syd syside
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lol nvm
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is that a threat?
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In 1953, the US and UK conspired to overthrow Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, who had committed to the grievous sin of believing that Iran's oil belonged to Iran rather than to Britain and the US. Mossadegh was brought down by the CIA and MI6 and replaced by the despotic Shah of Iran, who governed ruthlessly with US backing until the Iranian Revolution in 1979. In light of this history, Iran's current pursuit of nuclear-weapons capability is far more understandable.
"in light of this history"....
The Iranian revolution is seen as one of the greatest revolutionary upheavals of the century.
It started with great idealism and expectation and it promised not only to liberate Iranians, but also the oppressed peoples throughout the world.
Freedom, independence and an Islamic Republic were the three main slogans which finally brought down the pro-Western regime of the Shah.
Millions of people who participated in the revolution were hoping to create a better society based on justice, equality, and prosperity.
At that time, nobody knew anything about Islamic fundamentalism and nobody could foresee the direction which the revolution took in later years.
The leader of the revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, talked about democracy and freedom before returning home from exile and his first government was dominated by liberal figures.
Most Iranians were astonished when the ayatollah later announced that he was going to establish a theocratic state.
yes, it certainly is "far more understandable"
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right...self destructive. which is why of course three generations of Kims have destroyed themselves.
If they're crazy, how did they go about developing a cult of personality and maintaining it for 60 years?
Easy... if Hitler would have won WW2....
Which is why intervening is potentially the only real solution.
But Hitler didn't win WW2, so that's a moot point.
Fine I change my answer : Islam.
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Kyodo News English
NEWS ADVISORY: Transport ministry issues advisory for flights near U.S. base in OkinawaTheir target list:
DC
Colorado Springs
Camp Pendleton in Cali
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North Korea Says Tokyo Is Target No. 1
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/04/north-korea-targets-tokyo/64163/
Damn wtf can't Japan catch a break? FFS
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goDel: by your measure then the US government must be crazy too, considering thy have the highest number of prisoners both on total and per capita? and they put people in jail for possessing a plant that grows everywhere!! or did you mean the starvation issue? well yes the impact of the drought could have been lessened. no denying that. and no denying that some of the NK government's economic prescriptions have been puzzling. however the sanctions imposed by the US certainly didn't help that situation either.
lol and I missed this little nugget...
You said NK leadership isn't crazy.
Then you go on a rant about how evil the US is.
Then you defend NK government. lol..
Also, I can be Pro-US and still find aspects of US policy crazy... But unlike NK, we have freedoms and don't get thrown into concentration camps for saying words. Therefore in my opinion its a little offensive to North Koreans to say the NK leadership isn't crazy
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I just wish he'd stop fucking up my threads and ignore those as well!
Islamic Fascism.
This is a free/public space. Sorry bra, take it up with the mods if you think I am off topic.
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right...self destructive. which is why of course three generations of Kims have destroyed themselves.
If they're crazy, how did they go about developing a cult of personality and maintaining it for 60 years?
Easy... if Hitler would have won WW2....
Which is why intervening is potentially the only real solution.
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the NK leadership isnt crazy. they're not gonna start a war cause they know they would be wiped out in a hurry.
and yeah headcount doesn't really matter...especially with the NK troops being underfed. a month is optimistic.
So they're plenty crazy, but understand the consequences of a decision to start a war would be a better description?
It would be, but someone who lacks empathy on that scale probably eventually will lack empathy for themselves. Self-destructive
In the early stages of the Iraq War, George Galloway -- a British Member of Parliament and an inveterate America-hater -- gave voice to the mindset underlying the socialist left's alliance with radical Islam. Galloway was asked: "You often call for uniting Muslim and progressive forces globally. How far is it possible under current situation?" He replied:
"Not only do I think it's possible but I think it is vitally necessary and I think it is happening already. It is possible becausethe progressive movement around the world and the Muslims have the same enemies.Their enemies are the Zionist occupation, American occupation, British occupation of poor countries mainly Muslim countries. They have the same interest in opposing savage capitalist globalization which is intent upon homogenizing the entire world turning us basically into factory chickens which can be forced fed the American diet of everything from food to Coca-Cola to movies and TV culture. And whose only role in life is to consume the things produced endlessly by the multinational corporations. And the progressive organizations & movements agree on that with the Muslims.... So on the very grave big issues of the day-issues of war, occupation, justice, opposition to globalization-the Muslims and the progressives are on the same side."http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=291
This speaks volumes about the current state of the new left/progressives
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have you read those books yet? no? get to it man.
