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I understand SilverWarder Send a noteboard - 24/05/2010 06:00:09 PM
But trying not to unfortunately doesn't deter the kind of people running the NK government.

They've been kidnapping and murdering people for decades - people outside of their own country. Inside they've been brutalizing their own populace to the point where NK folks from the same family as SK folks are usually several inches shorter due to malnutrition.

It's a horrible state, to be honest. There's literally nothing good about it.

If it does get taken down (and really it should have been long ago) I just hope it can be done without too much damage to the extremely deluded civilians of the area. They never asked for this and don't deserve it.
May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk.

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Oh, by the way...has anyone noticed how close the Korean peninsula is to war? - 24/05/2010 02:04:12 PM 994 Views
I was wondering when something would be posted about this - 24/05/2010 02:49:54 PM 691 Views
haha. I love that mental image - 24/05/2010 02:51:53 PM 611 Views
But does North Korea really listen to China that much anymore? - 24/05/2010 02:55:04 PM 628 Views
that might well be a good point - 24/05/2010 03:20:32 PM 586 Views
Very interesting point. That is a wild card. *NM* - 24/05/2010 03:27:53 PM 215 Views
The explaination I have heard... - 24/05/2010 09:05:40 PM 652 Views
I don't know... - 24/05/2010 09:49:25 PM 549 Views
No, because China doesn't want us in the region. - 25/05/2010 12:20:47 AM 594 Views
Um, wasn't that pretty much always understood? - 25/05/2010 12:08:12 AM 558 Views
yah, it doesn't look to be a good situation - 24/05/2010 02:50:08 PM 604 Views
If there were a war with North Korea the US has the resources to deal with it. - 24/05/2010 02:56:39 PM 624 Views
mm. well I don't much like that either, to be honest. - 24/05/2010 03:00:29 PM 610 Views
Wikipedia is your friend. - 24/05/2010 03:08:33 PM 776 Views
ah mk. Thanks!! - 24/05/2010 04:39:49 PM 565 Views
Still scary and you know that using those would escalate everything. - 24/05/2010 03:26:12 PM 576 Views
Korea is directly in our sphere of influence - 24/05/2010 03:37:18 PM 521 Views
I meant "we" in a personal sense, not a national sense. - 24/05/2010 05:36:40 PM 669 Views
In a personal sense, we could hijack a nuclear silo and shoot an ICBM at Pyongyang. - 24/05/2010 05:50:52 PM 510 Views
Oh yuck - there are far better ways. - 24/05/2010 06:01:44 PM 544 Views
yah... - 24/05/2010 06:27:37 PM 581 Views
Re: yah... - 24/05/2010 06:34:13 PM 557 Views
That would totally blow my cover of being a nerdy little grandma. - 24/05/2010 09:37:28 PM 527 Views
I don't think the US could, if China decided to get involved - 24/05/2010 08:45:23 PM 511 Views
A part of me says just get it over with - 24/05/2010 03:21:06 PM 519 Views
I agree that if war is inevitable, it is much better to start it at a time of our choosing. - 24/05/2010 03:48:36 PM 664 Views
I agree - 24/05/2010 04:17:19 PM 674 Views
Pretty much agree with all of that. *NM* - 24/05/2010 05:17:27 PM 242 Views
I'm trying not to. *NM* - 24/05/2010 05:25:06 PM 214 Views
This. *NM* - 24/05/2010 05:28:20 PM 237 Views
I understand - 24/05/2010 06:00:09 PM 514 Views
Yes - 24/05/2010 06:05:25 PM 528 Views
i agree - 24/05/2010 06:28:37 PM 553 Views
This has disaster written all over it *NM* - 24/05/2010 08:39:37 PM 229 Views
Technically, weren't we always? - 24/05/2010 08:51:29 PM 521 Views
Exactly. - 25/05/2010 12:07:32 AM 576 Views
I try to block it out with thought's of a puppet singing "I'm So Ronery". *NM* - 24/05/2010 10:59:23 PM 231 Views
No one wants to resume the Korean War. - 24/05/2010 11:27:12 PM 633 Views
China does. - 25/05/2010 12:29:11 AM 583 Views
No, they don't - 25/05/2010 12:54:49 AM 613 Views
Well, it would be more accurate to say they want a conflict, yes. - 25/05/2010 01:15:23 AM 608 Views
No, they don't - 25/05/2010 01:24:17 AM 595 Views
North Korea is not acting suicidal? Are you kidding? - 25/05/2010 02:41:29 AM 570 Views
The internal political dynamic in North Korea is such that they constantly need a crisis. - 25/05/2010 03:03:59 AM 587 Views
You are missing the main point. - 25/05/2010 03:36:37 AM 625 Views
I'm not saying it's nothing new. - 25/05/2010 03:57:40 AM 601 Views
Your response highlights the ultimate problem: the crisis will have to keep getting bigger. - 25/05/2010 07:44:19 PM 535 Views
Yes, that is the danger. - 26/05/2010 09:04:36 PM 680 Views
Fair enough. I misunderstood your position before. - 26/05/2010 12:31:52 AM 560 Views

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