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What happens if the Norks launch at Guam and the US retaliates before the missiles land? Does China still back NK? What happens if the Norks launch, US launches back, and the missiles turn out to be test dummies that land 10 miles off the coast of Guam? It would be an insanely stupid play to make but we're not dealing with two of the most rational people in the world.
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Two Finger posted:uh, so this article in the new zealand herald says that the chinese are now saying if the us strikes first, they'll step in on the nk side Cue a diplomatic cable from Moscow to Washington "Pssst Kim said you have small hands and a tiny dick. Plus he thinks your hotels are tacky"
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Aug 11, 2017 06:37
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BIG HEADLINE's expert analysis of US foreign policy since 2001.BIG HEADLINE posted:A Saudi guy with a beard broke a bar stool over our backs in the Pub Internationale, and when the rest of the civilized world asked us if we were okay, we broke our bottle on the bar and loudly exclaimed that anyone who didn't pledge undying allegiance and loyalty to us was 'gonna get cut.' Then we singled out the people we thought we saw laughing in the corner and spent most of our treasure in making their lives as miserable as possible, at ruinous expense to most, but tremendous profit to the usual suspects. Then we called our dumbest friend over to convince everyone to never gently caress with us again, not realizing he molested our daughter and has been robbing us blind the entire time we've known him.
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Aug 11, 2017 06:40
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Aug 11, 2017 07:05
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a Kim Il Song of Tweets and Fire imo
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Aug 11, 2017 07:11
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psydude posted:Are nuke officers sequestered from the rest of the world while they're on duty so they never know if they're doing the real thing? KildarX posted:It sounds like it might be opsec, but what stops a training order from being actually executed, is it that there's like a training launch code that beep boops at you if you enter it correctly and then there's an actual honest to god sunshine code that beep boops at you and blows something up? shame on an IGA posted:That poo poo has to be explosive as fuuuuck considering how much simple finely powdered aluminum without any nanostructure trickery already loves atmospheric O2 and federal watchlists
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Aug 11, 2017 07:34
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Aug 11, 2017 08:31
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According to multiple news outlets Manafort's son in law has been cooperating with the Feds for a couple months. Now Manafort is switching his legal team to one specializing in financial crimes. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/manafort-shakes-up-legal-team-amid-new-reports-investigation http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/politics/manafort-yohai-justice-department-investigation-russia/index.html
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Aug 11, 2017 08:41
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crazyivan45 posted:Can a president unilaterally order a nuclear strike or is there a two-man rule in place? Yes. The president can order the strike without even telling the secdef. Some congress members have pushed for legislation to change that, prior to Trump getting the nomination, with no success. They wanted congress involved unless responding to an actual attack in progress.
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Aug 11, 2017 09:05
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China has now stated that if NK strikes first, they will remain neutral. However if we strike first, they will side with DPRK and defend DPRK. https://twitter.com/Voize_of_Reazon/status/895955980294422528
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Aug 11, 2017 11:56
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/895970429734711298 Really loving that cold war-style nuclear brinksmanship is back in vogue
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Aug 11, 2017 12:35
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Fuckin locked and loaded! Yea! Hell yes! So great to have someone with GUTS back in charge. Maga
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Aug 11, 2017 12:42
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A couple years ago I said the next war would be fought over social media. I wasn't exactly wrong.
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Aug 11, 2017 12:42
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I mean, at least the Norks are kind of figuring out that Donnie is full of poo poo too. https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/895973910570774530 Could potentially be the world's saving grace that Trump is a terrible, terrible liar.
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Aug 11, 2017 12:47
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https://twitter.com/xebec78/status/895974360003088386 Such class
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Aug 11, 2017 12:49
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I love how it's easier to understand his motives through the lens of North Korea.
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Aug 11, 2017 12:49
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Missionary Positron posted:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/895970429734711298 You guys are able to go from zero to "we are completely prepared to fight a major regional war" in three days? I take back a lot of what I said about the military.
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Aug 11, 2017 12:51
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For what it's worth S.Korea is about to kick off UFG17, so they'll have lots of extra personnel in place for the next three weeks. I know this because I am dealing with the world's most unprepared Major and trying to send him there for the exercise.
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dscruffy1 posted:For what it's worth S.Korea is about to kick off UFG17, so they'll have lots of extra personnel in place for the next three weeks. Remind him to pack some iodine tablets.
