North Korea sounds reasonable

[naomi 356]

Everything I've read in passing out of North Korea has sounded completely reasonable. Their state media, the foreign department leader (like a Sec. of State). They're actually showing (maintaining) backbone and nuance of thought (in contrast to our POTUS's tweets) I find myself agreeing with their take on the USA, but I've been pretty out of the loop so if someone wants to drop some insight..

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

The thought of Kim jung un and donald trump having a nuclear standoff is literally the most ridiculous and terrifying thing ever.

[lickin_starfish 1,888]

Here's some insight for you:

 

Lil' Kim over there is testing missiles to send a nuke to the USA. North Korea is the Asian version of Iran, in that they wish death upon America.

 

Do you hate Trump so much that you are siding with a murderous dictator?

[drobeski 3,061]

You sound just as reasonable. All the time.

[Alias Detective 1,388]

Everything I've read in passing out of North Korea has sounded completely reasonable. Their state media, the foreign department leader (like a Sec. of State). They're actually showing (maintaining) backbone and nuance of thought (in contrast to our POTUS's tweets) I find myself agreeing with their take on the USA, but I've been pretty out of the loop so if someone wants to drop some insight..

Chronic Pussyface is that you?

[penultimatestraw 473]

Jesus Naomi, of all the world leaders, this is the one you want learn more about? Since you asked, here are some factoids about NoKo:

While it's difficult to get accurate information about North Korea – a police state that rarely admits foreigners – refugees and other sources of information have helped outsiders sketch the country's bankrupt economy. Here's a snapshot of life in North Korea:

 

– Annual GDP per capita is about $1,800, which ranks 197th in the world, according to the CIA World Factbook. GDP is 28 times higher in the United States and 18 times higher in South Korea.

– About half of North Korea's population of 24 million lives in "extreme poverty," according to the KUNI report. These people subsist on corn and kimchi and "are severely restricted in access to fuel for cooking and heating."

– One-third of children are stunted, due to malnutrition, according to the World Food Program.

– The average life expectancy, 69, has fallen by five years since the early 1980s, according to the blog North Korea Economy Watch. The blog notes that those figures are based on official statistics, so the real numbers could be even lower.

– Inflation may be as high as 100 percent, due to mismanagement of the currency.

– Most workers earn $2 to $3 per month in pay from the government. Some work on the side or sell goods in local markets, earning an extra $10 per month or so.

– Most homes and apartments are heated by open fireplaces burning wood or briquettes. Many lack flush toilets.

– Electric power is sporadic and unreliable, with homes that have electricity often receiving just a few hours per day.

– Families that can afford them often have two TVs, according to New Focus International, a website that features dispatches from North Korean exiles; one TV is pre-set to state channels airing propaganda, while the second, illegal set is used to watch South Korean TV programs. Even so, fluctuating voltage in the electrical current often causes the screen to keep changing size, "going from big to small repeatedly," according to one exile report.

– Some of the most popular contraband items are DVDs of South Korean TV shows, which North Koreans often trade or sell among themselves.

– Parents who send their kids to schools are expected to provide desks, chairs, building materials and cash to pay for heating fuel. Some students are put to work producing goods for the government or gathering up discarded materials. Parents can bribe teachers to exempt their kids from labor or just keep them away from school, even though that violates official policy.

– North Korea has a "free" medical system, but hospital patients must pay for their own drugs, cover the cost of heat, and prepare all their own meals at home.

– Among the privileged class, cosmetics are considered "an ostentatious display of wealth," according to the KINU report. South Korean brands are preferred over inferior Chinese or North Korean products.

– There are about 1.5 million mobile phone users in North Korea, but service is spotty and no Internet is available. One popular use for mobile phones: as a "torch" to provide light when the power goes out at night.

– Kim Jong Un may be worth as much as $5 billion, according to the South Korean news organization Chosun Ilbo. The money comes from state-run enterprises as well as sales of narcotics, counterfeiting, and other types of criminality. It's believed to be held in hundreds of bank accounts – outside of North Korea.

[Baker Boy 1,687]

Do you hate Trump so much that you are siding with a murderous dictator?

In the wake of their stunning defeat the Left are stuck defending radical Islam, illegals, Chinese steel, Chicago murderers, Hollywood snowflakes, the unaffordable care act, transgender bathrooms, Chemical Warfare, and Murderous Dictators.

