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originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Shuye
It isn't ok. Neither the US or France are doing so.
I just don't understand why it's ok for countries like the US or France to launch thousands of nuclear testing (in the name of freedom, right?)
originally posted by: Shuye
Could someone please explain to me why is it ok for US or any Western country to test their missiles, but when NK does that it's an act of war and a provocation?
Isn't it some double standard going on here?
originally posted by: Shuye
a reply to: seagull
And fact of the matter is it's been 50 years since the last Korea war, and they have been making threats I guess ever since.
Unless little Kim is extremely delusional (which I don't think he is actually), he knows he cannot launch anything on the West without expecting his own regime to end. So he creates these videos and make open threats to show the poor North Koreans just how strong their nation and leader is, just like every communist countries did before.
But he's never actually gonna push the button. Why would he?
originally posted by: Shuye
a reply to: Rocker2013
I didn't say NK is innocent, I just don't understand why it's ok for countries like the US or France to launch thousands of nuclear testing (in the name of freedom, right?) but it's not ok when a non-Western country does that.
The US has been far more quiet when it comes to threats, but far more deadly when it was time to drop bombs... That's all i'm saying.
originally posted by: Shuye
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Shuye
It isn't ok. Neither the US or France are doing so.
I just don't understand why it's ok for countries like the US or France to launch thousands of nuclear testing (in the name of freedom, right?)
Well, combined they have done that, over 1200 of them ever since the first one.
originally posted by: seagull
So I have personal reasons to see this sort of scenario not happen, preferably by peaceful means.
originally posted by: Rocker2013
originally posted by: Shuye
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Shuye
It isn't ok. Neither the US or France are doing so.
I just don't understand why it's ok for countries like the US or France to launch thousands of nuclear testing (in the name of freedom, right?)
Well, combined they have done that, over 1200 of them ever since the first one.
So where does this train of irrational thought derail?
Can we claim it's okay for a nation to begin a genocidal killing spree because the Nazis did?
Can we claim that it's okay for NK to have hundreds of thousands of people in what are nothing more than gulags and death camps because the Russians did?
Can we claim that another country can do whatever it wants in a crusade of empire building around the world because the Romans did?
The world today is a very different place to the one we were in.
While all our nations have agreed to striving for a complete end to nuclear arms, we have a couple of rogue states who seem determined to ignore that ideal.
NK is the only one repeatedly threatening to attack various other nations with such a weapon, it is the duty of our elected governments to protect our populations from such threats.
This is one thing Kimmy hasn't worked out - he's not just threatening the US for show, he's giving the entire world justification for ending him.
originally posted by: Rocker2013
Hopefully whatever military action we have planned will successfully prevent anything from hitting Seoul. I don't know if we have the capability to successfully take out every position threatening the capital, but I guess it might not be too hard with a coordinated effort using targeted strikes.
originally posted by: Shuye
I think no country should be allowed to develop such weapons, but if they do it's not up to the countries with a full nuclear arsenal to criticize it. Therefore, a double standard.
originally posted by: Shuye
There's a difference between threat and action.
Little Kim has been threatening for years, same goes for his father Kim jong (very) il.
originally posted by: WeRpeons
Any nuclear exchange would put both China, Japan, South Korea and Russia in a cloud of radiation fall out.