N Korea 'combat posture to hit US'

[mapuc]

Latest development

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/04/world/asia/koreas-tensions/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews

[Jimbuna]

ALL his hands are losing hands. :03:

To be fair, the missile that they've moved can't reach the US mainland (according to the ROK), so it's probably just going to be a test firing to add to the sabre rattling. Will be interesting to see if they fire it into international waters whether the US will use it for target practice. Probably not because that's what the DPRK wants them to do. I think the DPRK is also hoping that the ROK will hit the launchpad of the missile in a pre-emptive strike, thus giving them something to rant about and use to distract the public.

A large part of me hopes it's correct because the embarrassment of the situation might just bring young Kim 'The Mighty@ to his senses.

[Jimbuna]

Latest development

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/04/world/asia/koreas-tensions/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews


Quite frankly.......pee or get off the pot!!

[eddie]

Every once in a while (but not very often) the Anonymous hacker group does something that is right!! This is one of those times!:D

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/north-korea-twitter-flickr-accounts-hacked-anonymous-1C9212581

[Oberon]

A large part of me hopes it's correct because the embarrassment of the situation might just bring young Kim 'The Mighty@ to his senses.

The trouble is Jim, Kim Jr can't do that, he is absolutely trapped. If he backs down, the military will remove his power, if he goes to war, he will lose. There are no other options for him to take at the moment, so he's just doing everything he can up to actually going to war in the hope that he'll find a way out along the way. Eventually he will run out of sabre rattling options and will have no choice but to go to war.

[Madox58]

NK - Perfect example of not allowing mental cases to have weapons.
USA - Perfect example of why One has the right/need to have weapons.

[mapuc]

If I haven't been confused regarding North Korea, then I'm it now

In this thread in the newspaper on different news program and news channel I have read and heard that they do NOT own missile/rocket that can reach USA

A few hours ago I saw on the danish news channel TV2NEWS a short sequence from the English prime minister Cameron saying

They can reach all over USA and they can reach all over Europe

When I saw and heard this I became confused

What is correct?

Markus

[Madox58]

They can reach as far as they throw them.
We just don't know how big the tossers are.
:har:

[WernherVonTrapp]

Sorry, I wasn't able to read every post, so someone may have already mentioned this: North Korea and Kim Jong-un remind me very much of WWII Japan and Hirohito. Kim Jong-un is looked upon as almost god-like by his people. It almost seems as if they've mingled their communist government with ideals from the WWII Imperial Japanese Empire.
What worries me is that, sooner or later, Kim Jong-un will have to "save face". And what will that lead to?

[yubba]

Who needs a missle just walk it in across the border, we have a nut job threating us with nuclear war or has declared war on us, law enforcement officials have been asassinated and our president is on the road campaigning to disarm us what a joke.

[Oberon]

If I haven't been confused regarding North Korea, then I'm it now

In this thread in the newspaper on different news program and news channel I have read and heard that they do NOT own missile/rocket that can reach USA

A few hours ago I saw on the danish news channel TV2NEWS a short sequence from the English prime minister Cameron saying

They can reach all over USA and they can reach all over Europe

When I saw and heard this I became confused

What is correct?

Markus

Cameron is an idiot, primarily he said that as part of the debate in the UK as to whether we should look towards either replacing, upgrading or extending our Trident SLBM lifespan.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/59119000/jpg/_59119706_north_korea_ranges_2.jpg

This is the range, as you can see, the Taepodong-2 can reach Alaska and parts of Hawaii but that's about it. Their satellite was launched with a cobbled together rocket from Nodong, Scud and some old Soviet or recent Iranian designs, it probably has about a similar range to a Taepodong-2.
The Taepodong-2 has only been tested once, and it broke about 30 seconds after launch and fell into the sea.
When you add on to that the fact that the Taepodong-2 can carry a warhead of less than 500kg, so the DPRK has to make a nuclear weapon that weighs less than 500kg in order to have an effective nuclear ICBM. It is unknown whether they have done this since there was a lot of effort put into hiding the results of the recent nuclear test from western observers, however given the technology level they started with, the constraints put upon their industrial and scientific capacities by the sanctions imposed on it, it's highly unlikely that they will have advanced to that stage just yet, or if they have, it is unlikely that they will have enough weapons to guarantee that a nuclear device would get through the anti-ballistic missile shield that has been thrown up around the DPRK.

So, in short, ignore our Prime Minister, must of us do. :yep:

[TLAM Strike]

If I haven't been confused regarding North Korea, then I'm it now

In this thread in the newspaper on different news program and news channel I have read and heard that they do NOT own missile/rocket that can reach USA

A few hours ago I saw on the danish news channel TV2NEWS a short sequence from the English prime minister Cameron saying

They can reach all over USA and they can reach all over Europe

When I saw and heard this I became confused

What is correct?

Markus

The DPRK's longest range missile is the Tapodong-2. The TD-2 is a two stage missile and has a range of about 3000 miles; which is sufficient to hit US terrirtory is Guam, the Aleutian islands/parts of mainland Alaska and maybe Hawaii. As of yet it does not have a demonstrated capability of doing anything (other than failing).

Now the DPRK is working on a three stage version of the missile which was used for a satellite test as the Unha-3 rocket, this rocket failed, but it might have the range to hit targets on the US west coast. If it can reach the US west coast then most countries in Europe would be in range.

This graphic can help you visualize the ranges involved.

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/2089/512pxnorthkoreanmissile.png

[Oberon]

http://kiaikick.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/sho-kosugi-ninja.jpg

I didn't know they were going in for a mass production of the Unha though, although it doesn't surprise me, and given it's a cut and shut it shouldn't be too hard to do. Whether it'll do anything other than explode on the launch pad is another matter. That being said though, the Unha-3 DID achieve its objective of putting an object in orbit...it just didn't put it in there very well, but it got further up into the sky than most DPRK missiles. :yep:

But yes, if they do weaponise the Unha then that has an estimated range of 10,000km so all of Europe, Australia, half of Africa and half of America would be in range. However, the payload mass would have to be even smaller than the Taepodong-2s payload, their satelite was about 100kg...so, they might be able to fire a Davy Crockett at us. Maybe it would land in Westminster, do us a favour... :hmmm:

[Armistead]

"Hacktivist" group Anonymous promised to take on North Korea, and it’s apparently made good on that promise, even as the U.S. and North Korea continue to dance around each other like drunken townies in a dive bar. It appears Anonymous has hacked North Korea propaganda outlet Uriminzokkiri's Twitter and Flickr accounts

http://now.msn.com/anonymous-reportedly-hacks-north-korea-twitter-flickr-accounts?ocid=ansnow11

[Madox58]

I'm sure that put those slanty-eyed mutts in thier proper place!
:roll:

[August]

I'm sure that put those slanty-eyed mutts in thier proper place!
:roll:

I wouldn't want to have been the underling who had to show it to Jong. :)

[Madox58]

I wouldn't want to have been the underling who had to show it to Jong. :)
He's probably going to be manning the next missle personally.
:haha:

[Reece]

They can reach as far as they throw them.
We just don't know how big the tossers are.
:har:
:har::har: Good one Jeff!!:up:

[HundertzehnGustav]

tosser? to toss, to throw? what is so funny?

:haha:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tosser

Ribs a hurtin'
:yeah:

[Oberon]

http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee502/jwest2100/DZlmaql_zps8a741249.gif

[Hawk66]

According to a major newspaper, the North Koreans have 'advised' Germany, UK and other countries to close their embassy because their security could no longer be guaranteed after April, 10th
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/eskalation-auf-der-koreanischen-halbinsel-nordkorea-empfiehlt-deutschland-raeumung-der-botschaft-in-pjoengjang-1.1641020 (only in German).

Does he still play 'poker'...I really hope so...

[mapuc]

270 ^ :har::har::har:

[Jimbuna]

tosser? to toss, to throw? what is so funny?

:haha:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tosser

Ribs a hurtin'
:yeah:

Wondered when you'd realise :)

[Jimbuna]

British diplomats in North Korea have been warned the government there cannot guarantee their safety after April 10 in the event of conflict, the Foreign Office has said


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22037008

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/JFliegel/picard-facepalm.jpg

[mapuc]

According to a major newspaper, the North Koreans have 'advised' Germany, UK and other countries to close their embassy because their security could no longer be guaranteed after April, 10th
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/eskalation-auf-der-koreanischen-halbinsel-nordkorea-empfiehlt-deutschland-raeumung-der-botschaft-in-pjoengjang-1.1641020 (only in German).

Does he still play 'poker'...I really hope so...

It have been in the danish newspaper too

But here they say it's part of their war propaganda

Markus

[Jimbuna]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22037008



In English for those who can't read German (myself included).

[mookiemookie]

N. Korea loads two medium-range missiles on mobile launchers:

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/04/05/59/0200000000AEN20130405004351315F.HTML

[Jimbuna]

N. Korea loads two medium-range missiles on mobile launchers:

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/04/05/59/0200000000AEN20130405004351315F.HTML


Meanwhile, the defense ministry has dispatched a team of inspectors to the front-line island of Yeonpyeong to look into the border crossing by a North Korean defector across the tensely guarded western sea border.

