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obxhead

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10. That is a really scary thought.

Reply to davidpdx (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 09:10 AM

Feb 2013

I remember 6 days, 6 weeks, certainly not 6 months.

Pummeling their asses would lead to extreme tragedy to tens of thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of people, another inconceivably massive debt to deal with, and millions of families affected by every angle of armed conflict of any kind.

"Go ahead, make our day" should be an option we hope we never come to. It shouldn't even be considered an option, it should be considered the ultimate failure.

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North Korea is one psychotic nation. defacto7 Feb 2013 #1

Very true, but so is our nation. olddad56 Feb 2013 #2

yeah... probably so. defacto7 Feb 2013 #3

So you wouldn't rank one "above" the other, using the obvious faults of both? Socal31 Feb 2013 #6

Sounds like you've grown sensitive to the ills of this country... 4saken Feb 2013 #7

Woo, only took two posts for the NK-US equivalency crowd to show up. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #25

Not psychotic enough to where you can't make that statement... Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #26

If the Tea Party ran this country Turbineguy Feb 2013 #27

So North Korea is shaming us? bluedigger Feb 2013 #4

They are laughable davidpdx Feb 2013 #5

That is a really scary thought. obxhead Feb 2013 #10

Well but I'm saying if they dared fire on the South davidpdx Feb 2013 #11

I'm hearing John2 Feb 2013 #20

No, not really davidpdx Feb 2013 #22

No need for nukes (not they they likely have any stockpiled anyway) sir pball Feb 2013 #30

An attack on S. Korea by N. Korea would require a massive US response NickB79 Feb 2013 #28

No, because many of the bases are south of Seoul davidpdx Feb 2013 #29

Yuk Yuk! We're gonna kick their ass! RandiFan1290 Feb 2013 #8

See post #11 davidpdx Feb 2013 #12

Yeah the tough talk helped Saddam and the innocent people killed in Iraq too RandiFan1290 Feb 2013 #13

Clearly I wasn't talking about firing on them davidpdx Feb 2013 #14

I guess you don't do history so well RandiFan1290 Feb 2013 #16

No, I do history fine davidpdx Feb 2013 #17

We don't need anymore attacking RandiFan1290 Feb 2013 #18

Yeah davidpdx Feb 2013 #19

I feel really sorry for the North Korean people. loudsue Feb 2013 #9

I do too davidpdx Feb 2013 #15

Seems to me John2 Feb 2013 #21

There is a double standard daleo Feb 2013 #23

+1 cire41 Feb 2013 #24

Except the South doesn't have nukes sir pball Feb 2013 #31

They could probably put nukes together in a short time, if they felt the need daleo Feb 2013 #32

I'm sure they do have the technology sir pball Feb 2013 #33

South Korea has CANDU reactors daleo Feb 2013 #35

Yawn. nt bemildred Feb 2013 #34