N. Korea threatens war

[mckitterick]

Wow, it seems North Korea has blown a gasket. If they're threatening war, they must be pretty sure that we're incapable of doing anything about it.

Sorry about all this, normalcyispasse and chronovore.

Comments

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Bot the US and N. Korea have unhinged, blustering, warmonger leaders. This Is Not Good. I kept wondering what all those "It was a dud" comments were meant to elicit. Guess we've found out.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yep, and the fact that Bush is the dictator over here is what makes this really scary.

[themitigator.livejournal.com]

...And yet Bush's response to the North Korean situation carries some of the softest language this administration has passed down in many years. I think it's safe to say that President Kim has a few bolts missing.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Re: Bush - a good thing, too. We have friends withing spitting distance of N. Korea.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

My son spent 1.5 years in Seoul, and came back pretty fluent in Hangul. We have -- what? -- 30,000 troops there. They are hostages to Bush and Kim Jong Il. Not Good.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I thought we were "drawing down" the number of US troops in S. Korea? Now we know why: So N. Korea can blow the shit out of the South without directly harming any Americans.

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

Jesus Christ. Maybe the thing to do is for you to visit me here, so that if Armageddon happens we can get out of Seattle together.

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

I know that this is a very dire situation, and yet I cannot help feeling like there is an element of the absurd to it. All I can think of is the Kim Jong Il puppet in the movie "Team America" singing, "I'm Ronery." It's like he's trying so desperately to get our country's attention, but he's graduated from figuratively humping our collective leg like a boxer puppy to uncorking nukes. I want to laugh and scream at the same time.