The 28-year-old defector, who was living in the South, slipped through radar monitoring on Wednesday night to sail across the maritime border in the Yellow Sea, sparking security concerns at a time of military tensions with the North.


:hmmm:

[mapuc]

We have been discussing their possibility and their chances

We have laughed at them in their effort to try getting our leader being afraid of them(Northkorea)

I would be lying if I wrote that I'm not concerned or worried and in some cases a Little afraid.

I truly hope it going to be solved by peacefully means

I can't imagine the outcome if Northkorea should attack South and/or USA

Is it going to be a local war(North against south) or is there a possibility that it would go regional and maybe develop further.

Markus

[mookiemookie]

I'm not worried. If NK decided to pull the trigger, anything they put up in the sky would be put down in a manner of minutes. the US, Japan and South Korea possess very technologically advanced militaries with good missile shield technology.

And if NK decided to pull the trigger, I doubt it would be a major, prolonged war, mainly due to the fact that it would be the kind of war that the U.S. military was built for. A war with actual soldiers in uniform with military targets to be neutralized. I can't see it becoming an Iraq or Afghanistan with religious zealots and suicide bombers and whatnot. I would bet things would be mopped up fairly quickly. I'm not concerned with China and their defense treaty with NK. China is not going to destroy their economy by going to war with one of their largest export markets in defense of a tinpot dictator in a podunk backwater that started everything by lobbing missiles at the US.

But then again, I could be wrong. Who knows.

[AVGWarhawk]

I'm not worried. If NK decided to pull the trigger, anything they put up in the sky would be put down in a manner of minutes. the US, Japan and South Korea possess very technologically advanced militaries with good missile shield technology.

And if NK decided to pull the trigger, I doubt it would be a major, prolonged war, mainly due to the fact that it would be the kind of war that the U.S. military was built for. A war with actual soldiers in uniform with military targets to be neutralized. I can't see it becoming an Iraq or Afghanistan with religious zealots and suicide bombers and whatnot. I would bet things would be mopped up fairly quickly. I'm not concerned with China and their defense treaty with NK. China is not going to destroy their economy by going to war with one of their largest export markets in defense of a tinpot dictator in a podunk backwater that started everything by lobbing missiles at the US.

But then again, I could be wrong. Who knows.


I think you summation is accurate.

[mapuc]

I'm not worried. If NK decided to pull the trigger, anything they put up in the sky would be put down in a manner of minutes. the US, Japan and South Korea possess very technologically advanced militaries with good missile shield technology.

And if NK decided to pull the trigger, I doubt it would be a major, prolonged war, mainly due to the fact that it would be the kind of war that the U.S. military was built for. A war with actual soldiers in uniform with military targets to be neutralized. I can't see it becoming an Iraq or Afghanistan with religious zealots and suicide bombers and whatnot. I would bet things would be mopped up fairly quickly. I'm not concerned with China and their defense treaty with NK. China is not going to destroy their economy by going to war with one of their largest export markets in defense of a tinpot dictator in a podunk backwater that started everything by lobbing missiles at the US.

But then again, I could be wrong. Who knows.

Thank you for your answer.

and you are right about china...it's mostly them I'm kinda worried about. Will they stay put or do the same thing they did in 1950

Markus

[Jimbuna]

I'm not worried. If NK decided to pull the trigger, anything they put up in the sky would be put down in a manner of minutes. the US, Japan and South Korea possess very technologically advanced militaries with good missile shield technology.

And if NK decided to pull the trigger, I doubt it would be a major, prolonged war, mainly due to the fact that it would be the kind of war that the U.S. military was built for. A war with actual soldiers in uniform with military targets to be neutralized. I can't see it becoming an Iraq or Afghanistan with religious zealots and suicide bombers and whatnot. I would bet things would be mopped up fairly quickly. I'm not concerned with China and their defense treaty with NK. China is not going to destroy their economy by going to war with one of their largest export markets in defense of a tinpot dictator in a podunk backwater that started everything by lobbing missiles at the US.

But then again, I could be wrong. Who knows.

Well I certainly don't think or hope your wrong either :cool:

[mapuc]

Now it's enough says Fidel Castro

http://www.granma.cu/ingles/reflections-i/reflections-5abril.html

First China went against them and now it's cuba

they are getting more and more lonely.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Now it's enough says Fidel Castro

http://www.granma.cu/ingles/reflections-i/reflections-5abril.html

First China went against them and now it's cuba

they are getting more and more lonely.

Markus

Never heard of him :hmm2:


:03:

[Betonov]

Had a little conversation today with a friend.

Supposed that the Chineese will let NK attack, the US sends its forces to the peninsula into a costly war that will keep them occupied enough for China to seize Taiwan :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

There are many permutations to be considered but hopefully a US/SK victory would be the best result should it ever come to war.

[Oberon]

Had a little conversation today with a friend.

Supposed that the Chineese will let NK attack, the US sends its forces to the peninsula into a costly war that will keep them occupied enough for China to seize Taiwan :hmmm:

The snag is, the US doesn't have to send that many forces into the ROK to combat the DPRK, the ROK is very well armed in modern equipment and if the DPRK crossed the DMZ it would cross into a very carefully orchestrated killzone that has been fifty years in the making.
When you couple that to the fact that the PRC lacks a major naval invasion force and the logistical ability to support it (although it is working towards one) plus the fact that any invasion of Taiwan would deep-six the PRCs economy (most of their exports and imports are to and from Taiwan and Japan, and Japans trade has been affected by the recent tensions over the Senkaku islands) which is already been slowed down by the global slump. I doubt the PRC would be as reckless as to try something like that until they are fully absolutely ready to take Taiwan quickly and with minimal damage to its economic infrastructure. Some people reckon they might be in a position to do so by 2018-2020 but I think 2030 is probably the more likely date. The Chinese tend to think of things decades ahead of most other world powers, good chess players and all that.

[Madox58]

If I was the PRC?
This would be a fine way to take NK as a 'peace keeping force' should the shooting start.
They'd have boots on the ground faster then anyone could respond without escalating things to the 'stupid' level.

[Oberon]

If I was the PRC?
This would be a fine way to take NK as a 'peace keeping force' should the shooting start.
They'd have boots on the ground faster then anyone could respond without escalating things to the 'stupid' level.

:yep: Likewise. It wouldn't take too much, although there are quite a few DPRK forces up north, but most of their heavy equipment is pointing south. Would be over within a week. The only problem would be the risk of a refugee crisis, but since the PRC would need minimal forces to take the DPRK they can keep a load on the border to shoot anyone who tries to cross.
Then it's a case of opening up the DPRK to Chinese businesses, quite a ripe environment to exploit there, and you keep the buffer zone between South Korea and the PRC border.

[Madox58]

I don't think there would be a refuge crisis for the most part.
The PRC has the resources to handle a situation like that on a short term basis anyway.
And as they would be coming from the North?
I'd figure anyone running from the PRC would be heading South!
That would put stress on any NK Troop/supply movements as an added WTF do we do now?

US/SK whack the main forces in the South, PRC over runs any Units to the North.

Once the PRC has the ground (They have Boots on!), they sue for peace and probably win.

Given the PRC's designs on the other areas in that region?

It's nearly perfect for a take over with far reaching results.

(I'm a long time player of RISK with modified rules)

[Reece]

North Korea is on the border of both China and Russia, if NK goes to war with SK and SK wins with the help of the US what would China and Russia do?:hmmm:
Seem that neither China or Russia would allow the US to be right on their borders/doorsteps!!:o

[Madox58]

That's why I would invade NK if I was the PRC and shooting started!
You'd own that buffer zone then.
Down the road? It's a probable invasion route that you now command.

[Oberon]

I don't think there would be a refuge crisis for the most part.
The PRC has the resources to handle a situation like that on a short term basis anyway.
And as they would be coming from the North?
I'd figure anyone running from the PRC would be heading South!
That would put stress on any NK Troop/supply movements as an added WTF do we do now?

US/SK whack the main forces in the South, PRC over runs any Units to the North.

Once the PRC has the ground (They have Boots on!), they sue for peace and probably win.

Given the PRC's designs on the other areas in that region?

It's nearly perfect for a take over with far reaching results.

