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   6/18/09

   anticsrocks

   I don't think there will be a full scale war. For one Obama doesn't have the stomach for that, and even if there were any type of exchange between NK and USA - hands down USA prevails.

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2. 

   6/18/09

   satijournal

   No, our best offence is the building of a coalition against N. Korea and not giving them any other option but to act sane.

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3. 

   6/18/09

   JFSRULZ

   Lol. True. Having them to act 'sane' is going to be real hard to achieve.

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4. 

   6/18/09

   Stillthinking

   There is not going to be a war with N. Korea because they would be wiped out in a heart beat. They no longer have the backing of China and the Soviet Union no longer exists. They are playing a losing game.
   
   I almost wish Kim Jung Il would do something stupid so that his government can be deposed by the UN and reunified with South Korea. That way, the completely innocent people of North Korea would get some relief from their poverty and political suppression. South Korea has one of the most prosperous economies in Asia as well as one of the most vocal democracies. There are many voices in South Korea who support reunification, but not if Kim Jung Il remains in power.

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5. 

   6/18/09

   clioandme

   Don't see there being a war, and if there were one, the whole "win/lose" question would depend on political objectives. We're not talking about a sporting match here.

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   1. 

      6/18/09

      satijournal

      I don't know... Kim Jung Il is threatening to launch a missile towards Hawaii. This could be Obama's first real foreign policy test.
   2. 

      6/18/09

      clioandme

      It takes two sides to fight a war. North Korea is more like a kid with some serious issues.
      
      On a more serious note, the key to North Korea is presumably still China.
   3. 

      6/18/09

      anticsrocks

      North Korea has missile technology and nuclear weapon technology, but the marriage of the two in order to form an ICBM is quite another. What NK would more than likely do, IF they went for a military response would be to lob missiles at Soul, SK. Or target our military inside SK.
      
      By the way, our military is following a ship that left NK. It has suspected weapons technology. NK has said that if we board it on the open sea, which technically be an act of war, that they will respond militarily. A better course of action and one which we will probably take - although with Obama in the Oval Office, one never knows - is to wait for it to come into port and ask the host country to allow us to board it. It is on its way to Singapore right now. Our military knows that this is an avenue for Kim Jong Il to raise money by selling military weaponry to rogue nations or terrorist organizations.
      
      This will be interesting to watch how it plays out.
   4. 

      6/19/09

      clioandme

      "One never knows." You mean that as an insult, but I find the notion refreshing. Imagine. Foreign powers up to know good are being kept guessing. I like that. Keep 'em on their toes.
   5. 

      6/19/09

      anticsrocks

      I meant it as a reflection of his inexperience on the global scene. He seems to gravitate towards the traditional enemies of the USA and distance himself from the traditional allies.
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      6/19/09

      clioandme

      ???
6. 

   6/19/09

   Agit8r

   ya don't mess with a man's home state!

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      6/19/09

      JFSRULZ

      Agit8r,
      
      Lol. your right. Someone else mentioned that to me. This may be the time when Obama really loses his cool. I predict he is going to pimp slap Kim so hard he will live to regret it.
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      6/19/09

      Agit8r

      china needs to reign in its little protectorate. otherwise, trade sanctions!
7. 

   11/01/09

   pices2004

   If war will occure only those countries will be targeted those has these atomic bombs. I am requesting to these all countries, for the sake of your own people defuse them.

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