damian 0 Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 I recently heard a worryingly high probability that NK will conduct a nuclear test in the next 2 months. That would be a very serious event. Not good news at all. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 You are not wrong. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Apart from some damage to NK's environment, what is the biggest problem with a NK nuclear test? Isn't it the fear that the World's Sheriff will try something stupid again? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted May 16, 2005 Author Share Posted May 16, 2005 Yes. The world's sherrif is too stupid to respond correctly. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 What, so you guys don't trust them? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/16/politi...artner=homepage Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Mr Abe strikes me as an irresponsible prick too... Everything he does and says makes escalation more likely. Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 what would be the correct response? or do we all have to wait until after some response is made to craft a better one? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Furm, if you had bothered to read more Gordon Prather, you'd know what the correct response would have been going back several years. Of course instead of educating yourself, you passed an infantile snap judgement based on a cursory glance at one of Prather's articles. Needless to say, I'm not going to bother trying to educate you again. Always looking for a 'response'. How very American of you... Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 good answer...let's all wait for an intelligible one now, shall we? Link to post Share on other sites
slimeypete 0 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Who is Gordon Prather? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 If anybody else is interested in what exactly went wrong . While the site itself can get pretty whacko, do have a good look at the CV of the man who wrote the article. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Author Share Posted May 17, 2005 Without question Bush has left NK with no other choice but to obtain nuke capacity. I can hardly blame them. Bush proved one thing with his Iraq invasion and consequent illegal occupation: to be safe in this world you need the bomb. If you don't have the bomb, we (America) own your arse. Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I can hardly blame them. My thoughts exactly. Link to post Share on other sites
sue 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 So the North Korean nuke threat is not even really about North Korea or the freaky Dear Leader of that deprived nation but about Bush? Hmmmm, seems like a twisted slant to me but I am hardly a 4-7 thousand post member. Surely there is great knowledge within these halls. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 American military spending will soon equal that of the whole of the rest of the world if it hasn't already. America has the biggest military in the world, and the largest number of WMD which it is actively developing (yes, real WMD, not pretend ones). It is the only country known to have used nuclear weapons. It has military bases in all regions of the world, and is currently illegally occupying one or more countries. Bush is the current leader of America. North Korea is not threatening any country, unlike America. They are developing a nuclear deterrent, for quite obvious reasons. So yes, sue, it is about Bush. Your irony is wasted. Do you know Furm? Link to post Share on other sites
sue 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Huh? Furm? The biggest threat to NK is the NK leader. If you have a grudge with this Furm fellow pretend to be an adult and keep it to yourself. Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 sounds like somebody just got out of the Cannes viewing of the new Star Wars movie...geesh. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 > The biggest threat to NK is the NK leader. Yes, just as the biggest threat to the US (and many, many other places) is the US leader. But that doesn't answer my question of what kind of problem a NK nuclear test poses to anybody else. You and Furm share the same simple-minded view of things and I wondered if it was simply a coincidence. But don't worry sue, that's just a joke. And the chances of me keeping jokes to myself are about the same as Bush complying with the NPT. Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 OC - Projecting yourself as some sort of intellectual is comical because you spend your entire day childishly attacking other people's opinions/ideas on internet message boards. Do you fail to understand the inherent risk involved with testing nuclear weapons? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 > Do you fail to understand the inherent risk involved with testing nuclear weapons? I'm afraid so Furm, I'm clueless. Do fill me in please. Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I would think with all the lunches you've had with your dear mentor Mr. Prather that you'd have some honorary doctorate by now. Ask him next time you chat, he's undoubtedly more qulified than I and less biased too. Link to post Share on other sites
sue 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Simple-minded view of things Simple-minded is "I am always correct and if your views or opinions differ, you are wrong." Ocean 11, you are easily the most simple-minded cretin on this forum. Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I second that. Cretin...now that's a funny word. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Nice content sue and Furm. Very interesting read that. But I think you perhaps misunderstood that 'off topic' sign. Link to post Share on other sites
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