(I'm a long time player of RISK with modified rules)

Well, let's put it this way. You're a starving North Korean, there are men with guns to the north and south of you, but to the south there's also a massive minefield and even more guns than to the north. You want food, there's food over the border in the Peoples Republic of China, and the PRC will be coming in not as oppressors but as friends. So, why not head to China, the economic success story of the world?
The entire reason the PRC has mobilized its forces on the North Korean border is both to shut the PRC hardliners up who would be screaming that there are American bombers and fighters streaming into South Korea, and to guard the DPRK/PRC border against a wave of hungry North Koreans crossing the border. That's also primarily what the North Korean border guards are for, up on the Russian and Chinese borders, to stop people fleeing the country.
China can't handle hundreds or thousands of starving people, it would have to feed and clothe these people, and then encorporate them into the Chinese system somehow...which is at the moment in a rather perilous position of starting to slow down.
Most DPRK troops encountering PRC forces would probably just surrender, they would realise that it's all over, some would fight to the death, but most would probably down tools and wait for the new boss to arrive, or try their luck crossing the border into China.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china/100928/myanmar-north-korea-refugees

Basically, the North Korean issue is to China what the Mexican issue is to America, and if a civil war broke out in Mexico, how do you think the US/Mexico border would cope? It just wouldn't, not unless a whole shedload of National Guard units rocked up alongside it, and that's what the PRC has done, put extra forces on the border to prevent refugees from crossing when the DPRK finally finishes backing itself into a corner and is forced to do something stupid.

Personally, I think that this will end with an exchange of fire across the DMZ, but I don't think that it will escalate much further than that, hopefully North Korean casualties will give Kim Jr the distraction to the people he needs, and his willingness to open fire on the South will help cement him in with the generals. I honestly can't see the DPRK launching a full scale offensive across the DMZ, it would be suicide, and I don't picture the DPRK willingly committing suicide.
If, however, they do decide to do so, then it will depend entirely on the response of the US and ROK as to whether the PRC will get involved. If the US and ROK are content to hold the DPRK at the 38th parallel and pound Pyongyang into rubble with the airforce then the PRC will probably just grumble, call for peace and march troops around the border.
If the US and the ROK actively push into North Korea and head for Pyongyang, then the PRC might well pull a Russia in the Kosovan war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident_at_Pristina_airport) and send all its tanks to Pyongyang airport in order to end the war quickly and keep the Korean peninsula divided. I think that under the circumstances, the US and ROK would be willing to go along with this, provided the PRC keeps the DPRK under control and dismantles its nuclear equipment, which Beijing would be only too happy to do, since they have a load already.

We will see. :yep:

[Madox58]

Any offense to the south will take care of mine fields.
(Unless they are self breeding)
People in a panic run away from what they fear.
Even if it may mean death should the dice land wrong.
Takeing into the matter of a small amount of human lifes?
I'd tend to think PRC looks at the numbers differently then you or I.

[August]

Well, let's put it this way. You're a starving North Korean, there are men with guns to the north and south of you, but to the south there's also a massive minefield and even more guns than to the north. You want food, there's food over the border in the Peoples Republic of China, and the PRC will be coming in not as oppressors but as friends. So, why not head to China, the economic success story of the world?

I wonder if the average North Korean knows anything about China or even what's waiting outside the DMZ. I understand state control of information is total.

[Platapus]

Now it can be shown why there is such a push to ban high capacity handgun magazines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=olWDjR4ECbM

At least it does show that KJU can handle a handgun.....not. :nope:

[Madox58]

I'd like to think the average 'Kim' has information.
That's the one thing you can't stop from flowing.

When I accend my proper Throne?
I shall stop all flow of information!
Thus freeing all from anxiety for future events!

And I will be, Umm....
:hmmm:

BRUCE!
I will be BRUCE The Greatest!
(My first purge will be Bruce's down under! All 17 of them!)

[TLAM Strike]

Any offense to the south will take care of mine fields.
(Unless they are self breeding)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_Denial_Artillery_Munition

If I was the PRC?
This would be a fine way to take NK as a 'peace keeping force' should the shooting start.
They'd have boots on the ground faster then anyone could respond without escalating things to the 'stupid' level.
I don't know if the PRC would want to risk sending their forces in, in case it does escalate. If someone on either side decides to get stupid and opens fire and PLA troops are killed, then it turns a bad situation worse.

I think the Chinese might be more receptive to a unified Korea under the ROK than some might think. Sure they lose some of their cheap labor but they gain direct access to one of the richest and tech savvy countries in Asia that has about half of its new population which needs to be brought in to the 21st century (sales opportunity), and with out an evil North Korea to worry the world there is less reason for US presence in the Peninsula.

[HundertzehnGustav]

which would remove a thoorn in the side of the chinese naval and regional strategies and facilitate that expansion.

nice way of thinking.

[Oberon]

They seem to have a focus on the 10th April. Prediction, missile test launch on the 8th or 9th, they hope that the ROK will shoot the missile(s) down, thus giving them an excuse to return fire. 15th April is a holiday in the DPRK, Kim Il-Sungs birthday IIRC, so it could be launched then, but it seems a little long if they're fueling the missiles now (they've been moved underground) to leave the fuel inside the missiles.

[MH]

Crazy nations with nukes are fun.:o

[Jimbuna]

They seem to have a focus on the 10th April. Prediction, missile test launch on the 8th or 9th, they hope that the ROK will shoot the missile(s) down, thus giving them an excuse to return fire. 15th April is a holiday in the DPRK, Kim Il-Sungs birthday IIRC, so it could be launched then, but it seems a little long if they're fueling the missiles now (they've been moved underground) to leave the fuel inside the missiles.

Could well be but he's got to do something soon or any credibility he has left (assuming he had any at all) is going to evaporate quicker than the fuel in those missiles.

[Reece]

Crazy nations with nukes are fun.:o
In a funny sort of way!!:D

[yubba]

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s480x480/156822_463171717098398_215064771_n.jpg:har:

[Betonov]

^^^^

:rotfl2::rotfl2:

I'm stealing that one :D

[raymond6751]

What does it take to make the world mad at a nation? There is a status of "Rogue Nation" that applies, at least in principle, to N. Korea. They don't seem to be in the same world, time zone, or galaxy as the rest of us.

I don't mind them having missiles. The US has missiles and tests them too. They should not have nukes or chem weapons because they are clearly not sane enough.

If things do settle down, nobody should go back to giving them aid. That always seemed like a pay off. Here's your allowance, now go and play.
:down:

[Skybird]

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/03/tell_me_how_this_starts?page=full

There is no single red line that, when crossed, would trigger war, but the potential for miscalculation and escalation is high. (...) The desire to show strength, the fear of looking weak, and the presence of tons of hardware provides more than enough tinder that a spark could start a peninsula-wide conflagration. An accident -- such as a straying missile, an incident at sea or in the air, a shooting near the Northern Limit Line or the Demilitarized Zone -- could trigger an action-reaction cycle that could spiral out of control if Pyongyang, running out of threats or low-level provocations, were to gamble on a more daring move. It might calculate that a bold gesture would sow doubt and dissent in South Korea, drive a risk-averse United States to back down and restrain its eager ally, and hand China a fait accompli in which Beijing has no alternative to protecting its upstart neighbor. It might be very wrong.

[Jimbuna]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AWJLNImPQQo/Tf8wu_vfFuI/AAAAAAAAACw/_ra1gr0iDWE/s1600/north_korea_helps_haiti_717865.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=north+korea+disaster&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Ou8TG58f1ulhAM&tbnid=BvxSD_y0vWsULM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyougenee.blogspot.com%2F&ei=RdRhUfCtGujS0QWJ8YDgBg&bvm=bv.44770516,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNGu1RiXDKImn2A9aSBvjv5PqHgl9A&ust=1365452218387135)

[Madox58]

http://www.deviantart.com/download/193165015/that__s_all_folks_by_partidista-d37072v.jpg

[eddie]

I think China is getting tired of the whole thing. The statements coming from them are the strongest they have ever given NK. But will they listen?

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/07/17167815-china-warns-against-troublemaking-on-korean-peninsula?chromedomain=worldblog

[mapuc]

^ Maybe we can always hope they will. It could also be that they really feel that they are all by them self

And USA is not taking any chances

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/top-us-military-cancels-congressional-testimony-citing-korea-tensions/2013/04/07/92a06a74-9f79-11e2-bd52-614156372695_story.html

Markus

[Oberon]

^ Maybe we can always hope they will. It could also be that they really feel that they are all by them self

And USA is not taking any chances

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/top-us-military-cancels-congressional-testimony-citing-korea-tensions/2013/04/07/92a06a74-9f79-11e2-bd52-614156372695_story.html

Markus

Alas, I think you're right there, after all, Kim Jong-un hasn't had the strong friendship with China that his father had, in fact I think he's only visited Beijing once or twice since he became leader, however the PRC is distancing itself which is what it wants to do so it can't be seen in the same ball court as the DPRK when Pyongyang finally does something stupid.

Good call by the US though, some may deride it as backing down in the face of North Korean threats, but actually going ahead and launching it would be playing directly into the sort of paranoia that the DPRK wants to encourage in that the US and ROK are planning to attack North Korea.

[nikimcbee]

Never fear, our leader is all over this crisis!

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/04/president-obama-plays-golf-for-second-weekend-in-a-row/

[eddie]

They seem to have a focus on the 10th April. Prediction, missile test launch on the 8th or 9th, they hope that the ROK will shoot the missile(s) down, thus giving them an excuse to return fire. 15th April is a holiday in the DPRK, Kim Il-Sungs birthday IIRC, so it could be launched then, but it seems a little long if they're fueling the missiles now (they've been moved underground) to leave the fuel inside the missiles.

