# So how about them wacky North Koreans... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 8, 2013, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170 "2013-03-08T07:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Event](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/event/32/5443_2.png) [@Event](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Event)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/101 "2013-03-22T08:54:41Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Map picture HAH! Missile range 1 is called no dong. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/102 "2013-03-22T09:14:34Z")
> [@somedude](#): > > I wonder what type of defense is in place to protect against such a threat. Depends who can build faster… use beefing up our defense systems or them trying to build missiles. 🙂 [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323415304578366370800326406.html?mod=googlenews\_wsj](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323415304578366370800326406.html?mod=googlenews_wsj) ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/103 "2013-03-22T09:20:07Z")
> **[These shocking design slip-ups will leave you cringing - and laughing](https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/4854782/shocking-design-slips-fails/)** > > TAXI for the designer! These shocking design mishaps are the very definition of failure, from the world’s most contradictory signpost to a very rude painting of a pencil. You’d imagine … New video that NK put out showing 150,000 US prisoners for propaganda purposes. They really are delusional. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/104 "2013-03-24T10:52:39Z")
> [@Event](#): > > HAH! Missile range 1 is called no dong. lol 👏 ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/105 "2013-03-25T08:54:25Z")
> **[Xi Argues for Closer Cooperation With Russia](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/world/europe/chinas-leader-argues-for-cooperation-with-russia.html?_r=0)** > > President Xi Jinping of China suggested that the two countries could find common ground as they each seek to claim a place as a respected great power. > **[Xi Jinping in Russia to Promote Cooperation](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/asia/xi-jinping-visits-russia-on-first-trip-abroad.html)** > > President Xi Jinping, in Moscow for his first trip abroad as China’s leader, will use the visit to underline growing economic and military cooperation. Again, Russia and China vs. USA… North Korea will be the point on the spear. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/106 "2013-03-25T10:34:07Z")
China and Russia in a budding bromance is definitely not a good thing if you’re one of those “capitalist pigs from the west”. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/107 "2013-03-25T11:42:04Z")
> **[Russian Authorities Raid Amnesty International Office](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/world/europe/russian-authorities-raid-amnesty-international-office.html?hp)** > > The head of Amnesty International, Sergei Nikitin, said the Russian authorities arrived at the group’s local headquarters on Monday to conduct what they described as an “audit.” Russia pressuring foreign (US based) NGOs, because they don’t appreciate foreign involvement in internal affairs, justified or not. and we go and do this which supports the strengthening of Russia and China’s positions and relationship, not to mention galvanizing a chance at a conflict with north korea maybe by 2015? > **[Arms Airlift to Syrian Rebels Expands, With C.I.A. Aid](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/world/middleeast/arms-airlift-to-syrian-rebels-expands-with-cia-aid.html?ref=world&_r=0)** > > Military help for Syria’s opposition from Arab states and Turkey has grown in recent months, and the C.I.A.’s role has indicated an American willingness to help support lethal aid. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/108 "2013-03-25T12:41:53Z")
> [@Carnut](#): > > not to mention galvanizing a chance at a conflict with north korea maybe by 2015? Meh. Our banks will collapse by then (again) and then we won’t be capitalist pigs anymore. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/109 "2013-03-25T12:48:49Z")
NATO seems to consider this an act of war… > **[Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters](https://slashdot.org/)** > > Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news with a heavy slant towards Linux and Open Source issues. and that you can kill hackers so I guess we’re fighting China? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/110 "2013-03-25T12:53:39Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > NATO seems to consider this an act of war… > > [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters](http://slashdot.org/topic/bi/are-hackers-a-killable-target-in-a-cyber-war/) > > and that you can kill hackers so I guess we’re fighting China? Pretty sure you’d agree that a single good hacker could do far more damaged to a modern country than a single soldier with a rifle… ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/111 "2013-03-25T18:04:52Z")
> [@Event](#): > > You don’t need to conquer every part of a country to win a war, just the politlcal and financial centers, in this case NYC and DC. Maybe Chicago and Los Angeles too for good measure. > > Not saying they’d be able to do even that, just the idea that to defeat America they’d need to conquer every area and every citizen is a flawed concept. I have to disagree here. Look at our own Revolutionary war, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. All you need to do is make it too painful for them to stay and there are enough rednecks and gangbangers who would fight back. We also have so much actual territory that they would need to control it would make those strongholds less important. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/112 "2013-03-25T20:21:50Z")
I would bet that Russia and China have already played out the war-games and understand the ‘Engine of the United State’ well enough to do some pretty serious damage with relatively little resources. We’re all very fortunate that China relies so heavily on american consumer spending and the US equity market. They may not like Americans but they certainly do need them. Globalization is a wonderful defence. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/113 "2013-03-26T09:18:52Z")
Globalization will in time erase sovereignty. I have mixed emotions about that. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/114 "2013-03-26T09:26:37Z")
Then it only takes one bad guy to ruin the day of every Earthling. Eliminating choice is not good. My 2 cents. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/115 "2013-03-26T10:31:52Z")
> **[North Korea issues new threat to U.S. bases - CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/26/world/asia/north-korea-us-threats/index.html)** > > North Korea on Tuesday served up its latest round of threats against the United States, saying it plans to place military units under combat ready status. New threats against U.S. bases ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/116 "2013-03-26T10:39:33Z")
At least this would be a conventional style war the kind the US military has spend the last 100 years training for lol ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/117 "2013-03-26T10:39:44Z")
pfft at this point I’m pretty much like “Go ahead, do it…you won’t” type mentality. Once they do we can just eradicate them from planet earth. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/118 "2013-03-26T10:41:23Z")
But the U.S. won’t eradicate them, they will drag it out and cost us a ton of money. Some are wondering if this is why the government is buying so much ammo…I’m not buying into that theory… ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/119 "2013-03-26T10:44:23Z")
> [@BOBBYGRV](#): > > But the U.S. won’t eradicate them, they will drag it out and cost us a ton of money. Some are wondering if this is why the government is buying so much ammo…I’m not buying into that theory… Probably true. I’m pretty sure we’ve had enough ammo since 'Nam to wreck N. Korea. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170/120 "2013-03-26T11:29:27Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#): > > Probably true. I’m pretty sure we’ve had enough ammo since 'Nam to wreck N. Korea. I think that some individuals in America have enough ammo to wreck N. Korea. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170.md?page=5) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-how-about-them-wacky-north-koreans/229170.md?page=7)