Bubbalo
The Lizzard
+541|6815
No, we aren't.  We have yet to sell India uranium due to a policy against selling to countries which haven't signed the treaty.

However John Howard has flagged that he may consider doing so in the near future.
the_outsider38
Microsoft Poster Child
+83|6948|Vancouver BC Canada

King_County_Downy wrote:

North Korea is small enough to be carpet bombed in 2 days. They know this.
I agree, the US will not be destroyed militarily. I'm sure the US could bomb the shit outta North Korea and their allies. Hell, they might not even bother with carpet bombing. Im sure they have many somethings much larger and more edffective. They won't lose a war due to an inadequate millitary.

Financially, however is not out of the question.
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6855|132 and Bush

CameronPoe wrote:

King_County_Downy wrote:

North Korea is small enough to be carpet bombed in 2 days. They know this.
In fact that's already been done in the past.
Carpet bombing..lol , not likely now.
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the_outsider38
Microsoft Poster Child
+83|6948|Vancouver BC Canada
Im sure they will do something simmilar if they are forced. Why lose the lives of soldiers when you don't have to. Look what happened to Japan in WWII. The US interested in continuing  the war, so they finished it. Lets hope it doesn't get that far.

I wonder what would happen if they just dropped a bomb on the palace?
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6855|132 and Bush

It would be more like cruise missiles from the subs we have off the coast. But lets be honest, more sanctions are likely.. since they have been working so well.
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Bubbalo wrote:

Re: Korean War:  Regardless of the US' original intention, it eventually decided to invade North Korea, and was pushed back.
Sorry your being biased and harboring some sort of hatred leads you to make ignorant statements.. like saying the Korean war was a failure. The goal of the United States was to preserve a free and democratic south after the North Invaded.. There was no question who was the agreesor or what the intentions were from the outset. The fact that the fight turned north and if you knew aything about the Korean war youd know the battle of Inchon had no intention of taking ofver the North but relieving Pusan. The Korean war was anything but a failure and your insistance of saying so is disrepsect to the people who fouht and died for South Koreas freedom.

Bubbalo wrote:

but make no mistake: the Stalin and Mao hated each other.
Really is that why in 1950 Stalin signed the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance a 30 year military alliance and 300 million dollar grant ? Stalin didn't support the nationlaists he simply abdicated any hope that China could somehow win a civil war and a war with Japan at the same time. In fact in 1926 Chiang Kai-shek kicked the Soviets out of China and the Soviets gave full aid the the PRC. During the Korea war some million Chinese fought with Russian t-34's mig's and other Russian weapons. The PRC and the Soviet Union were full blown allies and any bickering on the side hardly changes that fact. They didnt have any formal conflict with Russia till the late 60's

There is no point in babbling about whether or not China has achieved some Marxist ideal or yammering on the semantics of whether they are a true communist state. They tell the world they are so for all intents and purposes of simply speaking about them they are commies.

Bubbalo wrote:

I believe that, given that other countries have nukes, he has every right to have them.
I think the NAEA and United Nations China and just about every other relevant world leader disagrees with you. A country with no real ability to fight a conventional war a piss poor economy starving its own people and a leader that threatens the world with nuclear attacks and/or black market sales of WMD's is not a person who can be trusted or a country that deserves it.
the_outsider38
Microsoft Poster Child
+83|6948|Vancouver BC Canada
Trade sanctions?

Yea, what more can they take away? The people are already starving. North Korea, is practically asking to be wiped off the map. They "thought" that Iraq had WMDs but North Korea actually has them and admints to having them. Will they meet a similar fate as Iraq? Will China step in? The North Korean government are practically terrorists, and you know how Bush feels about terrorists.

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Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6855|132 and Bush

ﻍﻏﺱﺖﻇﻸﮚ wrote:

Bubbalo wrote:

I believe that, given that other countries have nukes, he has every right to have them.
I think the NAEA and United Nations China and just about every other relevant world leader disagrees with you. A country with no real ability to fight a conventional war a piss poor economy starving its own people and a leader that threatens the world with nuclear attacks and/or black market sales of WMD's is not a person who can be trusted or a country that deserves it.
How you can draw moral equivalence with Kim Jong is ridiculous. Thats like giving everyone a gun because the police have them.
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the_outsider38
Microsoft Poster Child
+83|6948|Vancouver BC Canada
There is a difference between having nukes and using nukes. The US may have nukes, but they don't go threatening to use them. Everyone knows they have them, they don't hide it, but they also don't flaunt the ability to launch them, North Korea is. Countries with that mentality have no right to have any WMDs.

