North Korea threatens US with a pre-emptive nuclear strike.

MickeyFinns · 7 Mar 2013 at 12:09

arknor said:
Rodman says the guy isn't a proper crazy guy maybe he's not all bad and things will slowly change

KJU is instigating quite a lot of reforms at the minute (He is trying to increase their tourism and has opened up a lot more of the country and made the mobile network open to foreigners).

He's still his fathers son but I think improvement is possible, especially with more open engagement with the country. It's a bit like Berdimuhamedow after Niyazov in Turkmenistan, he's still a dictator but nowhere near as bad as his predecessor.

Breeze · 7 Mar 2013 at 12:13

Stumble Bum said:
You know Man U fans are pathetic when they have to belittle Liverpool in a thread about North Korea.

Apparently they "don't actually care".

Stumble Bum said:
Anyway back on topic, it's the usual posturing by NK to seem important on the world stage. Happens every so often.

Exactly.

Griff7520 · 7 Mar 2013 at 12:25

McGray said:
Man U v Liverpool is probably the biggest rivalry in English football.

lol

FTM · 7 Mar 2013 at 12:59

the chinese are getting sick of them now..they want North korea as a buffer between them and south korea, but it wont work if the North continually provoke everybody. they warned them not to do the last nuclear test and they took no notice..so as a direct result of that China have agreed with the US for the next round of sanctions

Cosimo · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:02

More hot air from a bunch of retards who should be helping their nation instead of keeping them hungry and enslaved.

Jono8 · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:05

Lol, North Korea.

I wil treat this latest bit of rhetoric with a massive "meh"

neodude · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:06

They would be mad to even attempt it. The counter strike would leave a hole so big that South Korea would become an island.

No1newts · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:07

They would struggle to blow themselves up.

ubersonic · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:16

Cosimo said:
More hot air from a bunch of retards who should be helping their nation instead of keeping them hungry and enslaved.

benjo · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:18

A part of me wants some sort of conflict to start..

wordy · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:39

I confidently predict nothing will happen.

wordy · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:40

benjo said:
A part of me wants some sort of conflict to start..

Why?

Rameses · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:52

wordy said:
Why?

So we have some exciting 'Breaking News' to watch on Sky News and also give us the chance to become armchair generals and discuss it on internet forums of course.

Castiel · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:54

AmTechFox said:
So we have some exciting 'Breaking News' to watch on Sky News and also give us the chance to become armchair generals and discuss it on internet forums of course.

Two countries flinging Nuclear Weapons at each other is not the kind of 'breaking news' I wish to see.....thanks.

mmj_uk · 7 Mar 2013 at 14:12

estebanrey said:
Why do North Korea keep referring to the US as 'aggressors'? Are they actually doing anything to them?

Economic sanctions are an act of war, it's the modern equivalent of surrounding a castle with an army and not letting any supplies inside.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 7 Mar 2013 at 14:32

ubersonic said:
.........

*EDIT*

Wait a damn minute...

"An unidentified spokesman for Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry says the North will exercise its right for "pre-emptive nuclear strikes on the headquarters of the aggressors"."

So basically Sky got some info from an anonymous (possibly even fictional) source and now all the news outlets are doing a Chinese whispers /facepalm

Important part of thread ^^^^^^

Bulldog14 · 7 Mar 2013 at 14:56

The problem is thou that while it is a lot of rhetoric, they have demonstrated that they have nuclear bombs (however crude) and are working on missiles to shoot them with. Pre-nuclear NK could say what it wanted and everyone would just laugh it off for the most part. Once you have them thou it's a different ballgame. I suspect that there is a deep dark secret list that most nations keep as to exactly how far they will be threatened by nuclear armed opponents. Step over that line and your removed from the map. The bad part of me is kind of hoping that NK will push things too far and have themselves removed. I would be curious as to what a proper ICBM could really do. The sad thing is that the situation is so extreme that there likely is no other way out than some form of war. The only thing anyone can really hope for is that SK doesn't take too much damage. I really like my Samsung flatscreen dammit :mad:

Number_25 · 7 Mar 2013 at 14:57

Repost.

Azza · 7 Mar 2013 at 18:09

The Associated Press ‏@AP

BREAKING: White House says US fully capable of defending against North Korean ballistic missile attack.

Made me laugh.

panyan · 7 Mar 2013 at 18:17

krooton said:
South Korea gave us Samsung and Gangnam Style.
North Korea gave us a humourous antagonist in Team America: World Police.

So like with most things, South is better

I like this argument