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Hundreds halted at border after NKorea cuts phone lines (S Koreans also stranded inside NK)
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| 03/09/09
Posted on 03/09/2009 12:03:47 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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I knew this would happen some day: S. Korean employees working at industry park inside NK stranded and turning into potential hostages for N. Korea.
To: TigerLikesRooster
I’m sure Madeline Halfbright, Jr. will soothe the savage DPRK beasts with a “that was easy” button or some such...
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posted on
03/09/2009 12:07:33 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
("To insist on strength is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering." Barry Goldwater)
To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...
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posted on
03/09/2009 12:15:59 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(from "Irrational Exuberance" to "Mark to Zero": from '96 to '09)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Something is cooking, an imminent missile?
North Koreas top leader Kim Jong Il has been unanimously elected to the parliament, state media said Monday.
The official KCNA quoted the election committee as saying that the leader gained 100 percent approvals following a 100 percent turnout.
“This is the expression of all service persons and peoples absolute support and profound trust in Kim Jong Il,” KCNA said.
http://www.newspostonline.com/world-news/north-korean-top-leader-elected-to-parliament-2009030938609
I'm sorry that the approval was only 100 %, he deserves more than that ;-)
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posted on
03/09/2009 12:34:52 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
03/09/2009 12:58:54 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
03/09/2009 1:02:30 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: Bender2
Second To None!! Fit To Fight!! Knowledge For Battle!! (102d Military Intelligence Battalion)
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posted on
03/09/2009 1:03:23 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
("To insist on strength is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering." Barry Goldwater)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
03/09/2009 1:10:06 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
It ordered its 1.2-million-member military to be fully combat-ready, saying the joint exercise was aimed at launching a "second Korean War." To borrow from an old soviet joke..."we pretend to attack them and they pretend to defend against it" Kim has his finger off the real trigger, but I still don't like him trying to launch ICBM's, err satellites.
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posted on
03/09/2009 1:14:19 AM PDT
by
Dosa26
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Re:
Second To None!! Hun? Had a 1st Division guys tell me... it was "Second to Nuns!!"
};^b)
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posted on
03/09/2009 1:26:09 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
03/09/2009 1:38:47 AM PDT
by
LeoWindhorse
(America needs to be lead by warriors , not lawyers)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I don’t like the way this is developing, all it will take is for the missile to fail for them to say it was shot down
and launch an attack.
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posted on
03/09/2009 2:03:45 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Are we still sending food and other aid to these bastards?
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posted on
03/09/2009 2:22:26 AM PDT
by
panaxanax
(Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those that don't.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
"We have a diplomatic emergency! QUICK - Order me 50,000 cheap, gimmicky plastic buttons and have someone find out how to say "RESET" in North Korean!"
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posted on
03/09/2009 2:36:45 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: tet68
I agree. On one hand, threats from the DPRK are common and usually quite graphic. I recall them threatening to turn Seoul into a ‘sea of fire’ and at one point claiming they could destroy Los Angeles.
But, the political landscape is vastly different this year. Kim Jong-Il may or may not be in control. We have a weak president and a military which would be hard-pressed to project enough manpower to deal with a conventional attack. I see this as a test from the North, but a dangerous test. I don’t think they’d be stupid enough to probe the DMZ when ROK/US troops are running exercises - but an ‘accidental’ skirmish could spiral out of control very quickly.
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posted on
03/09/2009 2:46:27 AM PDT
by
Cap74
(You can disagree with me. You can attack me. Do not lie to me.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
In general, I'm not sure the American public quite understands the Korean situation. Technically, the two sides remain in a state of war and there have been numerous border clashes, kidnappings, terrorist acts, etc. Perhaps the true nature of the DPRK isn't widely talked about as it's the last true hardcore Stalinist state. Maybe the New York Times can produce a modern-day Duranty or Stone to go over there and tell us there's
nothing to see here, folks... http://www.koreanwar.org/html/dmz_war.html
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posted on
03/09/2009 2:53:43 AM PDT
by
Cap74
(You can disagree with me. You can attack me. Do not lie to me.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
03/09/2009 3:30:33 AM PDT
by
autumnraine
(Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson VIVA LA REVOLUTION!)
To: Cap74
Perhaps the true nature of the DPRK isn't widely talked about as it's the last true hardcore Stalinist state. You forgot Massachusetts and the Bay Area of California...
Cheers!
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posted on
03/09/2009 4:03:54 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
The Norks always act up during this time. Every d#$n year, like clockwork... And every year, the world trembles in terror, having forgotten what happened just one year prior.
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:05:04 AM PDT
by
gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
To: tet68
Yes. Miscalculation, misinterpretation, misguided leaders/generals, one rifleman with a nervous tic. This is some nasty soup.
Dig up an article on No Korea from 10-15 years ago and it is as relevant today as it was when written. Isolated, starving, led by a despot who is as out of sync with reality as he is paranoid, armed to the teeth with antiquated but no less lethal weapons systems. . . . And now they sever communications after issuing a warning that they will retaliate for ANY response to the nuclear capable missile they are about to launch?
Yes; this is some nasty soup for sure.
The entire article is good—especially when read with 15 years of 20/20 hindsight—and page 8 is very good. A Websearch is certainly worth the time.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/940620/archive_011982.htm
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