Well Oberon, they might be up to something else now. Like another nuclear test it seems.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51461969/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/

[Oberon]

Well Oberon, they might be up to something else now. Like another nuclear test it seems.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51461969/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/

Well, that'll go down well, a potential nuclear test and missile test. Pushing that limit as far as they can go, little do they realise that it's already all been done before and failed before. The west ain't buying it any more.

[Jimbuna]

Well, that'll go down well, a potential nuclear test and missile test. Pushing that limit as far as they can go, little do they realise that it's already all been done before and failed before. The west ain't buying it any more.

True that...and an opportunity for them to potentially embarrass themselves further in the eyes of the world.

[Oberon]

Apparently, the South reckons that it's just routine movements, which makes sense, after all they usually leave it a while between detonations, presumably to make alterations to the device.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22061377

The DPRK has evacuated their staff from Kaesong, as they said they would.

Otherwise it's business as usual on the peninsula. There can't be many more steps on the escalation ladder they can take before they have to use live rounds on someone. :hmmm:

[Skybird]

LINK (http://freie.welt.de/2013/04/06/nordkorea-iran-sie-tun-was-sie-sagen/)

A German comment with which I tend to agree and that indeed is worrying. It bases on the precedent set by the diplomatic disaster with Iran. Iran just does indeed what it always said and meant - and Western useful idiots try to reinterpret something and try to read something different into it than what it is in a bid to rearrange reality so that it turns into something available to Western diplomacy. The author raises the question what if Kim means exactly what he says? The regime in NK is seen by many experts as being close to internal collapse, the population is starving, amongst them one million soldiers who are threatened by death due to under-supply with food. If the iron curtain ever gets lifted, so the author argues, the full scale of thew horror and terror would be revealed like after the reign of the Khmer Rouge. And he elites in NK know they will be held responsible by the world. Maybe they prefer to do it like Hitler did: setting the stage for their own, self-chosen fall in a glorious final battle in which they plan to pull everybody down with them.

[Jimbuna]

Otherwise it's business as usual on the peninsula. There can't be many more steps on the escalation ladder they can take before they have to use live rounds on someone. :hmmm:


Preferably this fellow below.

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/wp-content/uploads/kim-jong-un-hairstyle.jpeg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=kim+jong+un&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=3-uH-yTgzB-x7M&tbnid=7O8Znzft4u8hcM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sabotagetimes.com%2Freportage %2Fis-kim-jong-un-the-king-of-the-personality-cult%2F&ei=qLFiUZHTCIOb0AWUy4HACA&bvm=bv.44770516,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNGurOTveNANDWiKUhkVbTAC76j7pQ&ust=1365508896827188)

[Reece]

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/dr/hln/www/release/sites/default/files/imagecache/textarticle_640/2012/07/03/spanking-mental-health_0.jpg
A damned good spanking is what is needed!!

[mapuc]

When I saw some program from NK I could almost read/see what one of the general was thinking

If i read his mind correctly then I saw this:

He/they truly believe that they will win a nuclear war with USA and SK

They believe that after a little week USA would have withdraw their troops. They expect that there will be huge demonstration in USA after the first nuke have hit US soil. And should no such things happen they expect China will come to their aid.

They know that a few bombs will be drop on them, but as they say. We and our troops are well hidden and protected, it may cost about 1½-2 million civilians

But that is very good because that would mean 1½-2 million people less to feed.

Our ground troops will first be needed, when SK have surrounded to us.

Markus

[gimpy117]

They know that a few bombs will be drop on them, but as they say. We and our troops are well hidden and protected, it may cost about 1½-2 million civilians

But that is very good because that would mean 1½-2 million people less to feed.

Our ground troops will first be needed, when SK have surrounded to us.

Markus

yeah, except they don't take into account for that most of the later half of the 20th century we were gearing up for full scale-firestorm-burn-entire cities-and-your-grandma nuclear war.

[STEED]

Preferably this fellow below.

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/wp-content/uploads/kim-jong-un-hairstyle.jpeg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=kim+jong+un&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=3-uH-yTgzB-x7M&tbnid=7O8Znzft4u8hcM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sabotagetimes.com%2Freportage %2Fis-kim-jong-un-the-king-of-the-personality-cult%2F&ei=qLFiUZHTCIOb0AWUy4HACA&bvm=bv.44770516,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNGurOTveNANDWiKUhkVbTAC76j7pQ&ust=1365508896827188)

Problem is he needs to get laid, miserable sod he is.

[gimpy117]

Problem is he needs to get laid, miserable sod he is.

you think he hasn't? he probabally does the deed with anybody he wants in the North Korea whilst taking a bath in Hennessy and or wallowing in money, but always eating cake

[STEED]

you think he hasn't? he probabally does the deed with anybody he wants in the North Korea whilst taking a bath in Hennessy and or wallowing in money, but always eating cake

Lets ask him. :har:

[mapuc]

A few days ago I was about to send an email to a swedish journalist
That because of what it was written in the article, he hade written

This is what I would have written(in swedish offcourse)

Dear sir

I will ask you to be more correctly regarding NK's possibility to send atomic missil against USA a.s.o

It's correct they have rocket that can reach from 6000-9000+ km
It's correct they have the possibility to make atombombs

BUT they do NOT have the knowledge to "shrink" the atomic bomb, so it fit's inside the top of an rocket and stil remain it's strenght or becoming more powerfull(warhead)

If I had, would it have been wrong??

Markus

[eddie]

I don't think so mapuc, without asking questions, we will learn nothing.

[Jimbuna]

A few days ago I was about to send an email to a swedish journalist
That because of what it was written in the article, he hade written

This is what I would have written(in swedish offcourse)

Dear sir

I will ask you to be more correctly regarding NK's possibility to send atomic missil against USA a.s.o

It's correct they have rocket that can reach from 6000-9000+ km
It's correct they have the possibility to make atombombs

BUT they do NOT have the knowledge to "shrink" the atomic bomb, so it fit's inside the top of an rocket and stil remain it's strenght or becoming more powerfull(warhead)

If I had, would it have been wrong??

Markus


I do believe you are correct mapuc.

[frau kaleun]

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7266947584/h35F2F219/

[Schroeder]

WUT, they've already advanced from punch cards?:o

[Rockstar]

You know Little Kim would have never gone this far had he been awarded his rightful place as Time magazine person of the year. He was a shoe in with 5.6 million votes, he was it man, but they robbed him. Now, he is a man on a mission of vengence.

[Onkel Neal]

US Secretly Deploys B-1 Strategic Bombers, E-6 "Doomsday" Planes Near North Korea (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-05/us-secretly-deploys-b-1-strategic-bombers-e-6-doomsday-planes-near-north-korea)

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/sm/custom/46ae055cee.gif

[mookiemookie]

I almost want them to do something so that there can be some resolution to this whole thing.

[Jimbuna]

Well it's certainly no secret now :)

[August]

In like of the Korean Emergency I am instituting the Ron White Emergency Preparedness (RWEP) Level One:

"Go get a damn helmet"

If hostilities should commence we will go immediately to RWEP Level 2:

"Put on the damn helmet"


That is all.
:salute:

[mapuc]

After have read some of the Swedish newspaper today(online) about their warnings a.s.o I was thinking of my earlier thread(322)

Either they are bluffing or they are so convinced that they will win a war and are therefore not afraid to give hint and warnings of what they are going to do next.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

An attack by NK against SK would result in an overwhelming defeat for NK in a maximum of 3 - 4 days :yep:

[Stealhead]

According to CNN US military SIGINT implies that NK is going to launch and is not going to give the usual test launch warning.

I wonder if NK is hoping to get South Korea,the US or Japan to react to something.For example someone attacking the launch location or a NK facility and then NK using that as a reason to go to war.

The ROK navy vessel that was sunk a few years back by the DPRK I wonder now if that was part of a some long term plan.:hmmm: It did get the South Koreans pretty angry.

[Madox58]

No matter how it goes down?
We'll spend billions to bomb them back to the stone age.
They lose what? Maybe 3 weeks of technology?

They don't remember the 100 hour War I guess.

[nikimcbee]

An attack by NK against SK would result in an overwhelming defeat for NK in a maximum of 3 - 4 days :yep:

so do I call my bookie then? If I bet $100 on the NoKos and they win???:hmmm:

[Madox58]

so do I call my bookie then? If I bet $100 on the NoKos and they win???:hmmm:

Depends on the spread.

[nikimcbee]

No matter how it goes down?
We'll spend billions to bomb them back to the stone age.
They lose what? Maybe 3 weeks of technology?

But think of the aid package to rebuild them they would get.:hmm2:

[Madox58]

Again, The mouse that roared.
:haha:

[nikimcbee]

Depends on the spread.

