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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere it is....just heard it..."so would an ICBM hitting Los Angeles"
"We dont want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud over one of our cities."
On CNN, just heard a military member say this after saying that hitting Nirth Korea would be a mess. But so would "an ICBM hitting Los angelas.
The march to war is on. The propaganda has begun. Let's not let these warmongers trick us into war again.
lapfog_1
(29,223 posts)is steve bannon and his ilk's wet dream
i cant tell you the hatred that many deplorables have for CA.
Just having a CA license plate on my car in some rural areas of AZ has gotten my tires slashed and various people making threats or rolling their eyes at me
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)By being a patriotic American who respects all equally, you become the antithesis of what they believe.
It really is all about skin color and religion, women being unequal, etc.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)and was waiting behind a gigantic vehicle taking up two spaces to go back to AZ when I saw their plates.
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)especially California. We are dealing with some real mental cases round them up please.....sigh
Initech
(100,102 posts)My hate for these people knows no boundaries.
procon
(15,805 posts)Iraq War began March 20, 2003.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Use video clips in social media:
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Let's not let these warmongers trick us into war again.
Too late for that, the war has already started. The pieces are already in place, just waiting for the game to start. War is profitable, and it simply makes good economical sense (for a select few) to have one. We havent started a war in a few years, and are more than overdue. Ill wage a bet that well have a draft for this one. Do you honestly think that there is anything you or I could do to stop it?
SharonAnn
(13,778 posts)adigal
(7,581 posts)And what, they going to jail all of us?? Not enough room.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)Hmm.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,049 posts)It will be delivered in a jumbo shipping container - and even the largest may be too small.
I have very strong doubts that they have a nuclear device of any yield that would even fit in a large truck.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)They think NK can hit NYC.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017460493
ThoughtCriminal
(14,049 posts)Do you even know who these "analysts" are?
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)Would you consider them to be outside of the government bubble on NK issues?
ThoughtCriminal
(14,049 posts)But I have not looked at their analysis in detail. Let me give you an example from the video.
At around 3:40+ they begin to talk about the apparent weight of missile based on NK video of the missile being lifted by a crane purchased from Japan. Because of where the center of gravity is located, they note that the missile must be quite light, and conclude that it was produced using highly advanced materials and construction techniques. That is just one of the possibilities. The other, more likely explanation is that the missile in the video is a hollow shell mock-up. There are similar problems with drawing conclusions from pictures of horizontal fueling, the alleged small thermonuclear warhead that nobody has inspected, etc...
Kim clearly wants the world to believe that he has deliverable fission and even fusion warheads, but barring close inspection from an international team, there is every reason to believe that like most NK propaganda, it is largely fake. That would not mean that they are not dangerous, only that they cannot be delivered by aircraft or missile.
North Korea definitely has constructed and detonated nuclear devices, but it is quite likely that these were primitive and massive. They have also launched a few long-range missiles - with a very high failure rate and questionable payload capability.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)China, who it should be remembered have already pledged to defend NK against any first strike by the US.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)We'll probably get it first.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)At least without having been seriously attacked first?
Nobody seems to be able to answer this question, at least not rationally.
It also seems like >50% of what people know about North Korea is clearly South Korean propaganda. Treating the citizens like shit? Probably true. Almost certainly, in fact. Im sure as shit not going there anytime soon. Feeding his uncle to wild dogs? Killing him with antiaircraft guns? Obvious bullshit. Ive been hearing obvious bullshit about the North Koreans my entire life. The North Koreans claim to have unicorns, Kim Jung Un claims to have hit 18 holes in one his first time playing, KJU killed an entire K-Pop band for fun...
Our government lies just as much as theirs does. Ours is just more subtle about it.
Orrex
(63,224 posts)Also, North Koreans are conveniently non-white, so do we really need a reason to pretend that they want to attack us?
WAR! WAR! WAR!
IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)as much as these traitor Republicans
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)they are talking all about this. How to contain this sick ass man. tRump better shut his fucking mouth.
tRump is totally unhinged, the 25th is warranted to save millions of lives.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)Central Alaska with a LOT of military, already gearing up. Direct in the strike path. Already locked and loaded, and believe me not one of the young men and women want it.
Except sTrumpet.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)The march is more a sort of grab-ass parade.