[NewbieJr 541]

In the wake of their stunning defeat the Left are stuck defending radical Islam, illegals, Chinese steel, Chicago murderers, Hollywood snowflakes, the unaffordable care act, transgender bathrooms, Chemical Warfare, and Murderous Dictators.

this is what happens when you get excited in the morning and start posting before you put your teeth in and have your prune juice.

[NorthernVike 2,083]

Everything I've read in passing out of North Korea has sounded completely reasonable. Their state media, the foreign department leader (like a Sec. of State). They're actually showing (maintaining) backbone and nuance of thought (in contrast to our POTUS's tweets) I find myself agreeing with their take on the USA, but I've been pretty out of the loop so if someone wants to drop some insight..

You should move there and become one of his sex slaves.

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

Jesus Naomi, of all the world leaders, this is the one you want learn more about? Since you asked, here are some factoids about NoKo:

penultimatestraw = wiff?

 

Seems like same writing style and has that air about him.

[12th Man 884]

this is what happens when you get excited in the morning and start posting before you put your teeth in and have your prune juice.

You don't have a funny bone in your body. You must be insufferable to have a beer with.

[NewbieJr 541]

You don't have a funny bone in your body. You must be insufferable to have a beer with.

You will never have that chance, jerk off. Sorry

[NewbieJr 541]

penultimatestraw = wiff?

 

Seems like same writing style and has that air about him.

it's a doctor trying to communicate with a custodian. There's obviously a bit of an intelligence gap. Hth

[penultimatestraw 473]

penultimatestraw = wiff?

 

Seems like same writing style and has that air about him.

you can't be serious. i'm a teetotalling physician semicolon he's an alcoholic patient-to-be. toodles.

[cyclone24 1,912]

Dennis Rodman also thought he was reasonable...sooooo....theres good company

[Sho Nuff 720]

In the wake of their stunning defeat the Left are stuck defending radical Islam, illegals, Chinese steel, Chicago murderers, Hollywood snowflakes, the unaffordable care act, transgender bathrooms, Chemical Warfare, and Murderous Dictators.

Oneposter claimed some me of what they said sound reasonable.

And you copy and paste these lies again?

 

BTW you all defend Putin (you know...a murderous dictator)

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Naomi sounds like your average college professor.

[Sho Nuff 720]

Dennis Rodman also thought he was reasonable...sooooo....theres good company

[iam90sbaby 2,472]

Literally the dumbest sh!t I have ever heard. You are the first and last person to say this, congratulations.

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

you can't be serious. i'm a teetotalling physician semicolon he's an alcoholic patient-to-be. toodles.

One windbag two winsbags three windbags

[kutulu 1,659]

Fishing or batshitt crazy

[iam90sbaby 2,472]

Fishing or batshitt crazy

 

From what I have heard, threw the German state media, Hitler was an OK dude.

[NorthernVike 2,083]

you can't be serious. i'm a teetotalling physician semicolon he's an alcoholic patient-to-be. toodles.

 

 

That's my joke. Get your own.

 

 

 

 

 

also, voice to text still sux.

[NorthernVike 2,083]

Fishing or batshitt crazy

 

 

Thinking she was dumb enough to let someone have her sign in info.

[wiffleball 4,788]

You don't have a funny bone in your body. You must be insufferable to have a beer with.

I'm so glad we tried it out yet another Alias. The other ones were getting their ass handed to them since Trump was f****** up faster than they could make up excuses.

[wiffleball 4,788]

And, I was first in with a semicolon. Just like Trump you retards don't understand that s*** gets documented in writing.

[wiffleball 4,788]

Oneposter claimed some me of what they said sound reasonable.

And you copy and paste these lies again?

 

BTW you all defend Putin (you know...a murderous dictator)

You got to take pity on these guys. One day they defend Putin the next day he's a bad guy. Kind of goes along with their bipolar leader.

[wiffleball 4,788]

penultimatestraw = wiff?

 

Seems like same writing style and has that air about him.

Actually, PUS is one of the more erudite posters here. So I can understand your confusion.

 

But he's still a PUS.

[wiffleball 4,788]

The thought of Kim jung un and donald trump having a nuclear standoff is literally the most ridiculous and terrifying thing ever.

I'm picturing a scene out of Dumb and Dumber. I'm not touching you!

[wiffleball 4,788]

You should move there and become one of his sex slaves.

That is inappropriate and out of line. Knock it off.