also maybe pick up a couple of books on international relations and/or political theory. might help you understand why nation states act the way they do.
All I know is there is something absurd going on if people start saying I'm crazy for being pro-US or a serial killer is crazy, but a totalitarian regime like NK aren't crazy. You are ass backwards on this imo
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the NK leadership isnt crazy. they're not gonna start a war cause they know they would be wiped out in a hurry.
and yeah headcount doesn't really matter...especially with the NK troops being underfed. a month is optimistic.
I'd say they are pretty fucking crazy.
where are the pdfs?
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UK MP George Galloway on North Korea:
Quote:This is an extraordinarily, absolutely, uniquely cohesive political entity and society… I’ve been there. I’ve seen it up close and personal… They do have a satellite circling the Earth. They do have a cohesive, pristine, innocent culture. A culture that has not been penetrated by globalisation and by Western mores… I’m much more afraid of the United States of America and so are most people in the world.What the Christ? How does this clown even get elected?
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China's North Korean experts have mixed opinions...
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In Global Times, Zhang Liangui, a North Korea expert at the Communist Party's Central Party School, foresees a "70- 80% likelihood of war breaking out on the Korean Peninsula", and believes that North Korea's aim is reunification with the South by armed force.
Cai Jian, deputy director of the Centre for Korean Studies at Shanghai's Fudan University, disagrees and tells Global Times that a large-scale military conflict is unlikely to break out because North Korea's threats are largely just psychological warfare against the US and South Korea.
Pang Zhongying, a professor of international relations at Beijing's Renmin University, says North Korea is becoming "a headache" and is no longer heeding Beijing's concerns. He indicates to South China Morning Post that China and the US may co-operate to contain Pyongyang. -
both pdfs and north korean pdf
any more pdfs and I will consider it. the low storage files are manageable, so I am not too worried about running out of space, but just incase send me the pdfs and back-up the pdf compressed zip folder, so I can accesss it. If I archive pdfs, it might take longer. So don't send me all the pdfs, gradually send a few and I'll update you. If you aren't online I'll pdf the data and send it to you with what I need. I will find you and take your pdfs and delete the originals, if you fail to comply. My archive should be cooled once I can finish my pdfs mapper, I should be able to boost to 3 new CPU core processor in a year. If I don't hear from you before then I will probably be reporting to the UBS and will go into melt zone and destroy all pdfs and any back-ups.
Thanks
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ok
what about the pdfs?
edit: do you got a pdf of korean too?
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Sweet thanks, looking forward to reading more in general. Doubt I'll be able to do it in a week though. I am a slow reader.
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I'm down. Hit me with the best shit you got.
I'm in the history zone.
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Is that like an appetizer ?
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damn. NK still hasn't blown up the world.
By the way - the next big celebration for NK is going to be July 28th. That is "Victory Day", and it's the 60th anniversary of the armistice.
If they haven't blown up the world by then, will you stop posting wikipedia articles as the basis for your arguments compson?
Wikipedia isn't that bad. It's not scholarly, but as a way to get general information about stuff, I think its pretty accurate.
Don't worry though, I am going to be diligent with researching this better with my jewish pals, the next wave of posts are gonna have some incredible foot notes. Just you wait and see ChenGod.
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Those articles are embarrassing.
America has done a lot of horrible things abroad, but to try and paint North Korea as a victim is insanity. The DPRK is possibly the most brutal, exploitative regime the world has ever seen.
Agreed
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North Korea
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Posted · Edited by compson
that = iran.
Is Iran a threat?