What's the over/under? Jim knows a good bookie, let's ask him.:/\\k:

[Madox58]

I'm betting under 100 hours.
:D

[nikimcbee]

http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451af9f69e2017d419e2df1970c-500wi

I can't read what Jim is writing down.

[Madox58]

http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451af9f69e2017d419e2df1970c-500wi

MMM! Burger!!

[Reece]

http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451af9f69e2017d419e2df1970c-500wi

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20051122034552/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/e/e1/RonaldMcHitler.jpg/380px-RonaldMcHitler.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451af9f69e2017d419e2df1970c-500wi

I can't read what Jim is writing down.

That should be his new title...The Burger King :)

[TarJak]

http://img6.joyreactor.com/pics/post/photomontage-north-korea-countries-kim-jong-un-628716.jpeg

[Jimbuna]

http://i.qkme.me/3tcecy.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=kim+jong+un+crazy&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=vS819X2tZxqTbM&tbnid=JwEjmJ0-6Udx4M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.quickmeme.com%2Fmeme%2F3tcecy %2F&ei=y1xlUbqwDKew0QXJ6YHoCg&bvm=bv.44990110,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNFsN1a9IDgYUNnRpZvSmyNyiFXmnw&ust=1365683594768784)

[TarJak]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9282/kimjongungenerals580.jpg

[TarJak]

http://cdn.pophangover.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/130404_mkmcg_zps7ab0609c.gif

http://cdn.pophangover.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tumblr_mezjawOZ3w1rt8levo1_500.gif

[Platapus]

Tarjack,

Steve is gonna jump on ya for that! :yep:

[frau kaleun]

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7294213120/h444AA6E6/

[Armistead]

Every time I see a picture of Kim, just seems he should be wearing a diaper.

[Jimbuna]

http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2012/01/08/1226239/404083-north-korea-kim-jong-un.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=kim%20jong%20un%20diaper&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ZX69FW7Bo3oU0M&tbnid=9Vmw28KAq5EtkM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.secondcitizen.net%2FForum%2Fs howthread.php%3Fp%3D481322&ei=B8tlUfbUNbCp0AXv0IG4CQ&bvm=bv.44990110,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNEf-imINHYpeNk_0iKx8ujhm48HQQ&ust=1365712003183093)
"How do you flush this thing after your finished?"

[AVGWarhawk]

:haha:

[les green01]

we should have tooking care of north korea in 1968 when they capture the USS Pueblo

[Oberon]

Latest news indicates that the DPRK has moved at least one of its Musudan missiles into launch position on its TEL.

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/11/north-korea-raises-at-least-one-missile-into-firing-position/

They've also been moving the missiles around a bit to try and confuse intel observers. Naturally no-one is being fooled.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130411084054-musudan-missile-story-top.jpg
A Musudan 'missile' (likely a mock-up) on board its TEL.

Hopefully we'll be able to gain some intel about the capabilities of this missile when they test launch it. :yep:

[Betonov]

http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/7059978_700b.jpg

[Jimbuna]

They'll be shot down should they launch and then the crap may hit the fan and the good guys will have the excuse to finally put the rice farmers into their rightful place.

[Oberon]

I'd say that it depends which way they launch it, if they use their normal testing bearing then the ROK/Japan/US will probably just let it splash into the sea. If they try something new then they might shoot it down.
Bear in mind that shooting the missile down is exactly what the DPRK wants them to do, so it can claim that the US fired first by conducting an offensive act upon a peaceful missile test. So, it's not highly likely that the US/Japan/ROK will shoot down the missile since they don't want to play into the DPRKs hands...which of course will force the DPRK to look for another way to try to provoke the US/ROK.

[Jimbuna]

**** em....anything over the relevant land mass then shoot it down (Japan has already stated it would).

My time ass a copper always taught me, amongst many other ethics......pee or get off the pot!!

[mapuc]

I'd say that it depends which way they launch it, if they use their normal testing bearing then the ROK/Japan/US will probably just let it splash into the sea. If they try something new then they might shoot it down.
Bear in mind that shooting the missile down is exactly what the DPRK wants them to do, so it can claim that the US fired first by conducting an offensive act upon a peaceful missile test. So, it's not highly likely that the US/Japan/ROK will shoot down the missile since they don't want to play into the DPRKs hands...which of course will force the DPRK to look for another way to try to provoke the US/ROK.

Funny you mention it have just seen a reportage about just that, and the journalist said, that the best thing NK could do was to send out toward the sea. Sending it toward one USA bases, Japan or SK would trigger the US defense and with all these threats that NK have come with against USA, USA could response 10 fold.

And this danish reporter is right. If one of their missile is heading their way, they can't say if it's test or if it's real. Not if they shall have the time they need.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Then Armageddon for the north would result.

[mapuc]

Seems like I may have been to fast on my belief about NK possibility to arm their missils with nuke

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/world/asia/north-korea-may-have-nuclear-missile-capability-us-agency-says.html?hp&_r=1&

Markus

[Madox58]

My time ass
My Timex says it's time for a spell checker.
:har:

(OH, and Nancy says "Hi Jim!!")

[TarJak]

You have a Timex?:haha:

As for Jim's Time Ass, is that like a Turdis?:hmmm:

[Madox58]

Don't know Grant.
Still trying to find out what a Time ass is!
:haha:

(Don't do a Google search! :o)

[Reece]

Don't know Grant.
Still trying to find out what a Time ass is!
:haha:

Time to go I think!:yep:

[Madox58]

Time to go I think!:yep:
Your Time ass tell you that?
:haha:

[TarJak]

Don't know Grant.
Still trying to find out what a Time ass is!
:haha:

(Don't do a Google search! :o)

Work has some content blocking going on so I can't till I get home. Sounds like I shouldn't bother.

[Madox58]

Sounds like I shouldn't bother.
:haha:
Not with the Wife lookin' over your shoulder!
:o

[soopaman2]

Seems like I may have been to fast on my belief about NK possibility to arm their missils with nuke

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/world/asia/north-korea-may-have-nuclear-missile-capability-us-agency-says.html?hp&_r=1&

Markus

This same Pentagon was sure of WMDs in Iraq.

Posted before, but worth a rerun, my artistic interpretation of Kims advanced missile program, and the competence of its operators.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f259/Soopaman2/nkorea.jpg

[TarJak]

Fudpuckering sights no doubt.

[Reece]

Your Time ass tell you that?
:haha:
No my ass tell me it's time!!:haha:

[nikimcbee]

Time ass bandwagon, here I come.

Is that the Geordie version of a "Bronie/"

http://rlv.zcache.com/cute_donkey_with_flower_wall_clock-r1548aaa1d80e41ba8c6bd27e03b6e5f8_fup13_8byvr_512. jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=XDTF5VZnvpdwIM&tbnid=oQXpexQSD1JSPM:&ved=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zazzle.com%2Fcute_donkey_with _flower_wall_clock-256360597841184411&ei=23RnUcjNC6bR2QWc3oGADg&bvm=bv.45175338,d.b2I&psig=AFQjCNEUDKgASOI0zAGDAR2ecaxDhi-kyg&ust=1365821019472114)

[Skybird]

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3734332.htm

Short film on and interview with a former female Northkorean top spy/assassin. Written transcript included.


North Korea is not a state, it's a cult.

[mookiemookie]

http://i.imgur.com/z4FIEXp.jpg

[Feuer Frei!]

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/international/horse-615c.jpg

[raymond6751]

Monday is, apparently, the birthday of the founder of N. Korea.

Perhaps some fireworks are in order.

[HundertzehnGustav]

:shifty: shady joke.:down:
and you know it.

:haha:

[Jimbuna]

Monday is, apparently, the birthday of the founder of N. Korea.

Perhaps some fireworks are in order.

Could well be :hmmm:

[Onkel Neal]

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/world/2013/04/12/lah-nkorea-brainwash.cnn

Shame on the West for allowing this.

[Platapus]

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/world/2013/04/12/lah-nkorea-brainwash.cnn

Shame on the West for allowing this.


A news media reporting that another news media is used for propaganda.

It just boggles the mind. :nope:

[nikimcbee]

A news media reporting that another news media is used for propaganda.

It just boggles the mind. :nope:

:up:CNN sees no irony here. (or any of the others:doh:)

[nikimcbee]

I just watched this last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMEP-wXpPV0

Good grief. At a loss for words.:doh:

[Jimbuna]

I just watched this last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMEP-wXpPV0

Good grief. At a loss for words.:doh:

Blocked in the UK on copyright grounds.

[Onkel Neal]

I wonder, the world would erupt in protest at a nation practicing slavery or apartheid, but this is ignored. Think of the millions of NKs who have had their freaking minds rotted by this psychological poison. :nope:

[Oberon]

[QUOTE=Neal Stevens;2041207]I wonder, the world would erupt in protest at a nation practicing slavery or apartheid/QUOTE]

Depends on the nation, it took quite a few decades for Apartheid South Africa to collapse, and that was more through internal than external pressure.

