North Korea demands an ass-kicking at the hands of South Korea.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/04/17605085-north-korea-foreign-embassy-staff-may-not-be-safe-if-theres-war?lite

April 10th, my ass.  If they're gonna do something, it will probably be this weekend.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Meanwhile, guess who's making a bunch of spankin' new ICBMs?

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/06/17634341-us-delays-missile-test-amid-tensions-with-north-korea?lite

If you said, "Jolly Old Uncle Sam", then treat yourself to a loyalty oath, Citizen!

It's just like the good old days, back again!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh good.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

North Korea blusters some more:

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17666065-north-korea-warns-foreigners-to-leave-south?lite

South Korean Man on the Street:  YA RIGHT WHATEVAH, LOL@KIM

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17671487-positive-thinking-after-years-of-threats-keeps-south-koreans-going?lite

[The Good Reverend Roger]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685392-very-high-chance-north-korea-will-fire-missile-us-and-south-korea-say?lite

Whoopsie.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685392-very-high-chance-north-korea-will-fire-missile-us-and-south-korea-say?lite

Whoopsie.

Idk, still seems like the News Industry™ is trying too hard to make me feel threatened by Li'l Kim over there. Smells like another march to war to keep people preoccupied.

Although, I will say that if it were entirely bullshit, China probably wouldn't appreciate our beating the war drum for a country that borders them.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685392-very-high-chance-north-korea-will-fire-missile-us-and-south-korea-say?lite

Whoopsie.

Idk, still seems like the News Industry™ is trying too hard to make me feel threatened by Li'l Kim over there. Smells like another march to war to keep people preoccupied.

Although, I will say that if it were entirely bullshit, China probably wouldn't appreciate our beating the war drum for a country that borders them.

China has told its citizens to leave North Korea, and has cancelled all travel there.  They're more than a little annoyed at North Korea right now.

It IS possible for OTHER countries to be dicks, you know.  It isn't ALWAYS us.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685392-very-high-chance-north-korea-will-fire-missile-us-and-south-korea-say?lite

Whoopsie.

Idk, still seems like the News Industry™ is trying too hard to make me feel threatened by Li'l Kim over there. Smells like another march to war to keep people preoccupied.

Although, I will say that if it were entirely bullshit, China probably wouldn't appreciate our beating the war drum for a country that borders them.

China has told its citizens to leave North Korea, and has cancelled all travel there.  They're more than a little annoyed at North Korea right now.

It IS possible for OTHER countries to be dicks, you know.  It isn't ALWAYS us.

Oh I know, it's just hard for me to fathom. Is it even possible for a government like the DPRK to engage in something like an actual direct attack on US forces or allies? You'd think the levels of lead poisoning required to cancel out their survival instincts like that would have killed them all dead before they got to that point.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685392-very-high-chance-north-korea-will-fire-missile-us-and-south-korea-say?lite

Whoopsie.

Idk, still seems like the News Industry™ is trying too hard to make me feel threatened by Li'l Kim over there. Smells like another march to war to keep people preoccupied.

Although, I will say that if it were entirely bullshit, China probably wouldn't appreciate our beating the war drum for a country that borders them.

China has told its citizens to leave North Korea, and has cancelled all travel there.  They're more than a little annoyed at North Korea right now.

It IS possible for OTHER countries to be dicks, you know.  It isn't ALWAYS us.

Oh I know, it's just hard for me to fathom. Is it even possible for a government like the DPRK to engage in something like an actual direct attack on US forces or allies? You'd think the levels of lead poisoning required to cancel out their survival instincts like that would have killed them all dead before they got to that point.

They have begun believing ther own propaganda.

Also, they're about to go down the crapper anyway.  Why not drag South Korea and Japan and as many Americans down with them as they can?

[tyrannosaurus vex]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685392-very-high-chance-north-korea-will-fire-missile-us-and-south-korea-say?lite

Whoopsie.

Idk, still seems like the News Industry™ is trying too hard to make me feel threatened by Li'l Kim over there. Smells like another march to war to keep people preoccupied.

Although, I will say that if it were entirely bullshit, China probably wouldn't appreciate our beating the war drum for a country that borders them.

China has told its citizens to leave North Korea, and has cancelled all travel there.  They're more than a little annoyed at North Korea right now.

It IS possible for OTHER countries to be dicks, you know.  It isn't ALWAYS us.

