Gavros 1:46 Tue Aug 29
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Getting pretty tasty now with this missile over Japan.
No solution is good. Taking them out would mean the obliteration of Seoul.
China had to rein these fuckers in, surely.
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chim chim cha boo
2:00 Tue Aug 29
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I hope they do something rash and thoughtless that leads to mutually assured destruction soon.
We're at home to Hudderfield in a couple of weeks.
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jimbo2.
2:01 Tue Aug 29
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Something has to be done to stop them & China must impose real sanctions now.
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BerlinIron
4:03 Tue Aug 29
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Working in Seoul for next 6 months. Just praying no one does anything really stupid
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The Cult Of Bob
7:25 Tue Aug 29
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Not a pleasant way to start my day. My phone started flashing and said peiople in Hokkaido should evacuate. I think the system is usually used in the event of a major earthquake.
People are saying the warhead wasn't armed but it still would have caused a lot of damage if there had been any sort of miscalculation on NK's side.
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Coffee
7:33 Tue Aug 29
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Did the message say where you should evacuate to?
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The Cult Of Bob
7:46 Tue Aug 29
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Don't know. It only applied to people in Hokkaido.
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The Cult Of Bob
7:47 Tue Aug 29
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To be honest, North Korea has been lobbing rockets into the sea of Japan for years so this is not exactly unprecedented.
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Coffee
7:55 Tue Aug 29
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But they've only actually crossed Japanese territory a couple of times, haven't they? And not for some years? The rest have been over water.
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The Cult Of Bob
8:01 Tue Aug 29
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I don't think it technically entered Japanese territory but flew over it.
Under international law, at an altitude of 100km (62mi), your territory becomes space and is no longer your own territory. The missile flew over Japan in space and then touched down in the sea.
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Coffee
8:06 Tue Aug 29
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Didn't know about the altitude limit. It flew very high - something like 350 miles, according to reports. Presumably it was the customary reaction to US/S Korea exercises? But as you say, can't be fun relying on N Korean technical ability to ensure it didn't land in Japan.
One thing I don't understand - why don't N Korea just get on and live their collective life peacefully? There's no obvious advantage from their continued sabre rattling.
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HairyHammer
8:08 Tue Aug 29
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Scary times, one hopes that China does something big (cuts off aid) but hopefully not war, and that the twitter troll of the century is kept away from the shiny red but but.
I think the fat Korean midget could be a crazy idiot who may feel that oblivion would be better for his people than living like loud Nationalistic loons for the simple prize of breathing.
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The Cult Of Bob
8:18 Tue Aug 29
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They absolutely HATE the US. How America behaved in the Korean war was pretty inexcusable. Really great article about it here.
https://theintercept.com/2017/05/03/why-do-north-koreans-hate-us-one-reason-they-remember-the-korean-war/
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Coffee
8:28 Tue Aug 29
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Thanks, good article.
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Willtell
8:44 Tue Aug 29
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I haven't read the article yet but will. I do observe similar where I live and spoke about it just the other day with locals.
As most of you know I live in SW France. Loads of Brits, Dutch and Belgians buy property here. You see all sorts of car plates from Eastern Europe in the holiday season but you will hardly ever see a German one.
German atrocities in SW France were particularly bad and well publicised. In Eastern France, which neighbours Germany, you will see thousands of German cars which makes me wonder how it is they get to Spain in huge numbers but not SW France...
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mashed in maryland
9:02 Tue Aug 29
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http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/24/north-korea-boasts-it-is-safer-than-an-evening-walk-in-london-to-attract-tourists-6876706/
They probably have a point.
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nerd
9:36 Tue Aug 29
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They will blow themselves up.
Idiots plus explosives don't mix well.
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wansteadman
9:43 Tue Aug 29
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I remember reading that they can't feed themselves so use the threat of their missiles to force the rest of the world to feed them. I think that ploys coming to an end
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martyboy
12:37 Wed Aug 30
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Ive got a horrible feeling tomorrow they are going to get blitzed by the mad Yanks!! The "Little man" has got it coming!!
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Crassus
12:50 Wed Aug 30
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The dynamic of the situation combined with previous negligence and form suggests that they odds upon a joyful outcome are about as remote as us winning the league
You might be a stroppy little cunt in the pub but if you keep throwing ice cubes at the known nutter dont be shocked when he wades in with pool cues, balls and double diamond bottles
As mere ill infomed observer I can't help but think the street signs have been pointing at this place for years and nothing during that time encapsulates the blind arrogance and consequential failure of American overseas policy better
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Hammer and Pickle
12:55 Wed Aug 30
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... or they are playing the markets as usual. These do react in a predictable fashion to this kind of thing.
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