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El Rhino

Post by Tom » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:21 am

does this mean anything?

http://www.kcci.com/news/15728522/detail.html

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Post by El Rhino » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:35 am

Honestly, probably anything more than the usual. Kim Jong Il is bat-shit crazy though and likes to show off all the military hardware they have, just to spook South Korea, Japan and the US a little, but not enough to irk the Chinese.

I wouldn't be opposed to packing up shop and leaving South Korea though, I think a lot of the South Korean people want to be unified with the North. I don't think it would quite happen on the terms they think it would though. Although having bases in South Korea is some good real estate in the world (the proximity to China, Japan and the Russian Far East), there's always a dozen other places scattered throughout the pacific.
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Post by Tom » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:52 am

thanks...was just curious.

you should teach poli-sci.

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Post by robdigi » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:50 am

it is pretty normal for any coastal country to demonstrate military exercises at sea. we do it all over the globe, sometimes in a manner perceived as provocative by other nations.


if they were testing long rage missiles or firing shots over the bow of another nation, then there would be cause for concern.


business as usual, basically.
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Post by El Rhino » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:14 pm

Tom wrote:thanks...was just curious.

you should teach poli-sci.

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Re: El Rhino

Post by Joey Chaos » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:46 pm

It's funny how minorities can't even behave themselves in their own countries.

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Re: El Rhino

Post by noel_nothing » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:48 pm

but if they're in their own country, doesn't that make them majorities?

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