[TLAM Strike]

Depends on the nation, it took quite a few decades for Apartheid South Africa to collapse, and that was more through internal than external pressure.
Yep really depends on the Nation.
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1313/meccamuslimsonlyroadsig.jpg
1400 years of apartheid and still going strong.

[Onkel Neal]

NK nuclear weapons "a matter of time" (http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t2#/video/bestoftv/2013/04/14/exp-sotu-john-mccain-on-north-korea.cnn)

If something is being created by an enemy and all you do is talk about stopping it, it will be created. Same with Iran. Why don't the US Presidents just save their breath and stopped saying "a nuclear Iran/N Korea will not be tolerated". Yeah? Whatcha gonna do about it? Nothing. :shifty:

Barbara Tuchman indeed! McCain making a lot of sense here.

[Cybermat47]

Why don't the US Presidents just save their breath and stopped saying "a nuclear Iran/N Korea will not be tolerated". Yeah? Whatcha gonna do about it? Nothing. :shifty:


I won't tolerate that attitude Neal. Just give me a second...

[Oberon]

Why don't the US Presidents just save their breath and stopped saying "a nuclear Iran/N Korea will not be tolerated". Yeah? Whatcha gonna do about it? Nothing. :shifty:

Da, either you take an action to remove the nuclear weapons from the DPRK, or you accept the DPRK as a nuclear nation and take steps to contain it. Of course, accepting the DPRK is a nuclear nation is a difficult political move to make, because then the DPRK will demand the removal of sanctions and the ROK will demand its own nuclear arsenal to assure the balance of power. What they're doing at the moment is using a part of both options, they are taking steps to contain the DPRK as a nuclear nation, but they're not giving it any wiggle room by denying that they accept it as a nuclear nation. It's a bit of a compromise, but that's how it goes.

Now, we just have to wait until Kim makes his next move, to act before then would be exactly what he wants us to do. :yep:

[Oberon]

I won't tolerate that attitude Neal. Just give me a second...


ROUND ONE

https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1697024721/Chuck_Norris.jpg

VS

http://blogs.loughboroughecho.net/goaltastic/crocodile%20dundee.jpg

PLAYER ONE....FIGHT!

[GT182]

Can't beat this one.....

[TLAM Strike]

Well it is April 15th, so tax day and Kim Il-sung's Birthday. So expect something to happen.... :shifty:

[Reece]

Kim tried to launch but his Windows 95 system got a virus!:timeout:

[Jimbuna]

NK nuclear weapons "a matter of time" (http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t2#/video/bestoftv/2013/04/14/exp-sotu-john-mccain-on-north-korea.cnn)

If something is being created by an enemy and all you do is talk about stopping it, it will be created. Same with Iran. Why don't the US Presidents just save their breath and stopped saying "a nuclear Iran/N Korea will not be tolerated". Yeah? Whatcha gonna do about it? Nothing. :shifty:

Barbara Tuchman indeed! McCain making a lot of sense here.

I believe they would have done something by now were it not for the fact NK is right next to the PRC.

I reckon if the PRC and US could strike up a deal or understanding the young leader wouldn't be in power very much longer but I suspect he knows this.

The PRC could be sleeping in both camps.

[Skybird]

I wonder, the world would erupt in protest at a nation practicing slavery or apartheid, but this is ignored. Think of the millions of NKs who have had their freaking minds rotted by this psychological poison. :nope:

They are no Jewish state. ;)

But we give him plenty of headlines over non-news on page one, every day. Kim has squeezed a pimple. Kim saw a leaf of grass. Kim has cut a hair in his nose. Kim felt an itching in his right ear. Kim said "Hm...". Kim looked at someone. Kim did this. Kim did that.

Some newspapers spread the propaganda stories by NK news office so willingly and euphorically that one could mistake them to be a part of that apparatus.

[Feuer Frei!]

I believe they would have done something by now

Only one possible outcome. Again.
The US will give NK free stuff.
Let's look at history for a minute:
1993: Clinton gives NK free food and oil, courtesy of the taxpayer. This is after NK launches a missile into the sea of Japan, defiant of international sanctions.
1998: NK launches...wait for it....another missile.
Congress attempts to to stop the food and oil, free of course, but, Clinton keeps the freebies coming.
2002: Bush in his infinite wisdom discovers that NK was making nukes the whole time. Bush acts and cuts out the freebies, ie. food and oil.
2006: NK tests its first nuke.
2007: Bush, flip-flops, and gives NK...you guessed it, freebies of food and oil.
2009: NK tests another nuke and launches missiles. The US stops the freebies again.
2012: Obama says we will give you food and oil if you stop the nuclear missile program.
But...before the freebies could be delivered...another missile is launched!

So, NK is very good at getting their freebies. For absolutely nothing in return. They have nukes, missiles, and they are doing it all over again. What comes around goes around.
NK has time and time again been rewarded. And for what?
More chest-beating, more sword-rattling, more posturing, more idle threats...to get the freebies again.
And if you say sanctions? They don't work.
Not with NK.

[August]

"Why I fled North Korea"

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/14/opinion/lee-north-korea-refugee/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3 A+Top+Stories%29

[Reece]

http://blogs.denverpost.com/opinion/files/2013/04/kim-cartoon-keefe-495x309.jpg

[soopaman2]

NK nuclear weapons "a matter of time" (http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t2#/video/bestoftv/2013/04/14/exp-sotu-john-mccain-on-north-korea.cnn)

If something is being created by an enemy and all you do is talk about stopping it, it will be created. Same with Iran. Why don't the US Presidents just save their breath and stopped saying "a nuclear Iran/N Korea will not be tolerated". Yeah? Whatcha gonna do about it? Nothing. :shifty:

Barbara Tuchman indeed! McCain making a lot of sense here.

I think it is an issue that China and Russia have equal UN powers as us, and are in bed with them. They have ignored N Korea and even justified their actions over the years, then we send them aid...

Huh what?

I am just a common man, and find our actions since 1950 disgusting.

My solution, make China choose.

The country of 300 mil plus who floats your GDP, or some petulant child with nukes.

He seems to not understand the USA can nuke the world 10 times over, and still have some fun left for others.

Yet he is lucky enough to reach Japan with a missile...

Seriously?

I hear crap about Iran, but this a-hole really needs some marines on his shores, but yeah uhh China, ....

[BossMark]

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/10506_zpsa5ed526e.jpg

[eddie]

With what little internet the Chinese people have, they are making fun of North Korea,LOL

http://news.msn.com/world/video?videoid=374bce4c-0269-44ae-8f03-60e6b81d4676&ap=true

I love the paper airplanes representing the NK Air Force!:haha:

[Jimbuna]

Nice one :)

[mapuc]

Have tried to find these picture the danish news channel TV2NEWS showed us last week. It was some picture that had been smuggling across the border of NK.

Those picture had been taken in the secret and they showed a group of wealthy people sitting in the grass an enjoying them self and some of them were overweighted. We was told that those people in the picture was the over class people.


Markus

[Platapus]

Why don't the US Presidents just save their breath and stopped saying "a nuclear Iran/N Korea will not be tolerated". Yeah? Whatcha gonna do about it? Nothing. :shifty:

"Do not forbid that which you lack the power to prevent" - some old dead Greek guy.

I agree. Kerry making those statements only serve to make the US look impotent. He really needs to keep his yap shut. :nope:

[soopaman2]

"Do not forbid that which you lack the power to prevent" - some old dead Greek guy.

I agree. Kerry making those statements only serve to make the US look impotent. He really needs to keep his yap shut. :nope:

I agree, I hate when people try to look tough but have no intention of doing anything.

I want just one secretary of state to laugh at them, and tell them they are a mockery. Not just a laugh, but a over the top, maniacal cackle, just to satirize their lunacy. It is what the international community is thinking.

Just laugh at them, every time we take them seriously, we legitamize their regime.

Sorry China and Russia, but the cold war is over, let this loony toon stand on his own, let him deliver on his threats, or let him perish under his empty words.

Better yet, let Japan build an offensive force again (WW2 treaty) and let them protect their sovereignty. Japan is second on the threat list from this country after S Korea. (edit: at least locally, we all know they can not hit any US territory.)

Rather than let themselves be constantly threatened by some petulant child with 2 big daddies to keep him safe.

[kiwi_2005]

i Heard on the news here that N Korea wants to nuke New Zealand:huh:

[Garion]

i Heard on the news here that N Korea wants to nuke New Zealand:huh:

This is becoming a bad hobbit..:woot:

I'll get my coat

Cheers

Gary

[nikimcbee]

i Heard on the news here that N Korea wants to nuke New Zealand:huh:

You guys have a pretty good defence nework:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/gandalf-you-shall-not-pass.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

...
How quickly they forget. Only two pages ago...
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2040334&postcount=381

[Reece]

i Heard on the news here that N Korea wants to nuke New Zealand:huh:
The guy's a total nut job!!:doh: (I think I will name Kim Jong Un Curly Joe!!)

BTW, how is it going now Frank?:hmmm:

[Reece]

http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories//images/0312-rodman-kim_Bmho1.jpg
Rodman: You've just been nuked Kim, how's that for fallout!
Kim: Oh that's disgusting, I surrender!!

[Jimbuna]

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3001/359347funnyimagesonlead.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/407/359347funnyimagesonlead.jpg/)

[HundertzehnGustav]

Bump!

:O:

[Nicolas]

Maybe what he want is to make clear to everyone that they aim to become a nuclear power, and better stop trying to persuade them.
I really hope that there will be no conflicts really.

[Jimbuna]

Might just be me but are things getting a little quiet over there now? :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Might just be me but are things getting a little quiet over there now? :hmmm:

Boston has taken over the airwaves. But, aside from a statement the other day that the DPRK will not come to negotiations unless the sanctions are dropped, there hasn't been much news from Pyongyang.

[Jimbuna]

Boston has taken over the airwaves. But, aside from a statement the other day that the DPRK will not come to negotiations unless the sanctions are dropped, there hasn't been much news from Pyongyang.

I thought so...cheers.

[BossMark]

Kim Jong-Un has officially stated that he is a few inches closer to achieving his dream.

He is 3 ft 4 while the ride at the toddler fairground requires you to be 3 ft 8.

[Oberon]

Kim Jong-Un has officially stated that he is a few inches closer to achieving his dream.

He is 3 ft 4 while the ride at the toddler fairground requires you to be 3 ft 8.

http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/407/73392469937556408403122.jpg

[nikimcbee]

Boston has taken over the airwaves. But, aside from a statement the other day that the DPRK will not come to negotiations unless the sanctions are dropped, there hasn't been much news from Pyongyang.

I remember waaaaay back, when the NoKos were the main news story. What ever happen to them?

http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/407/73392469937556408403122.jpg

:haha:


oh well, better luck next year.

[Jimbuna]

I suspect they'll make an appearance pretty soon.

[Oberon]

Aye, they'll be pretty annoyed that their CNN airtime has been upstaged by some Chechens. I expect Moscow got an angry letter from Pyongyang for it. :haha:

[Reece]

I suspect they'll make an appearance pretty soon.
Either that or they will all starve to death!!:hmmm:
Kind of reminds me of this::yep:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPBp6DOwgU

[mapuc]

Either that or they will all starve to death!!:hmmm:
Kind of reminds me of this::yep:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPBp6DOwgU

Now they say April 25

And if I know NK right, nothing will happen on April 25.

They have the ball, so to say so they decide to when they will act if they are going to act and how.

About your short video clip from blazing saddles you could get the idea that they will try to nuke them self

Markus

[Reece]

Yes they threaten the world by punishing themselves!!:yep:

[Madox58]

They have to wait till the Boston thing dies down.


"YOU FREAKING NUT JOBS RUIN MY EVIL PLAN!"

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/06/article-2305067-191D42E7000005DC-213_306x444.jpg

[Reece]

He was looking in the mirror when he said that Jeff!!:haha:

[Cybermat47]

Kim Jong-Un has officially stated that he is a few inches closer to achieving his dream.


Viagra will help with the last few inches :yep:

[Reece]

Viagra will help with the last few inches :yep:
He probably has that well in hand!:03:

[WernherVonTrapp]

Photo deleted

[Jimbuna]

^ :har:

[nikimcbee]

Keep posting here. I think it is outrageous that the Boston tread has more posts than this one does. You are goning to hurt Kim's feelings.

[Jimbuna]

Keep posting here. I think it is outrageous that the Boston tread has more posts than this one does. You are goning to hurt Kim's feelings.

http://www.gloriousmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/da8dbc7f0207bb2663091657c6dfee02.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=kim+jong+un+weird&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=4c9M2_Q92HCAWM&tbnid=Z4ss1HeWyZf0XM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gloriousmind.com%2Fkim-jong-un-memes%2F&ei=HYF1UfPhJ8jP0AWGsIH4DQ&bvm=bv.45512109,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNF60up9uWsfHyXRC7F5CaQHc3ECkQ&ust=1366741642394453)

[WernherVonTrapp]

Photo deleted

[mapuc]

One of thise days I presume our uncle Neal will get a letter from your president Obama

"Dear Neal S

As you may know, we have some problems with NK and we are trying not to provoke them. However we have learned from their intelligence that your forum and it's member are mocking their beloved leader. Would you please stop duing
this"

Markus

[August]

One of thise days I presume our uncle Neal will get a letter from your president Obama

"Dear Neal S

As you may know, we have some problems with NK and we are trying not to provoke them. However we have learned from their intelligense that your forum and it's member are mocking their beloved leader. Would you please stop duing
this"

Markus


True fakt:

Kim Jong-un has an account on Subsim. Guess who it is.

[mapuc]

True fakt:

Kim Jong-un has an account on Subsim. Guess who it is.

First I have to say that my post was made as a joke.

is it Reece? No!?
is it jimbuna? No!?
is it you? No!?

Ok i give up.

Markus

[Reece]

All I can say Markus is:

http://f.kulfoto.com/pic/0001/0042/C1hW741296.jpg

[Cybermat47]

True fakt:

Kim Jong-un has an account on Subsim. Guess who it is.

Well, I'm definitely not Kim Jong-Un :yep:

[mapuc]

Well, I'm definitely not Kim Jong-Un :yep:

Says who(No not that who)

Markus

[Sailor Steve]

Methinks he doth protest too much. :yep:

[WernherVonTrapp]

Hey, wait a minute...:hmmm:

Photo deleted

[August]

It would answer a lot of questions... :hmmm:

[nikimcbee]

http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/misunderstood-kim-jong-un-meme.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=luGWOzArFY8kfM&tbnid=rrlS0scUOqsA1M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fweknowmemes.com%2F2013%2F04%2F25-funniest-north-korea-kim-jong-un-memes-gifs-and-comics%2F&ei=BwN2Uef8KKnu2AXBvYHoCw&bvm=bv.45512109,d.b2I&psig=AFQjCNG51kpZSZX46VXyFIJ25GN3NPSU1Q&ust=1366774899955942)

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT_zxD7o5fAQ1F2VgZAzpofoqpl14SPU K6w1OB82C_jGStzjVp8kg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=2QGK3gdwQMMVbM&tbnid=60kVv7iUOpJ98M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjoyreactor.com%2Fpost%2F716257%3F next%3Drandom&ei=AwR2UdLdG-iz2gW2yYDABQ&bvm=bv.45512109,d.b2I&psig=AFQjCNHlnxhwbTeJ6FOS3amZMLOIGo7wuA&ust=1366774993908891)

http://i.qkme.me/35k41w.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=GdxLrARmpt_xyM&tbnid=KpujxxgZ8hFiVM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffunny-pictures.feedio.net%2Fkim-jong-un-is-so-dragonball-android-19%2F&ei=9gR2UcmdM8fS2wXnsIDYBA&bvm=bv.45512109,d.b2I&psig=AFQjCNHlnxhwbTeJ6FOS3amZMLOIGo7wuA&ust=1366774993908891)

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[WernherVonTrapp]

Cartoon deleted

[Reece]

http://politicaldemotivation.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/north_korea_global_warming.jpg

[Jimbuna]

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/5647363584/hC7445380/ (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=north+korea+funny&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=MMYZy45OvFoaGM&tbnid=RBB9A2vsRJQXaM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcheezburger.com%2F5647363584&ei=v812UbOdF4qK0AWq_YGQBw&bvm=bv.45512109,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNF48f8kWab8fuglRCj2NcDnmuEvPQ&ust=1366826437859982)

[nikimcbee]

http://img1.owned.com/media/images/1/5/1/2/15129/end_a_war_feed_kim_jong_un_540.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=TK36k4Ubfi5MCM&tbnid=p3tiDUTYW0_b4M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owned.com%2Ftag%2Fkim%2Bjong% 2Bun%2F&ei=MF93UYv1NPSA2AWb64H4Bw&psig=AFQjCNHSbhQAEyCTqY7bO8xusXO9RNgFeQ&ust=1366864019868701)

[Reece]

Gee that one's bad Niki!!:yep:

[WernherVonTrapp]

DONKEY JONG

PHOTO DELETED

[Reece]

http://www.nknews.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/North-Korea-02.jpg
The purpose of this march is to kick the person in front of you in the backside!

[Jimbuna]

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/5734424064/hEA8C6D14/ (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=north+korea+funny&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=XmnpRkLkIuDWKM&tbnid=2LzlpuBmFLvIxM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Ficanhas.cheezburger.com%2Fjustcap shunz%2Ftag%2Fnorth-korea&ei=ryJ4UdigFqG40QXCyoDYCg&bvm=bv.45580626,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNEYCn19tvdv-c5i8OSyD92M11NxUg&ust=1366914086174698)

[BossMark]

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/3ecfa48bef3b4d17532f6f4f255ea1fa_width_600x_zps8f4 e513f.jpg

[Oberon]

Kim bored, US not playing ball:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22429734

[eddie]

Yep, since no one is paying attention, he's picking up his toys and going home!

