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Locut0s

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17. NK is a 3yr old petulant child. The danger here is, so is Trump...
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 10:17 PM
Apr 2017

NK has always been a spoiled child threatening to throw their toys at you and walk away screaming. They have been all bark and no bite. I'm NOT saying they aren't terrifyingly dangerous. I really think they are. They have nukes, and enough conventional weaponry aimed at South Korea alone to kill millions.

However the real danger starts not when you have one 3 yr old petulant child on the scene but 2. Because as dangerous as NK is real danger is in misreading them. Almost all of their sabre rattling is done to scare, much in the way that a rattle snake is warning you with its rattle. Doesn't mean that the snake necessarily wants to bite, in fact it knows it's terribly costly for it to do so. But it also feels terribly cornered and so they feel like they need to let you know they are dangerous.

If you know the ballet they are dancing you can at least work with them. When your own government though is ALSO a petulant 3 yr old that's when shit really worries me.

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The foreign press were bussed to the site and should be in place at 3pm NK time (2am EDT) NightWatcher Apr 2017 #1
Duck and cover time Demtexan Apr 2017 #2
North Korea is full of shit UltravioletDingo Apr 2017 #3
+1 dalton99a Apr 2017 #4
I think I know two people who might be. One likes margaritas and the other is Mango Mussolini Norbert9 Apr 2017 #9
Probably not but when someone is crazy they are capable of anything Quixote1818 Apr 2017 #21
Kim Jong Un is batshit crazy. Are_grits_groceries Apr 2017 #26
I think you are right. THe only way NK would detonate a nuclear device is if they were attacked still_one Apr 2017 #28
The time to worry GP6971 Apr 2017 #5
I'm seeing reports of NK telling people in Pyongyang to evac immediately FDRsGhost Apr 2017 #6
I agree that it's fake news GP6971 Apr 2017 #7
I sure as shit hope so FDRsGhost Apr 2017 #8
How would they "evacuate"? jberryhill Apr 2017 #12
Of course it is bullshit jberryhill Apr 2017 #10
From South Korea? RockCreek Apr 2017 #11
Yes, South Korea GP6971 Apr 2017 #14
North Korea RockCreek Apr 2017 #18
Ordinary US citizens can't travel to nk GP6971 Apr 2017 #19
There's a really interesting series of articles though by an American Kentonio Apr 2017 #32
Did NK suddenly wish to no longer exist? jmg257 Apr 2017 #13
Follow the lead of the Brits: Keep calm and carry on. Hekate Apr 2017 #15
I'm not as worried about NK... MrScorpio Apr 2017 #16
That's my feeling as well. WomenRising2017 Apr 2017 #20
Agree. nt Quixote1818 Apr 2017 #22
NK is a 3yr old petulant child. The danger here is, so is Trump... Locut0s Apr 2017 #17
Kim Jong Un needs to go Calculating Apr 2017 #23
Climate change worries me a lot more than North Korea HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #24
Nothing on cnn front page. lindysalsagal Apr 2017 #25
Doing anything "real" will mean the end of NK Renew Deal Apr 2017 #27
THE EVACUATION RUMOR COMES FROM PRAVDA.RU!! Kablooie Apr 2017 #29
Guardian: North Korea appears to be preparing to conduct nuclear test in a show of defiance to Trump Doodley Apr 2017 #30
If the regime leaders think they're going to be taken out, they'll attack killbotfactory Apr 2017 #31
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