North Korea tests Nuclear Bomb

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 09 Oct 2006, 11:39

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6032525.stm

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 09 Oct 2006, 12:06

Well... apart from North Korea being run by a complete and utter idiotic crazy madman, responsible for the many deaths and very low living-standards for his people... and this not being a smart move... I cant say this would warrant an attack by the USA or Japan or whatever.

Many other countries do tests like these from time to time.

I'd love to see North Korean people being freed from their crazy dictator, or even better, that guy just falling over and dying, but I dont think starting a war with North Korea would be a good idea.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 09 Oct 2006, 12:36

The USA won't attack.
North Korea is not a powerless nation like Afghanistan or Iraq.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 09 Oct 2006, 12:51

tom2681 wrote:The USA won't attack.
North Korea is not a powerless nation like Afghanistan or Iraq.

Do they have oil?

I agree that the USA is much less likely to attck North Korea, as there really isnt much to gain there.
In the middle east, it's pretty clear that they want to make that region more 'westernized' in order to get more power and influence there, so they can do business there and make money (Halliburton among others)
They SAY they do it for the oppressed people, but when you look at all the other places in the world where the situation is at least as bad as it is in the middle east, you can tell they dont give a shit about THOSE people... so why should we believe them when they say they do care about the people in the middle east!?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 09 Oct 2006, 13:00

Yi-Long wrote:so why should we believe them when they say they do care about the people in the middle east!?

Because they are oppressed by terrorists.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 09 Oct 2006, 13:07

Yeah right.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 09 Oct 2006, 13:09

Ow yeah, now it makes sense

Phew.... good thing Kim isnt a terrorist then. That must surely be a relief to the North Korean people...

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 09 Oct 2006, 13:16

He's only a communist and what did history teach us? Don't pay any attention to them and their problems will sove on their own.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Oct 2006, 14:11

We (UK) have nukes (2000 AFAIK)
The US has 10000 Nukes
Pakistan and other countries have them.
So Why do we care about N Korea (doesnt the US give them aid BTW?) One of the things that could happen is that China could put pressure on N Korea to stop testing (I think).