Oh I know, it's just hard for me to fathom. Is it even possible for a government like the DPRK to engage in something like an actual direct attack on US forces or allies? You'd think the levels of lead poisoning required to cancel out their survival instincts like that would have killed them all dead before they got to that point.

They have begun believing ther own propaganda.

Also, they're about to go down the crapper anyway.  Why not drag South Korea and Japan and as many Americans down with them as they can?

This would be the perfect opportunity to let them try to start a war, and then not show up to fight it. We won't do that, though.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685392-very-high-chance-north-korea-will-fire-missile-us-and-south-korea-say?lite

Whoopsie.

Idk, still seems like the News Industry™ is trying too hard to make me feel threatened by Li'l Kim over there. Smells like another march to war to keep people preoccupied.

Although, I will say that if it were entirely bullshit, China probably wouldn't appreciate our beating the war drum for a country that borders them.

China has told its citizens to leave North Korea, and has cancelled all travel there.  They're more than a little annoyed at North Korea right now.

It IS possible for OTHER countries to be dicks, you know.  It isn't ALWAYS us.

Oh I know, it's just hard for me to fathom. Is it even possible for a government like the DPRK to engage in something like an actual direct attack on US forces or allies? You'd think the levels of lead poisoning required to cancel out their survival instincts like that would have killed them all dead before they got to that point.

They have begun believing ther own propaganda.

Also, they're about to go down the crapper anyway.  Why not drag South Korea and Japan and as many Americans down with them as they can?

This would be the perfect opportunity to let them try to start a war, and then not show up to fight it. We won't do that, though.

What if you had a war, and nobody showed up?

Well, no.  See, there's Japan & South Korea to consider.  Japan is one of our biggest trading partners and allies, and South Korea has been there EVERY TIME we've had trouble since WWII.

So, North Korea moves missles within striking range of Japan, maybe does something nasty like put a few sacks of waste radioactives in with the warheads?  Has big clunky nukes that can't fit in a missile but CAN fit on a flatbed truck (Hello, DMZ!) or a shipping container (How ya doin', LA harbor?).  Has 9000+ artillery pieces in range of 10 million South Koreans that consider us their best friends?

So tell me...What happens when you have a war, and ONE side shows up?  I think there's a word for that.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685392-very-high-chance-north-korea-will-fire-missile-us-and-south-korea-say?lite

Whoopsie.

Idk, still seems like the News Industry™ is trying too hard to make me feel threatened by Li'l Kim over there. Smells like another march to war to keep people preoccupied.

Although, I will say that if it were entirely bullshit, China probably wouldn't appreciate our beating the war drum for a country that borders them.

China has told its citizens to leave North Korea, and has cancelled all travel there.  They're more than a little annoyed at North Korea right now.

It IS possible for OTHER countries to be dicks, you know.  It isn't ALWAYS us.

Oh I know, it's just hard for me to fathom. Is it even possible for a government like the DPRK to engage in something like an actual direct attack on US forces or allies? You'd think the levels of lead poisoning required to cancel out their survival instincts like that would have killed them all dead before they got to that point.

They have begun believing ther own propaganda.

Also, they're about to go down the crapper anyway.  Why not drag South Korea and Japan and as many Americans down with them as they can?

This would be the perfect opportunity to let them try to start a war, and then not show up to fight it. We won't do that, though.

What if you had a war, and nobody showed up?

Well, no.  See, there's Japan & South Korea to consider.  Japan is one of our biggest trading partners and allies, and South Korea has been there EVERY TIME we've had trouble since WWII.

So, North Korea moves missles within striking range of Japan, maybe does something nasty like put a few sacks of waste radioactives in with the warheads?  Has big clunky nukes that can't fit in a missile but CAN fit on a flatbed truck (Hello, DMZ!) or a shipping container (How ya doin', LA harbor?).  Has 9000+ artillery pieces in range of 10 million South Koreans that consider us their best friends?

So tell me...What happens when you have a war, and ONE side shows up?  I think there's a word for that.

Yeah...

Also, a bomb on a shipping barge? Ridiculous. That thing could take until their apparently arbitrary deadline for foreigners and diplomats to leave the country, to arrive in LA.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Also, a bomb on a shipping barge? Ridiculous. That thing could take until their apparently arbitrary deadline for foreigners and diplomats to leave the country, to arrive in LA.

As I've said before...As much shit as they're talking, whatever they're going to do is already done.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

Just for the sake of taking wildly uneducated stabs in the dark, what are the chances that China is pushing NK to make these threats to cover for some action they are planning?