Originally Posted by
sharkskin
That is true up to a point but there is one snag. The Norks have over a million people in their army and they are all getting the messages about the looming imperative to destroy the evil enemy and the certainty of glorious victory.
Are we sure that none of those million and a bit will decide to be the dude who fires the glorious first shot? Are we sure that the folks in the south will recognise it as a lone nutter or will they fear the start of the next round in the Korean war and respond?
It is way to easy for something like this to escalate.
Yup Sharkskin. Things could easily escalate. Lets hope no one is stupid enough to actually pull the trigger first.
Originally Posted by
sharkskin
June 25th 1950. North Korean forces started the Korean war by crossing the de-facto border and invading the South.
As for the current situation, the last thing that the political and military leaders in the North would want is reunification. They would lose all of their privileges and power and they know it. Indeed many of them will be aware that they might face prosecution for crimes against humanity around the issue of getting rich while millions of their people starved to death.
Agree with you there. The North Korean leadership certainly doesn't want reunification. What they would like is to invade South Korea and forcefully take the financial wealth. Just think about the multinationals owned by the South - Samsung, Hyundai, just to name a few.
But that's not going to happen either, as the U.S. are strong allies of the South. Infact what seems to have prompted this wave of anti US demonsatrations was the recent joint U.S. - South Korean military training exercises involving Stealth bombers!
Originally Posted by
WatWatWat
Its amazing how so many people can be brain washed by so few.
We don't have to look too far beyond our own shores for that WatWat! Heck! We don't even have to look beyond our shores!
Originally Posted by
celticden
didn't they launch a test missle that barely even made it to their coastline I doubt the US has anything to worry about haha
F*ck yeah!!
"Don't be reckless with other people’s hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours"