rich Iraq with Rain Forest N. Korea.
I figure unless theres a HUGE diamond mine or oil fields N. Korea can test all the nukes they want.
Well, if that's the case, could it also have been a volcano explosion?
Bush's campaign is based on fear. "Vote for me because the wimpy democrat will get you killed". Between this, and the very god chance that bin Laden will be "apprehended" just before the debates, I am getting more and more anxious that monkey-face Dubya is going to win.
"Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect."- Steven Wright
Germany has an army. During the 2nd world war it was the backbone of NATO with over 500,000 soldiers permanently under arms. Germany still has a draft (I fortunatelly managed to escape it).
Japan on the other hand only has a scaled down "self defense force".
I suggest you better check you facts before you post.
Anyway, Germany and Japan will not "do anything about this" because there are still some countries around that are somewhat more conservative when it comes to war and do not like to start one. Last we did it was not a very pleasant experience. As long as NK does not attack another country we will not touch them - nuke or not nuke.
Of course Japan may decide to build its own nukes as detterent as well as SK.
1. NK is a fucking hell hole.
.. "Fiat justitia ruat caelum."
2. Their people are starving to death while they pay for a 1 million man army.
3. They have kidnapped Japanese citizens.
4. They broke their deal with the US and keep their nuke program going.
You do not deal with evil. You kill it. Remember the "Peace in our time PM from England" and his great deal with Hitler.
It is about time the world gets off of their "we hate the USA becasue they are the biggest" ass and realize that:
1. They can talk shit becuase their freedoms have been protected by the American taxes for 50 year.
2. Just because you are nice to the bag guys they will not be nice to you (ie. France and is kidnapped people - hell they are SUPRISED that radical religious nuts would attack them, their friends)
3. That while GW is not the smartest person in the world he has some idea of right and wrong and it is a black and white issue!
It is time to:
1. Level NK. Nuke them be done with it.
2. Level Faluja and be done with it. It is the only thing these people understand. They deserved Sadam.
3. Send troops to Dafur and save the inocent people and shoot the rapist and murders.
4. Get the Israelis to leave the West Bank and Gaza. Period. And put 3rd party troops (Swiss?) into Jerusalem and force them to share the city. Hell, the Mohammed was once saved and protect in battle by one of his friends and advisers a Rabbi (who was killed)! This whole thing is fucking dumb.
5. Kick out all the dictators because it the the right thing to do, not because of the the oil or anything else.
6. Pull our troop out of Europe and leave NATO and let them take care of themselves!
And just because everyone is going to talk shit:
1. I am an American.
2. I was in the military and saw combat. I was sick. I hope my children never have to do the same.
3. I have lived overseas (in the EU and Saudi Arabia) and can name the leaders of the EU and talk about the political parties in each state.
4. My father is from Pakistan. I have read the Koran - in Urdu and Arabic.
At the end of the day
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
Duh Press is too busy forging Texas ANG documents to bother with the misdeeds of a lovely young leftist.
typical American stupidity! You helped, but you weren't the only or the most important deciding factor....
So should we start nuking America?
The ONLY way to deal with North Korea is diplomacy.
Bullshit. We can nuke them. Can't launch no missiles if you're eating neutron bomb.
This is all Bush needs to take control of the country through elections and into next year.
Reinvent the wheel only at either a lower cost, greater effectiveness, or your own personal enrichment and satisfaction.
jesus CHRIST, what is wrong with the mods? this is anything but 'insightful'-if anything, its troll.
The Braying and Neighing of Barnyard Animals Follows.
The ONLY way to deal with North Korea is diplomacy.
That isn't the only way. About 500 mid-sized nuclear warheads would be enough firepower to completely obliterate the military functionality of North Korea, including the ungodly number of missiles and artillery pieces they have at hand. You'd also destroy what little economy is left and kill somewhere around 80-90% of the population.
That would put a definite end to North Korea as a threat to anyone, other than as a source of radiation poisoning.
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
I think someone needs to wake up and smell the bullshit. Americans are no longer in charge of their country, Bush has done pretty much everything he can atm to make sure of that. Even a blind leper whose been forced to watch goatse for the past 10 years can see that almost all americans are dead-set against pretty much everything bush is doing. Especially now that he is on his little crusade against what, in his own words, he calls the "gay threat". so why dont you all just imagine that our country has been taken over by a hostile military force which is hopelessly brainwashed to be infinitely loyal to the new "president" who is nothing more than a dumber and weaker hitler without as much of an urge for genocide...YET. oh and he doesnt have the dinky little mustache anymore.
A bullet may have your name on it but splash damage is addressed "To whom it may concern."
The problem isn't about N. Korea using these Nukes. The REAL fear is not if, but who they plan on selling them to on the black market. You have to remember that N. Korea is a major exporter of weapons. It's only a matter of time now that some rag-head in the name of Alah drives a Honda Civic with a nuke in the hatchback to downtown *name your favorite city*. Talk about your ultimate car bomb!
Life is not for the lazy.
So, suddenly, fighting an actual Army is the same as fighting some holed-up guerillas in mountain caves ?
+5 Insightful??
Oh wait, comment also bashes Bush! +5 Insightful!
Bah. This political bias is too much.
I love when some teenager working at a burger joint and living in his mother's basement lectures on military strategy and tactics. That's a nice, simplistic case you have made there, as though the number of troops is the only criteria worth considering. What about the type and difficulty of the mission, the composition of our forces, support from allied forces both local and foreign, the size and composition of the opposing force, the terrain, etc.? When National Geographic wants to photograph a leopard in the wild, they send one stealthy photographer, not 10,000.
The force in Afghanistan certainly seems to be appropriate for the mission, and things appear to be generally under control there. In case you were not aware (probably watching CNN), a large percentage of Al Qaeda has been killed or captured. The rest are on the run. Bin Laden is probably in Pakistan, not Afghanistan, and there are additional forces hunting him, including Pakistani forces and US CIA. The troops in Afghanistan are meant to secure that country while an orderly government is established.
I don't think Iraq had anything to do with Sept 11, either, but I do know that Hussein had terrorist training camps in his country, he paid the families of suicide bombers, he was harboring known terrorists like Abu Abas, he was making ongoing attacks on US pilots flying over his country, he was interfering with UN mandated inspections, documents have been reovered showing meetings were planned with Al Qaeda, and scads of politicians including Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Putin and many others from many nations believed that Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and intended to use them against the US. Most of them just did not have the backbone to do anything about it.
Why don't you just come out and admit that you hate Bush simply because he is a Republican, and the Republicans gave Clinton such a hard time during his presidency.
Oh, and what are my military credentials? I was an officer in the US Marine Corps for six years. I am sure you have played a lot of Command & Conquer: Generals, though.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
OMG... That was absolutely priceless. Thanks for the laugh.
Most go in because they need the money or to get some money for collage. Some go because it's the only way to get out of the small godforsaken town they have lived in all their lives. Some go because their parents expect them to.
Very few go for self improvement or adventure.
There are also lots of people like you though. People who go hoping to kill.
evil is as evil does
Which is not that different from America. All you have to do is replace the word "exterminate" with "bomb". Ok, then we agree. America is a milder form of Nazi Germany.