2017-03-05, 04:04 | Link #82 |
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N. Korean ambassador given 48 hours to leave
Congratulation North Korea. You just pissed off one of the few nations friendly to you for your asshole behavior and killing a defector in their country.
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2017-03-05, 06:50 | Link #83 |
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In all honesty I not be surprised if North Korea gets invaded within Trumps time in the White House. They seem to be making progress on the nukes (which makes people nervous) and even China, the only major power who resistant to the idea of them being attacked, is getting frustrated with them. So I suspect either China going to invade and set up a puppet state, or America will and hand the running of North Korea to South Korea after the dust has cleared.
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2017-03-05, 22:52 | Link #85 | |
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As for the Americans, the biggest roadblock to an invasion from the South is South Korea because they just don't seem willing to do what West Germans did in the years following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It's like saying there's very little potential for anyone to take from North Koreans after the regime gets destroyed. Last edited by Toukairin; 2017-03-05 at 23:46. |
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2017-04-09, 09:27 | Link #86 |
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US Navy Strike Group to Move to Korean Peninsula
In light of the bomb-drops in Syria by those destroyers, I'm looking forward to the state sponsored response out of North Korea.
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2017-04-10, 18:45 | Link #88 | |
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However, no one knows how much confidence the central Chinese government has in its armed forces for some reason. Since I haven't read what military experts who have contacts in China write, I cannot tell what is the level of confidence over there. Also the last time Chinese troops were involved in hostile territory (that was just last October), it was regarded as a disaster. Last edited by Toukairin; 2017-04-10 at 23:54. |
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2017-04-10, 22:57 | Link #89 | |
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I don't see any engagement on the Peninsula that doesn't result in thousands or even millions of dead Koreans. Worst case a fallout cloud spreads to Japan and across the Pacific. I've lived for a long time without seeing a nuclear exchange; I don't want to see one now.
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2017-04-11, 18:20 | Link #90 |
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My two brothers and I and a friend are going on a trip to Japan from May 9th to May 25th...should we reconsider the trip? Or should we go anyways? I don't know how dicey things are over there right now. Should we be pretty worried? Should we be worried about a nuclear strike on Japan?
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2017-04-11, 19:50 | Link #91 | |
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As far as I can tell, the Japanese population are not worried about it. South Koreans are the ones who are under threat. Japan is just not the top priority target.
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2017-04-12, 06:43 | Link #93 |
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what motivates Trump is usually his projected image. He's treating this presidency like a reality show and he wants to show off.
what motivates Kim Jong Un is own self survival and severe distrust. He has no qualms killing off family, probably out of paranoia, to ensure his position If Kim were to interpret the recent actions in Syria as Trump willing get his hands messy, and not just saber rattling. how would Kim react? How would his inner circle (what's left of it?) react Someone who is cornered and has nothing else to lose can do horrible things
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Yeah, I guess I just got a bit concerned when looking at all that is going on over there.
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2017-04-12, 12:35 | Link #95 |
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I also tend to think that a military invasion of some kind is going to take place in North Korea relatively soon.
I think the use of a chemical nerve agent to assassinate someone in an international airport of a country friendly to North Korea is what put us on this path. I mean, just read that sentence and think about just how flagrant and hostile such an action is. The risk of action against North Korea is now less than the risk of not acting. Think about it from China's perspective. Kim Jong-nam was connected to China, my guess is that he was sort of their back up plan in case they decided they needed a more biddable ruler of N. Korea. Assassinating him can be viewed as trying to limit China's options. Additionally it was done in a way that flaunts traditional codes of state behavior, demonstrates a callous disregard for the lives of innocent civilians of all other nations, and shows a contempt for the simple idea of not harming your own allies. If North Korea is willing to do that, then how confident can any nation be that they won't violate some other standard of behavior? Can China be confident that N. Korea won't strike out at them if it happens to benefit N. Korea in some small way? Additionally, the US has stopped responding to North Korean provocations. That tends to suggest the US has decided that words and signals of disapproval are now meaningless. Pretty sure that the US and China have come to some kind of agreement. I understand that China now has something like 150,000 troops mobilized on the border with N. Korea, so maybe China will be the one leading the invasion.
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2017-04-12, 14:18 | Link #96 |
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A Chinese ground invasion backed up by US Naval forces would be an impressive feat really. Even if the only thing the Americans do is distract the North Koreans into looking South and East rather than North and West.
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2017-04-12, 15:00 | Link #97 |
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So if invading North Korea may be a possibility in perhaps the near future, do we have to worry about something batshit stupid from Trump like him ordering a nuclear strike on Pyongyang? Or...white house officials probably wouldn't allow that because of fallout going to China, South Korea, and Japan?
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2017-04-12, 16:15 | Link #98 |
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I don't think Trump needs to do that
nukes have VERY bad PR However, I think a desperate retaliation nuclear strike from PyongYang would be more likely the best of worst scenarios is for the north Korean inner circle to seize control over their equivalent of nuke launch authorization and use it as a leverage for surrender terms because I don't think Kim is going to surrender But I'm not sure how much opposing faction is left. Kim did start a inner circle purge after all.
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2017-04-12, 16:23 | Link #99 | |
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Are you from Japan?
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