EPTNorth Korea Fires Artillery Rounds at South Korean Island…
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TheAngelofDeath
United States2033 Posts
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Crackensan
United States479 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:12 TheAngelofDeath wrote: So um....without sounding like a complete idiot, is it possible for war to break out over this incident if NK and SK continue the artillery attacks? 0_o Yes. | ||
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Taosu
Ukraine1074 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:12 TheAngelofDeath wrote: So um....without sounding like a complete idiot, is it possible for war to break out over this incident if NK and SK continue the artillery attacks? 0_o I think no. Nobody wants the war. NK will receive the donations they ask for and the situation will get calm for some time. | ||
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oRacLeGosu
Norway151 Posts
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bjwithbraces
United States549 Posts
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:12 TheAngelofDeath wrote: So um....without sounding like a complete idiot, is it possible for war to break out over this incident if NK and SK continue the artillery attacks? 0_o It can but i highly doubt it. It will cost too much to go war with NK. | ||
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Crackensan
United States479 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:14 Taosu wrote: I think no. Nobody wants the war. NK will receive the donations they ask for and the situation will get calm for some time. The isolationist regime, which has shown in the past it will not negotiate, may continue to press this as once again ignighting the flames of war. Whether South Korea wants to get into a war is no longer a consideration. Unless North Korea can show restrain, which it has proven it cannot, then South Korea unfortunatley will be once again plunged into armed conflict. | ||
tofucake
Hyrule19053 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:12 TheAngelofDeath wrote: So um....without sounding like a complete idiot, is it possible for war to break out over this incident if NK and SK continue the artillery attacks? 0_o The US and EU back SK, China backs DPRK. If SK and DPRK start a war, their respective allies will help out. WWI started in a similar way (Austria vs Serbia). There is a chance this could lead to WW3, but I believe it to be very small. Hopefully this will get resolved without more violence. | ||
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Taosu
Ukraine1074 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:16 Crackensan wrote: The isolationist regime, which has shown in the past it will not negotiate, may continue to press this as once again ignighting the flames of war. Whether South Korea wants to get into a war is no longer a consideration. Unless North Korea can show restrain, which it has proven it cannot, then South Korea unfortunatley will be once again plunged into armed conflict. In any variant there's no acceptable outcome. If the war breaks out NK cannot possibly win it. But on the other hand SK cannot possibly survive it. So all parties including China and NK themselves don't see any other way than just to preserve the status quo. | ||
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supernovamaniac
United States3046 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:18 tofucake wrote: The US and EU back SK, China backs DPRK. If SK and DPRK start a war, their respective allies will help out. WWI started in a similar way (Austria vs Serbia). There is a chance this could lead to WW3, but I believe it to be very small. Hopefully this will get resolved without more violence. You can't bet on that yet. Although highly likely, they did state that they are looking into what actually happened. | ||
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Runsta
United States161 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:12 TheAngelofDeath wrote: So um....without sounding like a complete idiot, is it possible for war to break out over this incident if NK and SK continue the artillery attacks? 0_o Possible? Yes. Likely? That depends on how much military escalation happens and what rhetoric is used over the next 24 hours. I'd Guarantee that we are in negotiations with China as we speak over invading North Korea, if for nothing else but for the possibility that all hell breaks loose. | ||
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kamikami
France1057 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:09 mmdmmd wrote: The problem is, you think: I am shooting at my tree. they think: They are shooting my tree. That is not qualified for shooting at anyone's kids. Why not shooting at the tree too ? Seriously, they shot at a village, a civilian target. That's what make them wrong, there is no counter argument for that. | ||
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Consolidate
United States829 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:14 oRacLeGosu wrote: This is NKR trying to get the US back on the six party talk's, and showing their total unpredictability, and thereby trying to force the world to give them(the leadership) money. There is no reasoning with NKR. They need a regime change, but the change wil most probably involve a nuclear bomb, or two.. and that is not acceptable. A regime change is unlikely given the current state of affairs. North Korea is a virtual 1984-type authoritarian state. In their case however, the implicit weaknesses and unsustainability having such a system of government which would normally kill a regime are negated by the fact that North Korea has access to outside aid. | ||
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Crackensan
United States479 Posts
My heart will break because of it. However, if that is the only course of action, due to the logic of the lesser of the two evils, then so be it. | ||
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:18 tofucake wrote: The US and EU back SK, China backs DPRK. If SK and DPRK start a war, their respective allies will help out. WWI started in a similar way (Austria vs Serbia). There is a chance this could lead to WW3, but I believe it to be very small. Hopefully this will get resolved without more violence. I Doubt China won't back N-Korea if the war starts. Atleast not militarily(troops etc.). Would cause too much problems between Eu and US etc. But they won't 'let' Sk and the allies attack NK without some kind of actions. | ||
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Consolidate
United States829 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:18 tofucake wrote: The US and EU back SK, China backs DPRK. If SK and DPRK start a war, their respective allies will help out. WWI started in a similar way (Austria vs Serbia). There is a chance this could lead to WW3, but I believe it to be very small. Hopefully this will get resolved without more violence. The EU has pretty much no say in the matter. They have neither regional interests at stake nor military forces in the area. Let alone the fact that the EU's global influence has been steadily declining in general. | ||
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Impervious
Canada4199 Posts
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Teras
Great Britain103 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:18 tofucake wrote: The US and EU back SK, China backs DPRK. If SK and DPRK start a war, their respective allies will help out. WWI started in a similar way (Austria vs Serbia). There is a chance this could lead to WW3, but I believe it to be very small. Hopefully this will get resolved without more violence. The EU isn't a singular military entity, it will be individual member states that would decide to go to war with N Korea if it does occur (I highly doubt this). Don't view it as EU and US but more as NATO :> | ||
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supernovamaniac
United States3046 Posts
On November 24 2010 00:24 Impervious wrote: To those who thinks that NK has nukes and are scared that they'd use them - I'd be more scared if NK decided to use incendiary or chemical weapons than any nukes they have..... NK has the 3rd largest stockpile of chemical weapons iirc, and incendiary explosives would be absolutely devastating in any urban environment..... Plus, they've gotta be easier to deploy. Basically, North Korea is an explosive that's ready to explode anyday. Time goes by, and the explosion will get bigger. However, if we try to diffuse it right now, hell will break out. | ||
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Scorch
Austria3371 Posts
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