The problem is Russia is still defending them and vetos anything the UN tries to do about it.
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The problem is Russia is still defending them and vetos anything the UN tries to do about it.
well something I learnt from all this news, is tvs in Japan turn themselves on from standby for emergency broadcast, as well as text messages and air raid siren.
Does our emergency broadcast turn on the tv and would we get text messages?
oh and an idiotic British think tank is blaming Ukraine for leap in rocket technology. despite Ukraine shutting don those production lines in the mid 90s and there's only a few engines that haven't been flown and those are accounted for, Russias stockpile on the other hand.
Does our emergency broadcast turn on the tv and would we get text messages?
oh and an idiotic British think tank is blaming Ukraine for leap in rocket technology. despite Ukraine shutting don those production lines in the mid 90s and there's only a few engines that haven't been flown and those are accounted for, Russias stockpile on the other hand.
We need something to go wrong to cause Russia and China to really kick Kim up thw backside.
Maybe if one of the missiles malfunctions, goes off course and hits china/russia we would see some progress
Yes but 8 years of being a skillful orator and basically doing nothing has led us to NK now having ICBMs. Such a cop out blaming Trump. Whatever Trump says KJU will still test nukes and missiles. If Trump invited him to the White house for a steak and, ahem, massage from Melania, he'd still fly home and test another missile. The guy cannot be reasoned with
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We don't even back Russia over trying to overthrow the Isis in Syria. Why would they bado the west over North Korea.
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.
They aren't defending them for being friends, they're defending them only to annoy the UN process (which is equally as **** on the allied side, it's a complete waste of breath even mentioning the UN).
Yep, Russia blocks pretty much everything the US wants to do, just because. Then when they go in alone they cry that it's illegal.
Well Iraq was illegal, but it's fine apparently, air-brushed from polite discussion as if it never happened that way.
The UN director (probably less powerful than a doormat in front of number 10) said as much.
It gives them negotiating position to some degree - they can then trade that later with the US if there is something else they US or they want as a bargaining chip.
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That's just some nonsense the Russians are trying to pedal as is comfortably fits within their global goals.
It doesn't take even 2 seconds of google, let alone having actual specialist knowledge in the field, to discover that Iran (who probably got it from Russia originally) has access to the same technology as per its satellite launching configuration and has much closer military/tech ties to NK.
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No they haven't, do you really think Russia wants a unpredictable madman sat on it's border with nuclear weapons? It's Pakistan more than anyone that have been aiding the DPRoK in creating a viable nuclear programme. A country that, for some bizarre reason, we still shovel bucket loads of cash labelled as 'foreign aid' to.
Do they now? Sorry for the Wiki cut 'n' paste, but I have 1.5 eyes on the cooker.
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So we wake up to more threats making the front pages.
'The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned North Korea for its actions' - granted I'm not the world's most accomplished diplomat, but what does this actually achieve? Seems like a waste of time and a load of hot air to me.
'The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned North Korea for its actions' - granted I'm not the world's most accomplished diplomat, but what does this actually achieve? Seems like a waste of time and a load of hot air to me.
I'm not sure that is really a realistic proposition with NK - the closed nature of the country makes it hard for the US, etc. to do effective on the ground spying and building relationships so even identifying people who could be opposition and connecting them together is difficult and the regime tends to stamp out the merest suspected signs of opposition. The regime also apparently moves people around a lot partly for show to try and make the country look more prosperous than it is but also makes it harder for any organisation of covert opposition.
The major cities tend to have a high number of people who've shown loyalty to the regime and have just enough they have something to lose so less likely to get involved in any rebellion which makes it harder for anything like that to grow support in the major cities which is often required for an effective rebellion or coup.
Unlike places like Syria where weapons, etc. were relatively plentiful in supply their active military are hideously under-equipped for the most part with 90% of their hardware locked away under guard by loyal forces for use in the event of an attack on NK which makes any kind of armed uprising harder.
I'm not very good with world politics and such. But something i heard on my drive to work about these missile tests being illegal. Says who? Its his country, in my mind i have this picture of Team America World Police imposing laws on countries that never agreed to anything.
Why is NK testing missiles illegal but if we tested some its not?
Why is NK testing missiles illegal but if we tested some its not?
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Because we didn't fly them over other countries with no warning.
Says all treaties signed by most if the world's power directly in response to atrocities that make sense to prevent from happening again.