North Korea test-fires 7th missile

AGDee · #1 07-05-2006, 05:46 AM

So, North Korea is testing short, medium and long range missiles and the test of the long range missile failed after 40 seconds. What do we do? CNN poll asks readers the best way to deal with it with the following options: 1) Ignore Pyongyang 2) Give North aid/money 3) Sanctions and embargoes or 4) Military action.

What are your thoughts?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapc...ile/index.html

AlphaSigOU · #2 07-05-2006, 06:05 AM

Military action. Time for a little Mk. 84 JDAM action on The Jonger!

How do you spell relief? UGM-109! (Tomahawk cruise missile.)

moe.ron · #3 07-05-2006, 06:27 AM

No, no, no . . .

Let them whatever they want to do until next week. I have a short position on some Korean Stocks. After I liquid those stocks, then do whatever you got to do. In the mean time, let them do what ever they want so the price collapse and I profit.

Scandia · #4 07-05-2006, 06:48 AM

Is that how they respond to our aid?

I do not believe in punishing the whole group for the misdeeds of one or two people. So perhaps sanctions/embargoes may not be a good idea.

Ignoring the problem will not make it go away.

I think controlled military action may be the best idea in this case. After all, they were trying to reach the USA with those missiles.

RU OX Alum · #5 07-05-2006, 09:13 AM

I say we stop being such cowards and let the snipers do their job.

AlphaSigOU · #6 07-05-2006, 09:30 AM

Jonger... yer next!

ZZ-kai- · #7 07-05-2006, 03:17 PM

Cut off aid to all countries for about 5 years, turn ourselves around first, then begin helping others again.

Time to start thinking about ourselves for a change.

RACooper · #8 07-05-2006, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZZ-kai-

Time to start thinking about ourselves for a change.

and this would be a change how?

ZZ-kai- · #9 07-05-2006, 04:35 PM

It would be a huge change. You know that $60,000,000,000 in aid we just sent down to Bum-screw to fight AIDS because those people can't keep their wang's in their pants? Well, keep it in the US and build some homeless shelters, fight AIDS here, find a cure for cancer, bring our economy back in line, re-vamp our education system, fight the war against gangs...etc. I could go on.

We are the most charitable naiton in the world, 10 fold, and yet, we're the most hated.

Time to think about ourselves.

moe.ron · #10 07-05-2006, 07:02 PM

you do know that most of those aid will also benefit many American companies. When they give aid for a bridge, guess who will be the contractor and who will supply the materials. When food aid is given to Africa, guess which industry will benefit the most. Aid is not given purely because it's a nice thing to do, it's also done to subsidies industry in the US and for geopolitical reasons.

Rollergirl2001 · #11 07-05-2006, 07:54 PM

We need take military action. See what happens when Bush paid too much attention to Iraq? If Bush doesn't take things seriously with North Korea, you can expect thousands, if not millions of people dead on the west coast of the US and Canada. Was Bush not aware of North Korea's actions for a long time? I think not.

And do you think we are going to get many allies to fight this possible nuclear war against North Korea? I doubt it. Ever since we have declared this uncalled and unjust war, we lost respect from other countries (France, Germany). ZZ-kai- is right. If we don't shape up, we're going to have to fight this war alone, and it won't be a good thing. Believe me.

AGDee · #12 07-05-2006, 08:11 PM

I posed the question, in part, to hear other ideas and view points because I'm totally on the fence with this one. This reminds me of the Cuban missile crisis in many ways. However, I get the impression that we don't have the military resources to retaliate and then deal with the possible fallout of that retaliation. I find myself thinking "If we weren't in Iraq...." But, we are, so we have to deal with that reality. CNN and the like are saying that North Korea has the 4th largest army in the world. I think we should let Japan and China lead this one, with some support from us. We can't fix the whole world. We don't have the money or the manpower. I don't think sanctions end up hurting the people who make these decisions. I think they end up hurting the people. There is definitely not an easy answer to this one.

ZZ-kai- · #13 07-05-2006, 08:43 PM

Hit them where it hurts the most - their economy. Stop ALL trading with that country, stop all aid to that country and stop all talks with that country. Then, point your missles in their direction and make them aware. After that, any country that supports them, should get the same sanctions as above.

Time to stop phucking around. It's tough when you're on top of the world, everyone is trying to bring you down. Screw N. Korea and all their allies.

KSig RC · #14 07-05-2006, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rollergirl2001

We need take military action. See what happens when Bush paid too much attention to Iraq? If Bush doesn't take things seriously with North Korea, you can expect thousands, if not millions of people dead on the west coast of the US and Canada. Was Bush not aware of North Korea's actions for a long time? I think not.

And do you think we are going to get many allies to fight this possible nuclear war against North Korea? I doubt it. Ever since we have declared this uncalled and unjust war, we lost respect from other countries (France, Germany). ZZ-kai- is right. If we don't shape up, we're going to have to fight this war alone, and it won't be a good thing. Believe me.

LOLOLOLOL

Yeah . . . intelligence services have no idea what's going on.

-RC
--OH YEAH . . . the missle did not fire correctly, N. Korea is still incapable of creating the weapon or the delivery vehicle, this is all just posturing to get people like you to say shit like this and force action (they think appeasement) . . .

AlphaSigOU · #15 07-06-2006, 08:17 AM

My take on the situation:

The Jonger is looking for an excuse to provoke us to fight back, so he can send his million-man army south of the DMZ. Appeasement will NOT work on the SOB. (Peace in our time...?) Remember that technically, Korea is still in a state of war - they've only had a 50+ year armistice.

I wouldn't be surprised if we've got a fast-attack sub cruising under the sea of Japan waiting for the order to hose off a few Tomahawks.

Read this article about possibilities for a second Korean War.