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originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: face23785
We're there to defend the South. Get a clue.
The country was divided so people like you could say stupid s*** like that.
Divide and conquer...
originally posted by: xstealth
North Korea is buying time. They're worried now that the Olympics are over the US might do a pre-emptive strike.
originally posted by: SaturnFX
We should carpet bomb the entire north korean country with open access untracable tablets, smart phones, ipads, etc. full unfettered internet access. just millions of em.
then let the north korean citizens handle it themselves once they get info on the real world
originally posted by: Kyrios0Zero
originally posted by: SaturnFX
We should carpet bomb the entire north korean country with open access untracable tablets, smart phones, ipads, etc. full unfettered internet access. just millions of em.
then let the north korean citizens handle it themselves once they get info on the real world
Seems to me they'd read up on American interventions in Libya, Syria, etc. and realize that their government wasn't just blowing smoke up their asses after all. Then they might find all of the research which has been done on the psychological harm caused by modern modes of living as well as the potentials for increased state surveillance through advanced technologies, let alone those who are warning about the dangers of EM pollution, and decide they might be better off without all the junk. They'll be able to read up on how their southern cousins have abundant food and "luxuries," but work themselves to death all the same while shady cults run the show as a proxy for the American empire. If you want to bring them out of hermit mode, airdropping knowledge of the follies of the rest of the world seems like the worst move.
originally posted by: SaturnFX
originally posted by: Kyrios0Zero
originally posted by: SaturnFX
We should carpet bomb the entire north korean country with open access untracable tablets, smart phones, ipads, etc. full unfettered internet access. just millions of em.
then let the north korean citizens handle it themselves once they get info on the real world
Seems to me they'd read up on American interventions in Libya, Syria, etc. and realize that their government wasn't just blowing smoke up their asses after all. Then they might find all of the research which has been done on the psychological harm caused by modern modes of living as well as the potentials for increased state surveillance through advanced technologies, let alone those who are warning about the dangers of EM pollution, and decide they might be better off without all the junk. They'll be able to read up on how their southern cousins have abundant food and "luxuries," but work themselves to death all the same while shady cults run the show as a proxy for the American empire. If you want to bring them out of hermit mode, airdropping knowledge of the follies of the rest of the world seems like the worst move.
Any chance we can airdrop you in?
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: intrptr
I know I've asked this before, but how do 35,000 troops in South Korea "occupy" a country with a population of over 50 million people, with a military of over 495,000 troops? Even adding in the 40 thousand or so in Japan, that only comes to 75 thousand, only a small percentage of whom are combat capable...?
Occupy? Hardly.
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: intrptr
I know I've asked this before, but how do 35,000 troops in South Korea "occupy" a country with a population of over 50 million people, with a military of over 495,000 troops? Even adding in the 40 thousand or so in Japan, that only comes to 75 thousand, only a small percentage of whom are combat capable...?
Occupy? Hardly.
And all we have to do is lift the sanctions and send them 150 billion - in cash, and they will play nice just like Iran does...
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys that his country is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons and that it would suspend all nuclear and missile tests while it is engaged in such talks, South Korean officials said on Tuesday.
During the envoys’ two-day visit to Pyongyang, the North’s capital, which ended on Tuesday, the two Koreas also agreed to hold a summit meeting between Mr. Kim and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea on the countries’ border in late April, Mr. Moon’s office said in a statement.
North Korea Is Willing to Discuss Giving Up Nuclear Weapons, South Says
Well it appears the North is willing to discuss abandoning its nuclear ambitions.
While they often engage in tricks or games to achieve their agenda, it's rare that they hold direct talks of this nature.
Perhaps it's a ploy to buy some time and get some of these sanctions lifted. But this is definitely interesting given the very positive language we've already seen.
originally posted by: Iscool
And all we have to do is lift the sanctions and send them 150 billion - in cash, and they will play nice just like Iran does...
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys that his country is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons and that it would suspend all nuclear and missile tests while it is engaged in such talks, South Korean officials said on Tuesday.
During the envoys’ two-day visit to Pyongyang, the North’s capital, which ended on Tuesday, the two Koreas also agreed to hold a summit meeting between Mr. Kim and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea on the countries’ border in late April, Mr. Moon’s office said in a statement.
North Korea Is Willing to Discuss Giving Up Nuclear Weapons, South Says
Well it appears the North is willing to discuss abandoning its nuclear ambitions.
While they often engage in tricks or games to achieve their agenda, it's rare that they hold direct talks of this nature.
Perhaps it's a ploy to buy some time and get some of these sanctions lifted. But this is definitely interesting given the very positive language we've already seen.
I know I've asked this before, but how do 35,000 troops in South Korea "occupy" a country with a population of over 50 million people, with a military of over 495,000 troops?
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: seagull
I know I've asked this before, but how do 35,000 troops in South Korea "occupy" a country with a population of over 50 million people, with a military of over 495,000 troops?
"Only" (source?) 35,000?
So if china or russia sent as many to your town you wouldn't call that an occupation....