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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:52 PM Original message |
Can I ask a question? |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, North Korea doesn't have the trust of its neighbors |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Can I get a count of countries invaded |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. If you count general meddling, about 214 to 1. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. I'm referring to missile tests |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. I assume it's because N. Korea is a "Rogue Nation", while we are The Shining Light Unto the World. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. ! yep! nt |
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Cynical Guy (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because we did it years ago when "nobody" lived on the islands we tested on? |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. There is no good reason for that disparity. |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Didn't they sign something? |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You mean like the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. By most accounts todays launch wasnt a missle, it was a rocket |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Generally there's a satellite involved with a satellite launch |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. According to experts that reviewed the photos from it on the launchpad |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I haven't seen anything used beyond the word "payload" so far |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Something evidently landed in the Pacific. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Fair point. My question still applies though. nt |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. A very astute question that I do not have an answer for. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. Honestly, it really is "Because we say so" and for no other reason |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because we're bigger. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. You can be very fair and very dead. The lack of basic human rights in N Korea is to me an |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I think you've pretty much hit on it |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. There are a lot of dictators in the world. In fact |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. 1. It differs from preemptive war policies because we are not invading N. Korea. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. have you caught that movie about the American defector who left his unit |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. C'mon. Do you really want Little Kim to have nukes that can hit us? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Yes, that's exactly what the OP wanted, for N. Korea to be able to hit us. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. It is when there is something to discuss. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I think the implication is that if we want them to end nuclear weapons we have to do it too. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Boy.. it would sure help if we at least |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. President Obama said he wants to do that. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Trust? Does Invasion affect trust? What happens when both of us have Invaded others? |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. It always helps me to know who I'm talking to |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
48. He doesn't deserve respect. |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Don't they keep making deals with us to suspend nuclear activities |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. when we test- do our missiles go over other countries, or just the ocean? |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. We were riled up about this before they launched it. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. they've done it before, so yes. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. So do you think that if NK agreed |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. how are they going to do that? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. Objectively speaking you are right. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Are you sure more people aren't put into extreme danger |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Pretty well sums it up for me. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. Because might makes right.. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
41. If 'fundamental fairness' existed inside The Walled Fortress Pyongyang... |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. So the smoking gun could be in the form a mushroom cloud. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Pft, this guy's actually doing it. You can pooh-pooh it all you care to... |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
45. I asked a similar question a few years back, and |
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metapunditedgy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
46. The words "should" and "ought" may well be meaningless in international politics. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
47. It is not about fairness |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
50. For one, we do share our expertise, a lot. |
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