EPTNorth Korea Fires Artillery Rounds at South Korean Island…
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Uriel_SVK
Slovakia427 Posts
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Grettin
42394 Posts
" military claims their return shelling should have caused considerable #DPRK casualties. No mention in NK state media on that" Horrible situation.  | ||
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maliceee
United States634 Posts
On November 23 2010 21:45 KwarK wrote: Sometimes I think "do the NKs ever wonder if they're just being fed lies?". Then I ask myself how I know NK fired first. You have the internet? | ||
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gongryong
Korea (South)1430 Posts
On November 23 2010 21:45 John Acton wrote: gongryong do you mean air sirens? no. just unofficial alerts through sms and social media | ||
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vyyye
Sweden3917 Posts
On November 23 2010 21:49 Uriel_SVK wrote: I am not defending NK here, but why are there so many army excersises near them? It is not the first time something like this happened. If I got an angry, violent, armed neighbour, i wont be runing with a gun around his yard... Because it has been an unstable zone since the Korean War. Really unstable zone, they are officially at war (but there's a cease fire). For all South Korea know North Korea could attack them at any moment, both sides are on alert at all times. | ||
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LazyMacro
976 Posts
I don't claim to be an expert on N. Korea, but recently I saw a National Geographic documentary on Netflix about a reporter embedded with an eye doctor during a trip to N. Korea to attempt to help a few thousand citizens. I am honestly terrified of N. Korea. Their ideology is very scary, as it is almost...cultish. This incident (and the other one a couple of weeks ago) could be very serious. I'm also a bit curious as to what the US will do in response, as US forces are posted alongside S. Korean forces at the DMZ between N. and S. Korea. (I also bet the CIA is going apeshit right now.) | ||
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Consolidate
United States829 Posts
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GTR
51589 Posts
On November 23 2010 21:05 MrHoon wrote: This is just sad... One of the dead Sergeant's Cyworld Wall Post (Cyworld is like Korean Facebook) ![[image loading]](http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx86/MrHoon/___Crapbox/asdd.jpg) so depressing wow. | ||
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Irrelevant
United States2364 Posts
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kazansky
Germany931 Posts
On November 23 2010 21:49 Uriel_SVK wrote: I am not defending NK here, but why are there so many army excersises near them? It is not the first time something like this happened. If I got an angry, violent, armed neighbour, i wont be runing with a gun around his yard... They do maneuvres where a possible conflict would occur. You need realistic background for these kind of exercises at is it very likely that if war occurs, they will battle there. Not very likely to fight NK in the shores of Phillipines. It's not exactly paintball sessions they do there. | ||
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mmdmmd
722 Posts
On November 23 2010 21:52 LazyMacro wrote: I'm also a bit curious as to what the US will do in response, as US forces are posted alongside S. Korean forces at the DMZ between N. and S. Korea. (I also bet the CIA is going apeshit right now.) nothing, impossible for US to go into another war atm unless US is under direct attack. Any other US war will mean instant death for the current government. | ||
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Vortok
United States830 Posts
On November 23 2010 21:45 KwarK wrote: Sometimes I think "do the NKs ever wonder if they're just being fed lies?". Then I ask myself how I know NK fired first. I generally assume that politicans (on both sides of any given situation) are talking out of their ass and lying through their teeth. The public never gets the full story about anything military related for good reasons, too. As for the joke attempt, I can't blame him too much. Regardless of the joke quality, some people deal with crisis via humor (not saying that particular poster was). Takes their mind off the danger. Whether the joke/entertainment is good or bad, if people are distracted from the grim reality for awhile it can help morale. I think (memory sketchy, not sure) during WWII the US had professional Baseball leagues continue. Gave the population some entertainment. Something to watch/talk about other than how much their friends, family, and loved ones are giving up/losing due to the war. Humor is just one of the base reactions that some humans have to tense situations. If it helps some people feel less stressed, is it really all that bad if someone makes a few corny jokes? | ||
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LazyMacro
976 Posts
That... | ||
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UisTehSux
United States693 Posts
But saying sorry will never replace lives lost. | ||
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Grettin
42394 Posts
Video clip of the bombing is out. | ||
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Meiya
Australia1169 Posts
On November 23 2010 21:56 mmdmmd wrote: nothing, impossible for US to go into another war atm unless US is under direct attack. Any other US war will mean instant death for the current government. Honestly, I think nothing could be easier than drumming up popular support for probably one of the most reasonably justified potential wars on earth. It wouldn't be Iraq or Afghanistan, it would be more 'Europe First'. ie. An objectively evil country trying to destroy an ally that the US has sacrified thousands of soldiers for in the past, and naturally US soldiers stationed in South Korea won't just be standing around if full scale hostilities are initiated. | ||
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gongryong
Korea (South)1430 Posts
On November 23 2010 21:57 Vortok wrote: I generally assume that politicans (on both sides of any given situation) are talking out of their ass and lying through their teeth. The public never gets the full story about anything military related for good reasons, too. As for the joke attempt, I can't blame him too much. Regardless of the joke quality, some people deal with crisis via humor (not saying that particular poster was). Takes their mind off the danger. Whether the joke/entertainment is good or bad, if people are distracted from the grim reality for awhile it can help morale. I think (memory sketchy, not sure) during WWII the US had professional Baseball leagues continue. Gave the population some entertainment. Something to watch/talk about other than how much their friends, family, and loved ones are giving up/losing due to the war. Humor is just one of the base reactions that some humans have to tense situations. If it helps some people feel less stressed, is it really all that bad if someone makes a few corny jokes? FUCK YOU MAN. HOW DARE YOU PSYCHOLOGIZE THIS SITUATION. CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS HAPPENING TO YOUR HOUSE AND FAMILY AND ALL US HERE JOKING THAT FLASH AND BOXER SHOULD BE SENT TO NUKE NK? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU MAN! User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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kazansky
Germany931 Posts
On November 23 2010 21:57 Vortok wrote: Humor is just one of the base reactions that some humans have to tense situations. If it helps some people feel less stressed, is it really all that bad if someone makes a few corny jokes? There is a severe difference between joking for coping with a stress situation and making distasteful jokes from at least 1000 km's away about people dying and the possibility of a war. One is justified, the other isn't. For a reason. | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
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Meiya
Australia1169 Posts
On November 23 2010 22:03 StarStruck wrote: It's times like this I wish someone would try harder in their assassination attempts of Kim Jong-il and his cabinet. What do you really think that would achieve other than creating martyrs? The people of that country believe that they are living in the only good country on Earth, because they know no other way. | ||
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