The US have been long time peace keepers in our world despite what some may think. They didn't get involved in WWII until their trade ships were attacked. Then they quickly put an end to the war over the pacific. The decision to invade Iraq may have been a bad one, but in truth a man like that should never have been in power. Although the voter turn out in Iraq was higher then in the US, interesting.....

In any case I don't believe the US will attempt an invasion. North Korea has too many troops to attempt this, the US would lose to many troops. However long range bombardment is definitely an option. The trick is how to deal with China.

Most likely they will end it peacefully (hopefully) or North Korea will cease to exist.

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Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6855|132 and Bush

the_outsider38 wrote:

Although the voter turn out in Iraq was higher then in the US, interesting.....
Even if they were threatned if they did.
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=RvE=kbgfighter
Member
+16|6886|Oslo, NORWAY

DesertFox423 wrote:

I'm sure you're all aware by now of North Koreas nuclear plans.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/1 … index.html

What do you think is going to happen? Are they bluffing, or really have capabilities?
WHY post a new post for EVERY new subject about north korea?? its xxxxxxxx of post now
Sorry testing a nuke is a pretty big deal. If you dont care then don't post.
the_outsider38
Microsoft Poster Child
+83|6948|Vancouver BC Canada

Kmarion wrote:

the_outsider38 wrote:

Although the voter turn out in Iraq was higher then in the US, interesting.....
Even if they were threatned if they did.
http://Tampastorm.smugmug.com/photos/101711013-L.jpg
Yes, so thats either a big positiver for Iraq or a negative for the US

It should be interesting how this turns out. i wonder how long it will take, in the recent past the UN has merely waved a finger at them. But thats all they ever really do.


Anyhow, I'm off to bed. Class tomorrow.

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JahManRed
wank
+646|6882|IRELAND

Sanctions..mmmmmmm
Like any sanction, the effects hit the poor the hardest. Take the mistakes of the past in Iraqi, is any policy worth the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children. The Clinton Administration thought the deaths were justifiable, in an infamous quote from then-Secretary of State Madeline Albright, who told a television interviewer that "we think the price is worth it."
Looks like its the children of N.Korea who will pay. The government will steer all its resources towards the military to protect itself from the "new imperialism". Its social care and the innocents who are collectively punished by sanctions.
They have nukes. So what ? So does 8 other countries in the world. Atleast 3 of which are run by dictators of some form or another. This howha will calm down. The sanctions IMO are not to prevent the proliferation of nukes, but more to cause the implosion of an already weakened country.........the result will be a humanitarian disaster. Its ok tho "we think the price is worth it."
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6855|132 and Bush

"If the United States continues to take a hostile attitude and apply pressure on us in various forms, we will have no choice but to take physical steps to deal with that," he said.
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Bubbalo
The Lizzard
+541|6815
Re: Korean War:  Where did I say the US lost it?

Re: Sino-Soviet relations:  You might as well ask me why Tsar Nicholas went to war with Kaiser Wilhelm despite having married his sister (cousin?) and the two of them being on friendly terms.  Decisions of state are not made based on personal likes or dislikes.  The USSR wanted a leg in with Asian Communism: they felt assisting Asia furthered this.  There is, however, abundant evidence of the USSR's dislike of China: for one, Stalin only met Mao after he threatened to leave Russia (he was there to talk, and Stalin kept blowing him off).

Re: World views on North Korean nukes:  Well of course they'd disagree: but they aren't interested in what's right or wrong, are they?  The police analogy is foolish:  since when have Russia, the US, France, China, UK been an un-biased enforcement agency?  A better analogy would be another private citizen owning a gun.  Of course, the comment itself is funny coming from an American.  You are all allowed to have guns.
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,053|7025|PNW

Bubbalo wrote:

The police analogy is foolish:  since when have Russia, the US, France, China, UK been an un-biased enforcement agency?  A better analogy would be another private citizen owning a gun.  Of course, the comment itself is funny coming from an American.  You are all allowed to have guns.
Since when have police been an un-biased enforcement agency? That's why there's Internal Affairs. And we're not all allowed to have guns, either. Double-check our exceptions.
JahManRed
wank
+646|6882|IRELAND

Kmarion wrote:

"If the United States continues to take a hostile attitude and apply pressure on us in various forms, we will have no choice but to take physical steps to deal with that," he said.
Fair enough. If my kid comes to me and says, "the school bully keeps threatening me. Hes much bigger and stronger than me and I can't beat him in a fight." Id tell him, not to stand up to him, as he will probably get a punch in the face. Id say go and make friends with another school bully and use him as protection until you are big enough to kick shit outa the bully yourself.
Bubbalo
The Lizzard
+541|6815
But police are supposed to be an unbiased enforcement agency.

And assuming we do use the private citizen analogy, why would the US et al. pass and North Korea fail?
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,053|7025|PNW

Bubbalo wrote:

But police are supposed to be an unbiased enforcement agency.

And assuming we do use the private citizen analogy, why would the US et al. pass and North Korea fail?
Supposed to in an ideal world, but aren't in reality. Of course, you already know that. Assuming we do use the private citizen analogy, I'll repeat that not all of us are allowed to own guns. There are conditions that exist which restrict or outright prohibit private gun ownership.
Bubbalo
The Lizzard
+541|6815
And I asked you what conditions would allow the US and other nuclear powers to have nukes and not North Korea.

And my point with police is that the US, and indeed other nations, aren't even supposed to be unbiased.
the_outsider38
Microsoft Poster Child
+83|6948|Vancouver BC Canada
Look, we all know why they want them. When was the last time Russia, France, China, and the UK used a nuke? Sure they have them but they don't use them.

Have you looked at the way that country is being run? I know I wouldn't trust him with any sort of weapon.
Maybe if North Korea signed in on that agreement and became a little less hostile towards everyone else they would be allowed to have nukes, but this is not the case.

Remember after the world wars Germany wasn't allowed to build warships over a certain size because they proved that they were a hostile nation (not anymore). North Korea has already proved they are hostile, so why let them have big guns? South Korea and Japan would be toast.
jonsimon
Member
+224|6749

the_outsider38 wrote:

Look, we all know why they want them. When was the last time Russia, France, China, and the UK used a nuke? Sure they have them but they don't use them.

Have you looked at the way that country is being run? I know I wouldn't trust him with any sort of weapon.
Maybe if North Korea signed in on that agreement and became a little less hostile towards everyone else they would be allowed to have nukes, but this is not the case.

Remember after the world wars Germany wasn't allowed to build warships over a certain size because they proved that they were a hostile nation (not anymore). North Korea has already proved they are hostile, so why let them have big guns? South Korea and Japan would be toast.
NK hasn't taken any action against anyone since the Korean war. Quite the contrary, it is the rest of the world that has sanctioned and taken action against them.

And if we took weapons away from hostile nations, America would be unarmed.
jonsimon
Member
+224|6749

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Bubbalo wrote:

But police are supposed to be an unbiased enforcement agency.

And assuming we do use the private citizen analogy, why would the US et al. pass and North Korea fail?
Supposed to in an ideal world, but aren't in reality. Of course, you already know that. Assuming we do use the private citizen analogy, I'll repeat that not all of us are allowed to own guns. There are conditions that exist which restrict or outright prohibit private gun ownership.
Fine, we should give Kim a course on proper use of nuclear bombs, then issue him a permit.
the_outsider38
Microsoft Poster Child
+83|6948|Vancouver BC Canada

jonsimon wrote:

the_outsider38 wrote:

Look, we all know why they want them. When was the last time Russia, France, China, and the UK used a nuke? Sure they have them but they don't use them.

Have you looked at the way that country is being run? I know I wouldn't trust him with any sort of weapon.
Maybe if North Korea signed in on that agreement and became a little less hostile towards everyone else they would be allowed to have nukes, but this is not the case.

Remember after the world wars Germany wasn't allowed to build warships over a certain size because they proved that they were a hostile nation (not anymore). North Korea has already proved they are hostile, so why let them have big guns? South Korea and Japan would be toast.
NK hasn't taken any action against anyone since the Korean war. Quite the contrary, it is the rest of the world that has sanctioned and taken action against them.

And if we took weapons away from hostile nations, America would be unarmed.
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