[Sho Nuff 720]

You got to take pee on these guys. One day they defend Putin the next day he's a bad guy. Kind of goes along with their bipolar leader.

Trump has taught them well.

Only he is to be believed. Only he can fix things.

[naomi 356]

Right now when North Korea responds, the thoughts literally sound reasonable. That's why it's pretty strange. Reasonable was not ever my impression of them, and I assume that general reality hasn't changed.

 

My passing understanding is the international community is looking at how they're edging closer to long range nukes and that's where the push to subdue them is coming from. They haven't changed their tone in the meanwhile.They are not sounding hawkish. They want to be as strong as possible and have been working in this direction for a while. A strengthening alliance with Iran and Russia is the more legit concern than a rogue attack. But I haven't had time to take in more details and I've seen Putin talk at length to the press sounding like a magnanimous diplomat the entire time, proving how cheap and deceptive talk can be... yet I don't expect North Korea to actively spin with their communication because that has never seemed like their style. So if they're not spinning, and they're sounding like they feel provoked..

[5-Points 3,385]

Everything I've read in passing out of North Korea has sounded completely reasonable. Their state media, the foreign department leader (like a Sec. of State). They're actually showing (maintaining) backbone and nuance of thought (in contrast to our POTUS's tweets) I find myself agreeing with their take on the USA, but I've been pretty out of the loop so if someone wants to drop some insight..

Check out "Dear Reader" by Michael Malice. That book should tell you everything you need to know about NoKo.

[naomi 356]

“The United States and South Korea and North Korea are engaging in tit for tat, with swords drawn and bows bent, and there have been storm clouds gathering,” China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, said in Beijing, according to Xinhua, the state news agency.

“We urge all sides to no longer engage in mutual provocation and threats, whether through words or deeds, and don’t push the situation to the point where it can’t be turned around and gets out of hand,” Mr. Wang said after meeting with his visiting French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, according to Xinhua.

“No matter who it is, if they let war break out on the peninsula, they must shoulder that historical culpability and pay the corresponding price for this,” Mr. Wang said.

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/world/asia/north-korea-china-nuclear.html?_r=0

[drobeski 3,061]

You got to take pity on these guys. One day they defend Putin the next day he's a bad guy. Kind of goes along with their bipolar leader.

irony

[naomi 356]

Sounds more like like classic North Korea:

 

 

The North Korean military issued a statement on Friday threatening to attack major American military bases in South Korea, as well as the presidential Blue House, warning that it could annihilate those targets “within minutes.”

 

The statement also denounced what it called the Trump administration’s “maniacal military provocations,” like warnings of possible pre-emptive strikes coming from Washington and the deployment of warships in waters near the Korean Peninsula.

 

“Nothing will be more foolish if the United States thinks it can deal with us the way it treated Iraq and Libya, miserable victims of its aggression, and Syria, which did not respond immediately even after it was attacked,” a spokesman of the General Staff of the North’s People’s Army said in a statement carried by its official Korean Central News Agency.

 

but still predicated on the US making the first move.

 

Do you take a dove-on-the-surface stance with them (probably Obama's style) while watching them like a hawk, or do you stand up and confront, let them know 'who's boss.' Apparently military leaders thought the latter has to be done now.

 

It's best that we DO without the talk of tweets that just complicate things, making us sound rash and subjective, rather than the simple, intended 'firm and decisive.'

[mobb_deep 920]

Why on earth would a country want to develop nuclear weapons, to protect themselves from the only country to ever drop a nuclear bomb? Makes zero sense.

[Baker Boy 1,687]

Why on earth would a country want to develop nuclear weapons, to protect themselves from the only country to ever drop a nuclear bomb? Makes zero sense.

In the wake of their stunning defeat the Lefties are stuck defending radical Islam, illegals, Chinese steel, Chicago murderers, Hollywood snowflakes, the unaffordable care act, transgender bathrooms, Chemical Warfare, Murderous Dictators.

[NorthernVike 2,083]

That is inappropriate and out of line. Knock it off.

 

Ok, then you move there and become one of his sex slaves.

[NewbieJr 541]

In the wake of their stunning defeat the Lefties are stuck defending radical Islam, illegals, Chinese steel, Chicago murderers, Hollywood snowflakes, the unaffordable care act, transgender bathrooms, Chemical Warfare, Murderous Dictators.

Stop making such broad brushed statements. I do not like Chinese steel.