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On August 22 2015 02:45 oGoZenob wrote:
sometimes I hope that north korea will do something so dumb that we wouldnt have a choice to just destroy that regime to oblivion in a day... The people have suffered enough

On August 22 2015 03:45 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:

Say we do. Who takes power and why?

Getting rid of Saddam was easy, but running Iraq in his stead was not.

On August 22 2015 04:12 ImFromPortugal wrote:



you mean destroying a country, imposing genocidal sanctions was easy but creating democracy was a different thing?

On August 22 2015 04:12 ImFromPortugal wrote:



you mean destroying a country, imposing genocidal sanctions was easy but creating democracy was a different thing?

On August 22 2015 04:20 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:

Totally. You have a semi-decent casus belli, go in, and overthrow the government before Christmas. Having the status quo disrupted and having to rebuild the system from scratch while half the country realizes they still hate the other half and now there's nothing stopping them from doing anything about it is another story.

On August 22 2015 04:44 ImFromPortugal wrote:
I was talking about the first gulf war and the fact that you guys didn't do a thing to end the regime, even when some Iraqi factions wanted to end it and requested your help...instead you imposed crippling sanctions that destroyed the country, killed thousands of children and made the regime last for a decade more. Why wasn't the united states accused of terrorism when they first invaded IRAQ ? Even with reports stating that Kuwait was utilizing slant drilling techniques to steal Iraqis oil. Who pays for all of this? You with your tax money and the rest of the world with their blood ?

On August 22 2015 04:50 Plansix wrote:

We didn't invade Iraq in 1990. And even if Kuwait was using those drilling techniques, its not justification for an invasion. Sorry the UN and everyone else can't live up to your standards on how to deal with regimes like one in Iraq.

But you seem to be derailing the thread again.

On August 22 2015 05:01 Plansix wrote:
Just as long as you found a way to feel superior to everyone else.

(3rd LD) Koreas to hold high-level talks amid tensions: Cheong Wa Dae

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SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea will hold high-level talks at the border village of Panmunjom later Saturday, Cheong Wa Dae said, in a move to try to defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

South Korea's National Security Adviser Kim Kwan-jin and Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo will meet with Kim Yang-gon, the top official in charge of South Korea affairs, and Hwang Pyong-so, director of the general political department of North Korea's military, at 6 p.m., said Kim Kyou-hyun, deputy chief of the presidential office of national security.

North Korea set 5 p.m. Saturday as the deadline for South Korea to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts along the heavily fortified border and dismantle all loudspeakers. The announcement of the meeting fell just two hours before this deadline.

The North threatened to launch "strong military action" if South Korea defies the ultimatum. North Korea also warned late Friday that it is prepared to engage in "all-out war."

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On August 22 2015 05:01 Plansix wrote:
Just as long as you found a way to feel superior to everyone else.

North and South Korea hold talks go into a second day

North and South Korea are to hold a second round of top-level talks on Sunday to defuse growing tension, officials from the South say.

The announcement was made after several hours of negotiations on Saturday.

Senior aides to the two countries' leaders met at the Panmunjom truce village on the border. North Korea had threatened "strong military action" if the South did not stop border loudspeaker broadcasts that had provoked a "semi-state of war".
The two sides have agreed to meet again on Sunday afternoon to "narrow down differences" as overnight talks were finally wound up after nearly 10 hours of negotiations.

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Evacuation Orders for Border Areas Lifted Partially

Evacuation orders for South Korean residents near the border with North Korea have been lifted in some areas as the two Koreas are set to resume high-level talks Sunday afternoon.

Incheon City said that the evacuation orders issued for five northwestern border islands in the Yellow Sea were all lifted as of 10 p.m. Saturday, allowing the evacuated residents to return home.

The city said that the order for Ganghwa Island was not lifted, but most of the residents returned home.

However, evacuation orders for Gyeonggi Province remain effective, with 37-hundred residents in Yeoncheon County, about 800 in Paju and some people in Gimpo staying at nearby shelters.

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