Posted on 11/22/2010 10:44:48 PM PST by John W
(Reuters) - North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, setting buildings on fire and prompting a return fire by the South, Seoul's military and media reports said.
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LOL! Exactly. They've been complaining about us lately, well it's time to buck up or shut up.
I agree. NK should have been flattened over that.
Now what? Nothing again?
I’m still wondering about that “missile” that took off near the coast of California.
Keep up the good work.
FReepers are everywhere!!
Exactly. The NK navy should have all been sunk.
I am in Seoul now just outside of Yongsan Army base I am hearing nothing at the moment.
In a secure world, it generally is. But, this is a world where when a cult kills anywhere from 20 to 30 per day, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, and century after century (Religion of Peace), and little is really done about it.
I think I would consider heading south for a while.
There will be no South Korean retaliation for this because South Korean is only threatening retaliation now if there is an “additional” escalation.
In other words, as long as NK doesn’t do anything else, they are off the hook.
Same message that came out after the Cheonan sinking.
Nothing more will happen, believe me.
That's probably as a good an explanation as any. Strongly worded response from SK and a few less bags of rice in the aid package for a few months is probably the outcome.
The only thing South Korea is going to do is consider a UN condemnation :
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) — South Korea will consider whether it should push the United Nations to condemn North Korea for firing artillery across their Yellow Sea border and killing at least one soldier, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday.
Move along. Nothing to see...
Sadly, you’re right. They just don’t have the balls. The NKs have been getting away with provocations for over 50 years...not this bad, but theyve been getting away with it. They’ll get away with it this time, too. As much as Obama is to blame, the SK side could put a stop to it if they wanted, but they never do. And the populace doesn’t seem much to care...now if an American military vehicle hit some Korean jaywalker, watch out, Seoul would be in riot status...but 60-70 homes wiped out on some pissant island? Who cares...
Reading that, I’m confident nothing is going to happen. North Korea just burned down a village, injured some soldiers, and killed one. Their solution is to ask for a UN condemnation which is absolutely useless.
Pathetic cringeworthy response thus far.
They are basically saying ‘If you keep hitting me, I’m going to hit you back’.
Only they’ve been hitting them for decades you morons!
The North should be bombed, heavily....what a pathetic world we live in where bullies are allowed to murder as they please with no repercussions whatsoever.
Russia’s foreign ministry says: “It is important that this does not lead to an aggravation of the situation on the Korean peninsula”, Russia’s Interfax news agency reports.
EXACTLY the kind of heartless language you’d expect from the Russians.
More interested in avoiding ‘aggravation’ with no anger at this cold blooded murder by these monsters.
What's it take for them to declare war?
Figured you might pop up for this. Looks like President Lee may well roll over again.
Rumour: Kim Jung il has passed away
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Rumor doing the rounds that North Korea’s leader Kim Jung Il has passed away. It’s only a rumor. Take it for what you will.
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