war

[kato]

it's getting closer...

SEOUL, South Korea — Relations between North and South Korea, already strained over the sinking of a South Korean warship, deteriorated to their worst point in many years on Tuesday as the South Korean president redesignated the North as its archenemy, and the North retaliated by severing its few remaining ties with the South.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/world/asia/26korea.html

 

[roguejuror]

the Asian Mudcat thread, nice

 

[kato]

v. underrated thread imo

 

[senco78]

so was it confirmed that the north sank the ship?
I thought it hit a mine or something

 

[kato]

here ya go mX2

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1058551/1/.html

 

[roguejuror]

confirmed

 

[kato]

See what you did muddy. Bring up the issue of female orgasm and the next day we stand on the verge of major conflict.

Classic diversionary tactic, in fact this might be like Wag The Dog. Does North Korea exist? Has anyone been there?

miss dunder man

 

[Bread]

miss dunder man

Agreed. Hope he is feeling better soon.

 

[senco78]

WTF, they get torpedoed and put their heads b/t their legs and do nothing.

sinking a ship with a torpedo is an act of war, is it not?

fire up the nuke machines and get busy

 

[roguejuror]

technically they were already in war but that didn't stop the South from being the North's biggest commercial partner, accounting for 30some% of the North's trades

 

[kato]

technically they were already in war but that didn't stop the South from being the North's biggest commercial partner, accounting for 30some% of the North's trades

oh those crazy koreans

doesn't make a lot of sense does it?

 

[roguejuror]

actually it does

alot of money lost if no trade, you can always overlook small petty shit

making money with your enemy is smart

 

[reno cool]

No reason they should be enemies. I'd guess the West is instigating shit. They like that tactic.

They gonna piss off Kim and he's gonna blow up half of South Korea. Then what?

 

[kato]

actually it does

alot of money lost if no trade, you can always overlook small petty shit

making money with your enemy is smart

what i was trying to get at rj (i need to be clearer) is if 30% of your well-being (mad sanctions from the west) is coming from your neighbor, why instigate war? it is like shitting where you are eating.

now...sports related got lakers +1 yesterday and i am feeling pretty good about it

 

[BGS 9.5]

good god you all.

 

[reno cool]

absolutely nothing

 

[kato]

say it again

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a97c53a-681a-11df-a52f-00144feab49a.html

“There has been an assertiveness that has been growing over time, particularly in the South China Sea and in the East China Sea,” Admiral Robert Willard told the Financial Times. He said China’s extensive claims to islands and waters in the region were “generating increasing concern broadly across the region and require address”.

fucking asians