[Oberon]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zKBbtj9rWrU/TKaqxB7tz7I/AAAAAAAAF4Y/o1GvXqEiEZo/s1600/South+Park+Kimmy.jpg

"Screw you guys, I'm going home."

[eddie]

LOL:D

[WernherVonTrapp]

Photo deleted.

[Jimbuna]

Oops :oops:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=204227

[Schroeder]

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3662383761303036.jpg
"Hello helpdesk? My nuclear missiles won't launch!"
"Have you tried to switch them off and on again, sir?"

[Jimbuna]

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3662383761303036.jpg
"Hello, is that 'Rentabomb'"?
"Yes sir, how may we help you"?
"Do you have any that actually work"?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Get me +1 20 2 45 61 111

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3662383761303036.jpg
No you iriot, no the White House, my favourite Curry House!

[nikimcbee]

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3662383761303036.jpg
"Hello helpdesk? My nuclear missiles won't launch!"
"Have you tried to switch them off and on again, sir?"

Damn, I need to find my subsim snugglez the customer service lol cat photo and I will have some fun.

[Jimbuna]

http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2013/04/05/359346-funny-images-on-leader-kim-jong-un.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=north+korea+funny&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=TnbOBFXLoHd0zM&tbnid=KWwvkWSdKaxKzM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fau.ibtimes.com%2Farticles_slidesh ows%2F453784%2F20130405%2Fnorth-korea-nuclear-war-social-media-sites-react-with-funny-images-on-leader-kim-jong-un-photos_2.htm&ei=PDGJUcmcD-LC0QWgooDYCw&bvm=bv.45960087,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNFb4vU_HvafH2_dL5p3Oxp_9-dP1w&ust=1368031823521686)

[STEED]

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3662383761303036.jpg

My ooking nukes won't fly!
Hello sir your though to pervert sex chat how may we satisfy you?
My ooking nukes....did you say pervert sex chat?
Yes
I've been a bad boy and need a good hard spanking and flogging.
You dirty old sod you.
Yes I am...

[nikimcbee]

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3662383761303036.jpg
ring...ring.....


http://meowzas.typepad.com/meowzascom/funny-pictures-call-center-cat.jpg
(reading in my best Indian accent)

"Tank you for calling Rockets R Us. My name is Bill, how can I help you?"
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3662383761303036.jpg

"My wockets no raunch! WTF!"

http://meowzas.typepad.com/meowzascom/funny-pictures-call-center-cat.jpg

Maam, I'm sorry to hear that. Do you have your customer number and serial number?"

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3662383761303036.jpg

"No! Why I need that?"

http://meowzas.typepad.com/meowzascom/funny-pictures-call-center-cat.jpg

Maam, I caaaannot help you without that information. You can find the serial number on the inside of the flux capacitor access panel."

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3662383761303036.jpg
"Ok, I rook that up."

http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2013/04/05/359346-funny-images-on-leader-kim-jong-un.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=north+korea+funny&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=TnbOBFXLoHd0zM&tbnid=KWwvkWSdKaxKzM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fau.ibtimes.com%2Farticles_slidesh ows%2F453784%2F20130405%2Fnorth-korea-nuclear-war-social-media-sites-react-with-funny-images-on-leader-kim-jong-un-photos_2.htm&ei=PDGJUcmcD-LC0QWgooDYCw&bvm=bv.45960087,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNFb4vU_HvafH2_dL5p3Oxp_9-dP1w&ust=1368031823521686)

...20 minutes later.


"Okay, I find number, now what?"

http://meowzas.typepad.com/meowzascom/funny-pictures-call-center-cat.jpg

"One moment while I look up your account.
Sooorry for the delay, my system is slow.
.
.
..

"Okay, Mr. Smith, I see you have the Big Daddy Estes model Rocket kit-Gold edition.
http://www.estesrockets.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/0/002162_main_1.png


"okay, I will diagnose your problem now. I will put you on hold."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okqEVeNqBhc




http://meowzas.typepad.com/meowzascom/funny-pictures-call-center-cat.jpg

Okay, Maam, I checked your system and I received no signal to the rocket. Is the modem plugged in?"

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3662383761303036.jpg

"No, I go check."





http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2013/04/05/359346-funny-images-on-leader-kim-jong-un.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=north+korea+funny&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=TnbOBFXLoHd0zM&tbnid=KWwvkWSdKaxKzM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fau.ibtimes.com%2Farticles_slidesh ows%2F453784%2F20130405%2Fnorth-korea-nuclear-war-social-media-sites-react-with-funny-images-on-leader-kim-jong-un-photos_2.htm&ei=PDGJUcmcD-LC0QWgooDYCw&bvm=bv.45960087,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNFb4vU_HvafH2_dL5p3Oxp_9-dP1w&ust=1368031823521686)

http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/attachments/414762/

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3662383761303036.jpg

"okay, it plugged in now."

http://meowzas.typepad.com/meowzascom/funny-pictures-call-center-cat.jpg

"I'm still not connecting. Is your phone line okay?"

http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2013/04/05/359346-funny-images-on-leader-kim-jong-un.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=north+korea+funny&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=TnbOBFXLoHd0zM&tbnid=KWwvkWSdKaxKzM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fau.ibtimes.com%2Farticles_slidesh ows%2F453784%2F20130405%2Fnorth-korea-nuclear-war-social-media-sites-react-with-funny-images-on-leader-kim-jong-un-photos_2.htm&ei=PDGJUcmcD-LC0QWgooDYCw&bvm=bv.45960087,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNFb4vU_HvafH2_dL5p3Oxp_9-dP1w&ust=1368031823521686)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b5jZxTCSlm0/TB4dA-0wGoI/AAAAAAAAFJE/hwpqoUu1Wr0/s1600/Telephone+Line+Cut.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/4/15/1334461437197/Kim-Jong-un-008.jpg

"Steeeeeeeeed! I'll get you!"

http://meowzas.typepad.com/meowzascom/funny-pictures-call-center-cat.jpg
"Tank-you for calling Rockets R Us. Have a nice day."



Note: if you'd like to dabble in NoKo rocketry, you can own the same kit:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXF542&P=FR

[Jimbuna]

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Hi babe, I might be home late tonight.....the cartoons on tv are running over.

[WernherVonTrapp]

N Korea missile test:
:dead:

[Cybermat47]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdizTdTBvxo

Skip to 3:09 to see how the DPRK's missile program is going :haha:

[Red October1984]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Because North Korean Long Range missiles don't reach that far.

(Sorry if that's been used already. I'm new to this thread. :har: )

@ Niki's post... :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[Gerald]

here is no doubt that North Korea treats its prisoners harshly.
When outsiders are arrested, they are often sentenced to hard labour, and that's exactly what it is - compounded by the severe oppression of isolation and helplessness.
The BBC knows of one former prisoner who was broken psychologically by his treatment. Many years later, he remains too traumatised to talk about it easily.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40269546

I am glad he is free and I hope he will recover. But there is no doubt at all that there is a sytematic breakdown at all levels in the closed country.

Note: 2017-14-06

[Platapus]

Protips:

1. Don't visit North Korea
2. If you have to visit North Korea, learn their laws
3. Obey the Laws. Recognize that it is their country and their laws. It does not matter in the slightest if you think the laws are unfair or repressive. Duh, its a repressive country genius.
4. If you go to North Korea with the intention of spreading the word of your god, expect your god to rescue you, not your native country. If your god does not rescue you, perhaps you did not do a good enough job.
5. (country specific) North Korean government does not like Americans.
6. Don't visit North Korea

Billions of people on this planet avoid being put in North Korean prisons simply by following these simple tips. :up:

Foreigners who do end up on North Korean prisons, didn't.

[Jimbuna]

Protips:

1. Don't visit North Korea
2. If you have to visit North Korea, learn their laws
3. Obey the Laws. Recognize that it is their country and their laws. It does not matter in the slightest if you think the laws are unfair or repressive. Duh, its a repressive country genius.
4. If you go to North Korea with the intention of spreading the word of your god, expect your god to rescue you, not your native country. If your god does not rescue you, perhaps you did not do a good enough job.
5. (country specific) North Korean government does not like Americans.
6. Don't visit North Korea

Billions of people on this planet avoid being put in North Korean prisons simply by following these simple tips. :up:

Foreigners who do end up on North Korean prisons, didn't.

Yep :yep:

[August]

Protips:

1. Don't visit North Korea
2. If you have to visit North Korea, learn their laws
3. Obey the Laws. Recognize that it is their country and their laws. It does not matter in the slightest if you think the laws are unfair or repressive. Duh, its a repressive country genius.
4. If you go to North Korea with the intention of spreading the word of your god, expect your god to rescue you, not your native country. If your god does not rescue you, perhaps you did not do a good enough job.
5. (country specific) North Korean government does not like Americans.
6. Don't visit North Korea

You might as well add

7. Realize that you don't have to do anything wrong to get tossed in one of their prisons. They will use you as a disposable political bargaining chip in a second.

[Jimbuna]

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