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Bolton is a crazy insane rear end in a top hat whose longstanding goal is take us to war, mainly with Iran but I'm sure he could find time for Korea as well.
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Mozi posted:Bolton is a crazy insane rear end in a top hat whose longstanding goal is take us to war, mainly with Iran but I'm sure he could find time for Korea as well. You don't think Mattis would be able to stop him?
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Willo567 posted:You don't think Mattis would be able to stop him? Why do you think Mattis wants to stop him?
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Paradoxish posted:Why do you think Mattis wants to stop him? Because Bolton is a crazy rear end mother fucker who's willing to let millions die?
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Yes, Bolton is way the gently caress crazier than Mattis. I'm challenging your assumption that Mattis isn't also a hawk on North Korea. The view that there are adults in the room with this administration is not a good one. There are no adults.
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Paradoxish posted:Yes, Bolton is way the gently caress crazier than Mattis. I'm challenging your assumption that Mattis isn't also a hawk on North Korea. The view that there are adults in the room with this administration is not a good one. There are no adults. One hawk isn't necessarily the same as another one. There are a large number of positions to hold that are horrifying but less agressive then advocating pre-empetive war.
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Willo567 posted:So, how much worse will the situation with NK get if Bolton replaces McMaster? I operate on the mentality that if I'm not getting bombarded by my Korean coworlers fears about North Korea then its not all that bad at the moment. I know thats head in the sand style thinking but it is also how you can live here without constantly being in a state of panic like most news media wants to make you feel.
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Mattis has led Marines in combat which makes a big difference from the Boltons of America.
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Willo567 posted:Bolton Mozi posted:Bolton Willo567 posted:Bolton Paradoxish posted:Bolton BrutalistMcDonalds posted:the Boltons of America. I think I'm missing something here, you're talking about Michael Bolton?
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Nucken Futz posted:I think I'm missing something here, you're talking about Michael Bolton?
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If only. We speak of the great mustachioed one - the dire walrus, whose complete inability to be proven correct on anything is no impediment to his continued relevance. 
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Feb 23, 2018 15:19
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That's not a moustache, it's a portable soup and salad bar.
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https://twitter.com/ap/status/967041471911288833 Our government is really dumb e: https://twitter.com/cnni/status/967064635374493696 Red and Black fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Feb 23, 2018 |
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Feb 23, 2018 16:14
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/967023015035797504 We still have no ambassador to South Korea, but I guess Ivanka will do?
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https://twitter.com/martyn_williams/status/967079676211478528 https://twitter.com/TimothyS/status/967110569634516992 https://twitter.com/suzannedimaggio/status/967057611177844736 Red and Black fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Feb 23, 2018 |
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OhFunny posted:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/967023015035797504 It makes total sense, since Trump wants people who are loyal to him personally to go rather than people who have a clue but feel more loyalty to themselves or, god forbid, the country.
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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I don't even know how to process this poo poo anymore
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Chomskyan posted:I don't even know how to process this poo poo anymore
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Chomskyan posted:I don't even know how to process this poo poo anymore The easy way is with lots of booze but I can say from experience that's it's not the best way.
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Part of me wonders what the loving point is when it seems like we're all going to die because of loving Trump
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Willo567 posted:Part of me wonders what the loving point is when it seems like we're all going to die because of loving Trump
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nah millions of koreans will die for americans it’s the token grunts on the border plus some tourists and sexpats maybe?
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North Korea can nuke the US mainland, right?
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Telephones posted:North Korea can nuke the US mainland, right?
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It has nukes, and it has missiles, but nothing yet about nukes on missiles. Apparently they also have issues with re-entry. But hey, it's not like anything's stopping them from advancing their weapons programme.
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Telephones posted:North Korea can nuke the US mainland, right? Nobody really knows
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Is Phase 2 where we demand 10 billion in gold bullion or we fire the Doomsday Device or was that Phase 3?
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How would the new sanctions even work? Barring shipping companies that trade with North Korea from trading with the United States? Because I don't think Not-North-Korea-Shipping makes calls to American ports.
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Can't wait for the global economy to crash as sgt. spraytan melts the entire peninsula plus japan, filmed on smartphones.
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Chomskyan posted:I don't even know how to process this poo poo anymore Donald Trump is the belligerent type of senile.
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Telephones posted:North Korea can nuke the US mainland, right? If we launched an overwhelming attack out of nowhere? Probably unlikely, but technically possible. They could certainly hurt Korea, Japan, Guam, etc - they have some dozens of nuclear weapons by now, I believe.
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The new sanctions seem to boil down to this. The violators of the existing sanctions will be penalized, here's the list of violators. Which is not really new sanctions. So of course many Trump supporters will just hear "toughest sanctions" and think it's bold leadership.
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Mozi posted:If we launched an overwhelming attack out of nowhere? Probably unlikely, but technically possible. They could certainly hurt Korea, Japan, Guam, etc - they have some dozens of nuclear weapons by now, I believe. Wouldn't North Korea mostly focus on waying waste on South Korea rather than worrying about Japan as well?
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Willo567 posted:Wouldn't North Korea mostly focus on waying waste on South Korea rather than worrying about Japan as well? There are US bases in Japan so it would likely be a primary target
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RandomPauI posted:How would the new sanctions even work? Barring shipping companies that trade with North Korea from trading with the United States? Because I don't think Not-North-Korea-Shipping makes calls to American ports. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-idUSKCN1G72UY quote:WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration and key Asian allies are preparing to expand interceptions of ships suspected of violating sanctions on North Korea, a plan that could include deploying U.S. Coast Guard forces to stop and search vessels in Asia-Pacific waters, senior U.S. officials said. This is the plan and I think it's very risky. The stopping and possible boarding and seizure of ships, even those violating sanctions, by the US or it's allies sounds like an international incident waiting to happen.
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OhFunny posted:This is the plan and I think it's very risky. The stopping and possible boarding and seizure of ships, even those violating sanctions, by the US or it's allies sounds like an international incident waiting to happen. A US ship involved in this is going to be attacked at some point. North Korea (probably) sunk an ROKN ship just for shits and giggles in the middle of a joint exercise with the US.
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Gulf of Tonkin 2: Korean Boogaloo.
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OhFunny posted:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-idUSKCN1G72UY If they're doing this in international waters, isn't that piracy?
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Gorilla Salad posted:If they're doing this in international waters, isn't that piracy? I mean, they'd be enforcing sanctions approved by the UN Security Council, so not not exactly piracy, no. It still sounds like the sort of thing that could go south quickly, especially if it's the Coast Guard. If I were smuggling oil to NK I'd probably think twice if the US Navy were after me, but the Coast Guard? Pff, I'll take my chances.
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