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Aug 11, 2017 13:02
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Totally wouldn't want to be stationed in Korea right now. In 2004 we had some protesters show up and the whole area went on lockdown for nearly a week. They must be losing their loving minds right now.
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Zeroisanumber posted:You guys are able to go from zero to "we are completely prepared to fight a major regional war" in three days? I take back a lot of what I said about the military. FIGHT TONIGHT! Maybe someone just showed the president a con-plan and said "yeah, I mean, we do have a plan, technically."
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Aug 11, 2017 13:04
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https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/895973426330054656 Good little tweet series that shows that no, we are not in fact locked and loaded, and are quite far from it. Man, that 25th amendment can't get invoked soon enough. I'd rather have Pence, or gently caress even Mattis couping Trump, than the orange one bumbling his way into WWIII.
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Aug 11, 2017 13:15
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Vasudus posted:Totally wouldn't want to be stationed in Korea right now. In 2004 we had some protesters show up and the whole area went on lockdown for nearly a week. They must be losing their loving minds right now. Those were some wacky times. I got stuck in a second story bar outside Osan AB sometime late 2003 because a protest was rolling around on a flat bed truck with thousands of people in tow. The bar was blocked off from the street by three rows of police with those giant assbeating sticks. So many anti-Bush protests, it was ridiculous.
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Aug 11, 2017 13:15
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:terry knows the fuckin score Terry will be first to die when the bombs hit.
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Aug 11, 2017 13:20
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CommieGIR posted:Terry will be first to die when the bombs hit. Insha'allah.
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Aug 11, 2017 13:29
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Baby boomers really really loving like war Do they have a complex about "the greatest generation ever" that fought ww2?
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Aug 11, 2017 13:33
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TBeats posted:Baby boomers really really loving like war A lot of them were draft dodgers and feel like they never won their Red Badge of Courage so they compensate for it by being armchair warriors.
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Aug 11, 2017 13:37
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Um https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/895981907133030400
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Aug 11, 2017 13:41
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"The Market" doesn't exist anymore. I swear, threads or something should be required viewing for anybody born after 1990 in high School. people just don't appreciate nuclear power anymore
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Waroduce posted:"The Market" doesn't exist anymore. Yeah, I don't know how this is hard to understand: If a nuclear exchange happens, there won't be a market.
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Could you imagine seeing Light streak through the sky and a mushroom cloud rise far far in the horizon and going " I hope my stocks are going to be ok.....shouldn't have maxed out the 401k I guess"
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CommieGIR posted:Yeah, I don't know how this is hard to understand: If a nuclear exchange happens, there won't be a market. Which should (in theory) be priced into the market. The value of stocks is (in theory) based on a projection of future earnings, so the likelihood of a scenario where those don't exist can impact current prices.
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Waroduce posted:Could you imagine seeing Light streak through the sky and a mushroom cloud rise far far in the horizon and going " I hope my stocks are going to be ok.....shouldn't have maxed out the 401k I guess" I imagine it will look something like this. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3EOPMnCROgM
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Aug 11, 2017 14:02
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The next sound you will hear will be the sound of the stock bell melting.
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suboptimal posted:https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/895973426330054656 Seriously though you can't find a precedent for Trump among American presidents. Even the Republicans from the Gilded Age don't fit. You've got to go back to Roman times and their decadent emperors.
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Blind Rasputin posted:I imagine it will look something like this. I'm the guy getting knocked on my rear end at the 1m mark.
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:I've got a hair up my butt (again) about him implying that B-1s are nuke-capable (at the moment) but yeah he's right. Wake me up when freight trains loaded down with Abrams tanks are heading toward the West Coast. I'd say Henry the Eighth.
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:I've got a hair up my butt (again) about him implying that B-1s are nuke-capable (at the moment) but yeah he's right. Wake me up when freight trains loaded down with Abrams tanks are heading toward the West Coast. Unfortunately I doubt the actual fact of our preparedness is relevant to whether or not Trump escalates. The morning's headlines will certainly have far more to do with it.
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I can't remember what documentary I saw it in, but it reminds me of some financial analyst who said that when he first heard about 9/11 happening he asked himself "Oh, I wonder what the price of gold is right now?" I'm still gonna put money into my retirement accounts either way, but the last thing I care about if WW3 kicks off is "Hmmm, I wonder if I diversified enough".
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