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couchmaster

climber

pdx

Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 16, 2013 - 08:59am PT

Situation reminds me of the Balkans in July 1914. I can't help but feeling like the clock with a countdown to something horrific, is ticking down.

pyro

Big Wall climber

Calabasas

Mar 16, 2013 - 09:13am PT

f*#k those guy's.
just by them shouting out in threats is considered crimes against humanity.
take out that 28 year old fat boy!

RyanD

climber

Squamish

Mar 16, 2013 - 09:13am PT

I posted this before somewhere, but you would learn a lot about N Korea you don't know by watching it. Funny, weird, terrifying with a grand finale.

Travel guide to north koreer

Part 2

Part 3

TGT

Social climber

So Cal

Mar 16, 2013 - 09:45am PT

Here's the little Nork gem that caught his attention between the front and back nine. The KN-08. It's a dandy little truck rollaroundable missile that has people in the know asking the question "If they stop blowing them up and figure out their sh#t (and they will figure out their sh#t, see NASA Project Vanguard) just how far can that little sumbitch carry a nuclear warhead?"

Remember how much fun it was back in the day to find SCUDS on trucks in Iraq and blow them up on the ground before they launched? Yeah. Good times man, good times.

http://ace.mu.nu/

Randisi

Social climber

Dalian, Liaoning

Mar 16, 2013 - 09:48am PT

I'd be more concerned about China, Japan, Taiwan and the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute if I were you.

TGT

Social climber

So Cal

Mar 16, 2013 - 09:55am PT

If China does decide to go all Genghis Khan expansionist they'll start in the S China Sea.

The Philippines are a much softer target.

But don't for a minute think that NK acts without China's at least passive permission.

Randisi

Social climber

Dalian, Liaoning

Mar 16, 2013 - 10:02am PT

The Chinese don't really like North Korea.

They are generally seen as an annoyance.

Randisi

Social climber

Dalian, Liaoning

Mar 16, 2013 - 10:03am PT

And China is not expansionist, but they do have a very strong sense of what they feel belongs to them.

Ron Anderson

Trad climber

Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal

Mar 16, 2013 - 10:03am PT

ohhhw yeah so do WE!^^^^

Edit: We should send dennis rodman over to hang with his new bestest buddy- maybe he can teach kimjong uoi some B ball..

WBraun

climber

Mar 16, 2013 - 10:05am PT

Americans are stupid fuking morons.

They should focus on fixing this country.

Newt Gingrich even said his own Party is run by morons.

Why you Americans not do anything????

Why you Americans so fuking stupid?????

All you care about is some stupid climb and yer stupid iPod, facebook and all yer other stupid sh!t and let yer Govt, be run by the same morons you are.

Stupidest fuking morons on the planet who only waste all their time talking and doing nothing.

You don't deserve America ......

TwistedCrank

climber

Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho

Mar 16, 2013 - 10:11am PT

Men in suits will be knocking on Werner's door soon.

Ron Anderson

Trad climber

Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal

Mar 16, 2013 - 10:24am PT

Just to give him a JOB!;-)

Brandon-

climber

The Granite State.

Mar 16, 2013 - 10:26am PT

Werner, when was the last time you left the country?

Americans don't own the patent on stupidity.

WBraun

climber

Mar 16, 2013 - 10:28am PT

You guys prove my point.

Blah blah blah ....

and do nothing except run yer mouths ......

climbski2

Mountain climber

Anchorage AK, Reno NV

Mar 16, 2013 - 10:50am PT

What do we actually know? The current leader was carefully chosen with older siblings being passed by as unacceptable. This means that the regime is concerned with it's political survival and continuance in power. Which of course means they are not suicidal. I doubt anyone runs a country by being truly insane. Generals or leaders.

Could they become suicidal if they were to have their system unravel? Perhaps. Suicidal actions would be unlikely even then if history shows us much.

This rules out full scale invasion of the south or the use of their primitive Nukes. Although an open air ocean test might be something they would do.

One would expect them to continue to find creative and outrageous new ways to give the world the finger like they have for decades.

This behavior seems to work well for their internal politics.

Call it Tantrum diplomacy. It has allowed them to gain carrots from the world for toning down from bizarre behavior to merely poor behavior. Although this may no longer be working so well. It also lets them show each other internally how ballsy and loyal they are. It give them the ability to have an outside boogeyman to unite their peasants with. Peasant they deliberately underfeed in order to keep them weak and docile.

Basically N Korea is very predictable. Being outrageous and slightly dangerous is what they do, their MO if you will. You can almost set your clock by it.

It's getting boring.

moosedrool

Trad climber

lost, far away from Poland

Mar 16, 2013 - 10:57am PT

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2084416&msg=2084477#msg2084477

I new it. It is all Rodman's fault!

pyro

Big Wall climber

Calabasas

Mar 16, 2013 - 11:46am PT

hey Warner have u seen Waugh around? he's MIA at stoney. i'm sure he's cycling or something.

p.s. ur comments are the best.

Dave Kos

Social climber

Temecula

Mar 16, 2013 - 12:14pm PT

If China does decide to go all Genghis Khan expansionist they'll start in the S China Sea.

The Philippines are a much softer target.

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense!

Cuz the only economic resource the Philippines has is a cheap labor pool, and China really needs more of that.

You guys just dream up any old sh#t as an excuse to borrow money to build more military stuff.

If China was to go "Genghis Khan expansionist" they'll do it for the same reason the US has gone "Genghis Khan expansionist": OIL

But they'll need to build a navy first, and they've got a long way to go...