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tunacan (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:48 PM Original message |
(2nd LD) N. Korea fires long-range rocket: S. Korean official |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. shit, hope it goes out to sea fast and detonates over the water |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. detonates? n/t |
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inwiththenew (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here we go |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. NORAD is likely tracking it. If they calculate its trajectory as hostile, we will retaliate. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. this one appears to have gone further than the one in 06 that blew up 40 secs into it |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
52. What is a hostile trajectory? Can you be more specific? nt |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. one that would hit Japan? |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. So the missle has been raunched. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. LMAO |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nothing will happen |
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inwiththenew (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yep, |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Most likely scenario |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. by starving the poor basards who live there |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I didn't say they were |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. If they can make a cheaper better front load washer than samsung... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You never know |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
47. I heard the J-govt had said that it would destroy the missile |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sooo, where'd it go? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I think there is probably a Sputnik type sattelite up there |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sarah Palin just saw it fly past her porch |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. ROFL! n/t |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. Glad N.Korea's Missile passed over Japan and took a bath in the Pacific. No harm in that, huh? |
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tunacan (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. little update |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Why are US and Japan acting so surprised and outraged? |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. That is what I call an ethical, logical and passionate inquiry. |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Must all of the kings men choose to be enraged rather than engaged. That was quite a feat for a |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Because anytime a mad man can send a rocket to just off your shore |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. We just had 8 years of mad men in the White House. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Because |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. How about a few examples. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. here you go |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. North Korean belligerence is pretty meaningless |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:14 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. They're an enemy nuclear power on the verge of having long-range strike capability. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Motive? Nuclear weapons are defensive and ensure mutual destruction. |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. We can't afford to be naive when it comes to this kind of stuff. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Can't afford to apply logic or ask motive either. |
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tunacan (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. How about because NK is not US? |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Nuclear warheads in unstable Pakistan are how much worse? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Because the U.S. and Japan are hypocrites |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Oh yeah, denying nuclear ballistic missle rights are so hypocritical. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:12 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. And the motive? They want more food and other support. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. It is hypocritical to give yourself a right that you deny to others |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. To be a gun owner... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. You have no evidence that North Korea is "insane" |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I didn't call you insane... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I didn't say that it wouldn't be a good idea to try to limit nuclear proliferation |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Satellite? The trajectory was clearly long range ballistic. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. yah, i find the trajectory strange |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:30 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Madeleine Albright says he isn't. And the trajectory seems obvious. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. The trajectory was to utilize the earth's rotation. |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
41. (KCNA via Reuters) N.Korea says it successfully launched satellite |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:16 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. BBC: "North Korea space launch 'fails'" |
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Optical.Catalyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
42. Our Strategic Missile Defense failed to shoot it down |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Do you have a link where Obama gave them the OK to shoot ? |
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Optical.Catalyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. No, I have nothing more that rumor about shooting down the Korean satellite |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
45. and the starving peasants praise the achievements of Kim..how fortunate they are to have him |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
48. It broke up and fell into the sea...n/t |
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