N. Korea- Nuclear and Rocket Test On Memorial Day

fsstnotch · #1 (**permalink**) 05-28-2009, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Jamo

Forever and a day...

That just might have put an end to this thread.... :torch in hand: On to the Obama bashing threads!!!!

Ron61 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-28-2009, 02:52 AM

Latest news: Sounds as if that fool in North Korea is going to start a war without even using any pretense. This is a very unstable situation now and has been ever since that so called armistice was signed, but this is the closest they have came to launching another all out attack on the South.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090528/...korea_north_54

Ron

Wayne Maybury · #3 (**permalink**) 05-28-2009, 06:02 AM

You have to wonder how a lunatic leader in an impoverished nation like NK could bring the world to the brink of nuclear war. Obviously China must play an important role in bringing NK under control.

I watched an in-depth program on NK last year. It appears like the NK government has basically brainwashed the entire population into believing that they must be prepared to defend themselves against an imminent invasion from the US. These people seem to really believe that the US is about to invade any minute. They also appear to be oblivious to the fact that the entire nation is literally starving.

Wayne

Ron61 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-28-2009, 06:42 AM

Wayne,

The only people over there that aren't starving is their military and they don't have the best food. Go 5 miles out of Pongyang in any direction and it is a 3rd world country. Any person that survives until they are old enough to join their military does so for the food. And they are brought up to fear an invasion. During the war, one of the first places they would run to when they over ran one of our positions was the mess area. So our infantrymen got to where they would set up 50 caliber machine guns off to the side and when everyone fell back and they all mobbed the mess area they would just slaughter them. North Korea had no army when they were pushed back across the 38th parallel until China sent their troops in to help them.

Ron

427sharpe · #5 (**permalink**) 05-28-2009, 11:42 AM

Very interesting first hand tidbit, Ron. Amazing how a country could be 'stuck' in such a timewarp nowadays. the really scary part to me is that NOBODY is really sure who is calling the shots over there now. Il was out of sight for almost 2 years (until a brief appearance in April), and the bets are that whoever is trying to line up to replace him is trying to out-macho one another to curry favor. Hmm..how to best impress a psychotic mass murderer??