The fear of North Korea

[Rum]

Hitchens of course, famously described NK as a Theocracy.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Hitchens of course, famously described NK as a Theocracy.

Cult of personality, I think, in the first generation, then on to a religion of Kim.

[Tero]

Go Kim, shoot the damn missile. You're tough, even if chubby. The first missile is always the hardest.

[Coito ergo sum]

They're saying Japan gets it first - http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/391 ... l-be-Japan

Some basic DPRK footage -- http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news ... os-1826234

They probably have nukes -- http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2 ... yLeadStory

[cronus]

Japan can take it. Used to nukes going off that way.

[Cormac]

You have to believe for all their rhetoric, those at the very top of the NK leadership know full well that launching any serious attack would mean the end of North Korea, and the end of them personally. What's more, the must surely know that this would happen extremely quickly. The Japanese leadership c. 1941 could at least count (or so they thought) on wearing down the will of the USA and others in a prolonged fight that would follow if they went to war.

But then I'm a realist. I sometimes find it hard to put myself in the position of such people.

Bush and Blair (apparently) convinced themselves of the wisdom of invading Iraq. They even believed dubious evidence to convince themselves. War is irrational and pretty well always an evil thing, so why should we expect rationality from those who wage it?

"Concocted" and "Made Use Of" is not the same as "Believing".

[Coito ergo sum]

Hitchens of course, famously described NK as a Theocracy.

Necrocracy, because they worship Kim Il Sung who is hailed as the eternal President, even though he is dead.

DPRK is Communism. To each according to his needs, from each according to his ability to give. All loyalty to the community as a whole. Abolition of private property. Confiscation of the possessions of emigrants and rebels, and general prohibition of emigration. Organization of labor or employment of proletarians on publicly owned land, in factories and workshops. Formation of industrial and agricultural armies. Elimination of private banks. State monopoly on education. Centralization of all means of transportation. Centralization of the means of communications.

Other than eliminating the distinction between urban and rural areas by spreading out the population evenly around the country, it's a Marxist dreamland.

[Rum]

You have to believe for all their rhetoric, those at the very top of the NK leadership know full well that launching any serious attack would mean the end of North Korea, and the end of them personally. What's more, the must surely know that this would happen extremely quickly. The Japanese leadership c. 1941 could at least count (or so they thought) on wearing down the will of the USA and others in a prolonged fight that would follow if they went to war.

But then I'm a realist. I sometimes find it hard to put myself in the position of such people.

Bush and Blair (apparently) convinced themselves of the wisdom of invading Iraq. They even believed dubious evidence to convince themselves. War is irrational and pretty well always an evil thing, so why should we expect rationality from those who wage it?

"Concocted" and "Made Use Of" is not the same as "Believing".

Scarily I suspect Blair did believe it. The scary bit is that he did because he wanted to.

[MiM]

You have to believe for all their rhetoric, those at the very top of the NK leadership know full well that launching any serious attack would mean the end of North Korea, and the end of them personally. What's more, the must surely know that this would happen extremely quickly. The Japanese leadership c. 1941 could at least count (or so they thought) on wearing down the will of the USA and others in a prolonged fight that would follow if they went to war.

But then I'm a realist. I sometimes find it hard to put myself in the position of such people.

Bush and Blair (apparently) convinced themselves of the wisdom of invading Iraq. They even believed dubious evidence to convince themselves. War is irrational and pretty well always an evil thing, so why should we expect rationality from those who wage it?

"Concocted" and "Made Use Of" is not the same as "Believing".

Scarily I suspect Blair did believe it. The scary bit is that he did because he wanted to.

And now he is a Catlick "on a mission from God"

dum-da-dum-da-dum-da-dum-da-Ta-daa...

[Cormac]

You have to believe for all their rhetoric, those at the very top of the NK leadership know full well that launching any serious attack would mean the end of North Korea, and the end of them personally. What's more, the must surely know that this would happen extremely quickly. The Japanese leadership c. 1941 could at least count (or so they thought) on wearing down the will of the USA and others in a prolonged fight that would follow if they went to war.

But then I'm a realist. I sometimes find it hard to put myself in the position of such people.

Bush and Blair (apparently) convinced themselves of the wisdom of invading Iraq. They even believed dubious evidence to convince themselves. War is irrational and pretty well always an evil thing, so why should we expect rationality from those who wage it?

"Concocted" and "Made Use Of" is not the same as "Believing".

Scarily I suspect Blair did believe it. The scary bit is that he did because he wanted to.

He was a scary logo, and still is!

[FBM]

Are those combat heels, soldier?!!?!1

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[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

They're saying Japan gets it first - http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/391 ... l-be-Japan

Some basic DPRK footage -- http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news ... os-1826234

They probably have nukes -- http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2 ... yLeadStory

So...NK say they will nuke Tokyo if Japan shoots down any missile they fire at it?
Wtf?
...And are they really stupid enough to name what targets they're going to shoot at first, or is this some ploy?

NK is sounding crazier and crazier every time I read about them. I think this is one situation where I would support some sort of heavy-handed pre-emptive action. It would surely save lives in the long run.

[pErvinalia]

Yeah, I'm kinda of that view myself. Something is going to go wrong there at some point. Better to deal with them sooner rather than later.

[JimC]

Help!

Jack and rEv have been turned into weird militarists!



I'm telling sandinista!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Based on a recent "target map" released by NK it has been determined that Colorado Springs is the safest place in the US. This based on the fact that the "bull's-eye" for the Springs wasn't within a thousand miles of the actual location.