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On March 26 2013 03:57 Schlootle wrote:


I'm sure North Korea is a country we should hold the utmost trust in what they say.

On March 26 2013 04:06 Hemling wrote:


confusing, do you mean their "threats to use nuclear weapons" or their declaration to not use them first?

On March 26 2013 04:17 Schlootle wrote:


I was being sarcastic, I mean to say its hard to trust anything North Korea says.

On March 26 2013 04:34 Salazarz wrote:
There is no such thing as a "justified pre-emptive nuclear strike", lol. Nuclear weapons in general are retarded, saying it's okay to use them because oh my god, these guys said they'll bomb us soon is just... I don't even know.

On March 26 2013 03:33 Assault_1 wrote:
North Korea has submitted yet another entry to its ongoing propaganda film festival. This time, it has released a video that threatens an attack on U.S. forces using "powerful weapons of mass destruction" and depicts an invasion of Seoul in which 150,000 American citizens are taken hostage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VQ7NjGeIRw


Link here:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/north-korea-video-propaganda-us-troops-rockets-125355219.html

On March 26 2013 04:43 micronesia wrote:

If country x says to country y "we are going to nuke you" and then the next day country x nukes country y, will you still tell country y it would have been 'retarded' to protect themselves?

I feel nukes should never be used in war. However, I feel even stronger that pre-emptive nuclear attacks should never be threatened, and I think a lot of people feel this way.

On March 26 2013 04:43 micronesia wrote:

If country x says to country y "we are going to nuke you" and then the next day country x nukes country y, will you still tell country y it would have been 'retarded' to protect themselves?

I feel nukes should never be used in war. However, I feel even stronger that pre-emptive nuclear attacks should never be threatened, and I think a lot of people feel this way.

On March 26 2013 05:04 xM(Z wrote:

getting hit with a nuke would not prevent you from launching one so no, the concept of pre-emptive nuclear strike should not exist.
also, when a nuke is launched, you can 'see it' with your satelites even before it gets up into the atmosphere so again, there is plenty of time to retaliate with one of your own.
"Launch on warning (LOW) is a strategy of nuclear weapon retaliation that gained recognition during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. With the invention of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), launch on warning became an integral part of mutually assured destruction (MAD) theory. Under this strategy, a retaliatory strike is launched upon warning of enemy nuclear attack, while its missiles are still in the air, and before detonation occurs."

On March 26 2013 05:05 revel8 wrote:


I think there is a difference between public rhetoric and what is said using the diplomatic channels. Yes, threatening a nuclear strike is a VERY serious diplomatic move, but I don't think that this is being said via the diplomats. All Governments know the difference between propoganda and a declaration of intentions.

On March 26 2013 06:05 Salazarz wrote:
You realize that an all-out nuclear attack on a country isn't a military action, right? It's called 'genocide', and it's not cool. Like, even if you completely disregard the after-effects of nuclear strikes such as radioactive fallout in neighbouring areas and what-not, you're basically saying it's okay to kill 20-odd million civilians because their country is ruled by an universally hated dictatorship. It's not like everyone in Korea actually supports the regime and dreams of watching America die in a fire - they're people, just like you and me, who simply want to go on with their lives. IF North Korean regime was actually seen as a threat to USA (or anyone else, for the matter), military intervention could become a reality - but a nuclear strike (preventive? lol) is honestly unthinkable. The loss of life and the issues that would arise out of it are simply beyond imagining.

On March 26 2013 17:52 darkness wrote:
North Korea says it has ordered artillery and rocket units into "combat posture" to prepare to target US bases in Hawaii, Guam and the US mainland.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21935342

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Personally, I doubt they can hit the mainland, but I'm curious to see if they're that stupid to attack those bases.

On March 26 2013 06:13 micronesia wrote:

Yes, there would certainly be no justification to do this with the possible exception of preventing the same exact thing from happening to you. If, for example, NK really did make good on some promise to nuke the USA, would any of those things you just described not happen to the USA instead? Of course, this probably inflates NK's actual military capabilities. Once again I want to emphasize that such a decision should and would never be taken lightly (I would hope). You don't nuke a country because they piss you off. In fact, hopefully no country ever gets nuked. NK isn't doing a very good job of preventing this though.

It would also be nice to get some perspectives from people who actually live in a country that NK has made clear they would like to nuke. It's very easy to take the moral superiority viewpoint from the UK, Germany, or Romania...

North Korea 'defeats' US troops in new video
The latest propaganda video to emerge from North Korea depicts paratroopers descending on Seoul in an invasion scenario that it said would see thousands of US citizens living in South Korea taken hostage.

The four-minute video, titled "A Short, Three-Day War," begins with images of a massive artillery and rocket barrage, followed by a large-scale land and air assault with North Korean troops streaming over the border.

The video was posted on the North's official website, Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the state media.

The video's male narrator describes different stages of the invasion, including the destruction of forces under the US Pacific Command with "powerful weapons of mass destruction."

"The crack stormtroops will occupy Seoul and other cities and take 150,000 US citizens as hostages," he says.

The video shows footage of paratroopers jumping from the sky superimposed over an aerial shot of the South Korean capital, with North Korean military helicopters hovering overhead.