2009-04-15, 18:37 | Link #1 |
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North Korea Crisis
Considering what North Korea has recently done, I think this topic definitely deserves its own thread. Here are some links that will provide valuable information on the situation:
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 N. Korea ejects IAEA inspectors from Yongbyon nuclear facilities North Korea Expelling US Monitors From Reactor Site 0000 North Korea is now going out of control. Not just that they dare defy the international community's strong protests and test-fired a ballistic missile in the disguise of a "satellite", they are now going to improve their missile and nuclear capabilities due to their failed "satellite" test. This is clearly a severe violation of the United Nations Security Councile Resolution 1718. They are now going to stop six-party talks from advancing by not participating in it which means that the six-party talks concept was trash to begin with. Whose idea was it to have six-party talks? Oh wait, isn't it the same country that is currently urging the world to remain calm about North Korea's recent defiances? It is also the same country that is unwilling to cooperate on the issue of North Korea at the United Nations Security Council, forcing Japan and the United States to stick to a press statement rather than a presidential statement meaning that it is merely an act of drama rather an actual effective plan to pressure North Korea to cease their hostile attitudes. China is definitely an obstacle to resolving the North Korea crisis and that if this very fact is ignored, North Korea will definitely be encouraged to continue their acts of aggression from now on.. Unfortunately, nothing can be done at this moment since China and Russia are both veto-wielding members of the UNSC. In this case, the United Nations Security Council is useless. I do acknowledge that there are many different types of voices on AnimeSuki and that many of you are just as knowledgeable as I am when it comes to global issues, so what do you guys think of this issue? |
2009-04-15, 19:07 | Link #3 |
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No offense, but this has all been going on for quite a while. See, for example, 1998's launch of a Taepodong-1 missile over Japan, 2006's failed launch of a Taepodong-2, or 2006's partially-successful nuclear test.
North Korea's government likes to be a provocateur, for the propaganda coups these events score at home, and the supposed bargaining-chip it gives them when dealing with other countries. Truth be told, all the saber-rattling really hurts their position, but with the politics of Kim Jong-il, the reasoning doesn't exactly have to be sound for a policy to be embraced. It's all about glorifying Dear Leader, and with total control over the national media, they create their own reality, while refusing to acknowledge that of the outside world. Last edited by RandomGuy; 2009-04-15 at 19:19. |
2009-04-15, 19:29 | Link #4 |
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Russia and China find it useful to have North Korea keeping the US+allies a bit off-balance. Personally, I think its a bit of "tiger-by-the-tail" gamesmanship.
North Korea has been pulling these stunts periodically since *I* was a toddler 50 years ago. At least once a decade, they get a bit looney like this, because the leadership wants to feel important, they want to maintain control within, there's a LOT of hubris as well as practical calculation in these apparently "damn fool" stunts. It is fascinating to watch the remaining countries and small sectors of the planet who have such a vastly divergent interpretation of reality....
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2009-04-15, 19:45 | Link #6 |
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I think the guy is crazy enough to want to go out with a bang (literally)
Kim aint getting any younger and he's the absolute epitome of one who wants to remembered and talked about for a long time to come. Unstable dictators need to be controlled at all costs, and frankly the UN seem incapable.
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2009-04-15, 19:58 | Link #7 |
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Like with Cuba, this probably won't be resolved by outside forces. If North Korea is going to change, that change is going to come from the country itself. Watch the leadership transition; that will tell you where it's all going.
Bottom line: nobody wants to fight North Korea, especially not since they have enough missiles to turn Seoul into a sea of fire, and also do a lot of damage to Japan. China also stands to gain from North Korea remaining a separate country because South Korea is an US ally, in which case reunification = US bases on China's border = very frightening to China from a geopolitical point of view. It's like Russia's fear of US bases in the Caucasus. |
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And their engineering capability is top nought , not many countries in the world can handle nuclear reactor, missile etc like them , if only they spend all of those R&D money on other "peaceful" technology :'( Personally I think it is so unfair, Pakistan and India can test anything they want and nobody gives a damn, but when NK farted a little and everyone makes a big deal about it. |
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2009-04-15, 20:58 | Link #13 |
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I am egalitarian too, but N.K. hasn't shown any proof that they wouldn't just use the nuclear power for weapons, quite simply I can't believe they would use them for anything else. The development for energy could probably only be used for a portion of the capital, no where else given the shitty infrastructure the country has. As much as I am not into large power play politics NK is NOT a regime that needs nukes.
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2009-04-15, 20:58 | Link #14 |
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A large-scale operation will likely be detected before it is executed. If North Korea believes that an attack is imminent, there's no telling what they'll do. Again, people tend to underestimate North Korea's combat capability; that's easy to do on an internet message board, but in the real world, with millions of lives at stake, would you really risk it?
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2009-04-15, 21:05 | Link #15 |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita.../dprk-dark.htm
A page with a satellite image of the region at night. You can tell where North Korea's border with South Korea and China are, because that's where the lights stop. Not completely relevent, but something to consider.
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Perhaps, I am over-estimating North Korea's military capacity but the fact is that even a mere attack from their Rodong-1 arsenal could deal some damage on Japanese mainland, considering that missile intercepter technology isn't very advanced. Unless you can intercept every missile launched, there will always be a chance of casualty and property damage. Thus, it is best to take the situation more cautiously but doing nothing isn't right either.. Truth is that North Korea didn't just started their military ambitions but decades back. Only problem is that there are new developments and these new developments are definitely not a good sign. They are going to restart their Yongbyon nuclear facility very soon. |
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2009-04-15, 21:32 | Link #20 |
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The fact remains that no one wants to pick up the bill on bringing NK to the 21st century. Not SK, not Japan, not the US, not the PRC. As I said before, it's the elephant in the living room which no one wants to talk about, but the thing refuses to go away.
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