Thread: North Korea situation

Considering NK and SK have been having clashes since the 70's, nothing will come out of it. If I may remind you, NK and SK are technically still at war due to a peace agreement never being reached after the '53 war.

Palestine and Israel, Russia and Georgia, Bosnia, Britain and Argentina, these are all clashes which have occurred in the past 40 years and all of them where much much worse, none of them escalated into a global or nuclear war.

An NK torpedo sunk a SK warship killing 46 sailors in March, troops exchanged fire over the border in September causing several causalities. These are both much larger situations than the current shelling. As for the US carrier in the surrounding area, this was a training exercise that had been scheduled months in advance with the SK navy. As for China, since at the moment they are NK's strongest ally, supplying them with most of their food and fuel, their response has been very muted. Apart from issuing a few bland statements, nothing else has been done. After the 2006 nuclear detonation, some are even saying that the Chinese political parties are beginning to view NK as more of a liability than an asset.

If you really do want to discuss these attacks and possibly the politics behind this, try reading the news rather than basing everything off a site like 4chan and then harping on about world war three. It's rather childish.

There is some suggestion these recent actions, the alleged torpedoing of the South Korean warship and now the shelling of South Korean territory, are all something to do with the North's own internal politics in a period of risky transition as power passes from an ailing Kim Jong-il to his youngest son.

If the heir apparent is trying to earn his stripes in the eyes of a hardline military elite then it spells a period of further, dangerous unpredictability and it's difficult to know what any government can do about it.

Food for thought.

It wasn't found on 4chan; it was found on CNN and it just said that there is high tension with NK and SK throwing the US into it.

Nothings gonna happen for a while, not aslong as NK are allies with China, Britain won't risk attacking NK, unless they get serious against SK, Britain or America can't attack, as neithrr can afford to lose connections with China, however if NK do start a war with SK, and not just a few shells, then they China will turn, and NK will get pwned, so I hope NK think this through.

Originally Posted by Olof Medin

nothing will happen except u.s.a will slap north korea on their face so they stop messing around

You do realize that though China does not approve of N. Korean nuclear development they are still REALLY close allies?

Originally Posted by startover4

I think North Korea just needs to be nuked fuck the consequences :P

If the US attempted to nuke N. Korea

1. China will get REALLY pissed which is bad because:
The US owes more money to China than conceivable
They can quite possibly overwhelm the US

2. If it comes unannounced that a nuclear bomb is going over the pacific well let's just say Russia's very aggressive stance towards American involvement near their borders won't just be a stance.

Originally Posted by thazestyburrito

so we kill off the world just to prevent a country that we THINK is going to annihilate it anyways? if we launched anything no matter where its aimed im sure before we even hit the button there would be at least 2 already in the air aimed for us.

I completely agree as I cover in my statement earlier in the post

Originally Posted by DNfanatic:P

It wasn't found on 4chan; it was found on CNN and it just said that there is high tension with NK and SK throwing the US into it.

Sorry, was referring to everyone harping on about world war three and nuclear attacks.

North Korea is a brainwashed idiot country, with a regime of brain damaged Pyschos

I am going to start and finish quickly


NK is not a CLOSE ally to China. China is currently looking down and even though it is not official China is annoyed at NK. Considering the reason China does not want the US or SK to take over NK is because China does not want the US to have access to their borders. I honestly think Obama and the rest of the United States are being wussies (mainly obama achkmaddennijhad)But well see what happens... more than likely nothing will happen because of the large amount of pressure from many foreign powers.


Also about the US owing SOOO much debt to China...it is a large amount but it is <10% of all our debt. Quite Frankly China will most likely sit this one out because it is not worth it to them. Im not going into details as I am going to bed IN Beijing, China and it is 12:30. Also for those who cannot make mature informed comments dont waste my time and dont post.