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[nordak]

AR-15 rifles (civilian) are only legal with 20 or 10 round clips, depending on state. No Idea as to why military supply boxes are the same way...

[ChairmanPoo]

Speaking of instability, Wikileaks has published a potential time bomb which was published by various newspapers. There hasn't been any reactions just yet, but looks like theres alot of stuff that would cause uproar that has nothing to do with the US.

I'm not going to link them as I don't want to derail this thread and I'm not sure of Toady's position on this kind of thing.

I don't think there was anything on Korea, but it definetly won't help the situation over there.

You mean the rumored Dept of State leaks that gives insight on the scandals of many politicians all around the world?

oops.

[nordak]

Wiki-link needs it's own thread, doesn't belong here.

[smjjames]

Speaking of instability, Wikileaks has published a potential time bomb which was published by various newspapers. There hasn't been any reactions just yet, but looks like theres alot of stuff that would cause uproar that has nothing to do with the US.

I'm not going to link them as I don't want to derail this thread and I'm not sure of Toady's position on this kind of thing.

I don't think there was anything on Korea, but it definetly won't help the situation over there.

You mean the rumored Dept of State leaks that gives insight on the scandals of many politicians all around the world?

oops.

Although the one about the US and the UK having doubts about the security of Pakistans nuclear program really isn't a secret as both (I think) have voiced concerns about it before.

It'll be interesting to see what Irans reaction is to many arab countries wanting to get Iran killed.

Despite the warmongers posting on the comments on CNN, I don't really think war will break out.

As for the political scandals, the Italian PM already has scandals.

I didn't read all of them, but yea.... there will be uproar over various things, it just hasn't really gotten there yet.

@Nordak: Agreed.

[nordak]

Anyone read the PDF I linked yet?  It contains good info and is only slightly biased. Explains that the USSR cold war didn't end in Korea and why they feel that firing missiles is the only way to get attention.  As well as the connection between china and NK.  It is outdated by 7 years but not much has changed.

[freeformschooler]

I always feel bad for the innocent civilians in North Korea. From what I've heard, it's like those books where people don't really know the outside world exists -- the choose their websites that they visit from a hand-picked list, they can't really call outside the country, they definitely can't just up and leave anytime, and they're fed false information about the world order like candy.
They wouldn't know a war's started until they're already dead.

[Strife26]

If America doesn't get out of Afghanistan and Iraq soon, there will be more to worry about in the future I'd bet.

From what I've heard most recently, we only have 48,000 'advise and assist' soldiers in Iraq, and they'll be leaving in the foreseeable future.

Eh, near future is kinda misleading, as is the term "advise and assist" troops. Fun fact: Strife's Brigade is being called "advise and assist" right now. Strife's brigade was formerly known as a "heavy brigade combat team"

AR-15 rifles (civilian) are only legal with 20 or 10 round clips, depending on state. No Idea as to why military supply boxes are the same way...

Normally, 5.56 rounds come in boxes with three ten round stripper clips, which is one box per 30 round magazine. Blanks come in boxes of 20, for some strange reason. Our armory specialist was always complaining about it in Basic.

[AntiAntiMatter]

They wouldn't know a war's started until they're already dead.

No, they would be informed, but they would probably be under the impression that they were winning right until they were being gunned down by foreign troops as they spent their last breath fanatically defending their country.

[freeformschooler]

They wouldn't know a war's started until they're already dead.

No, they would be informed, but they would probably be under the impression that they were winning right until they were being gunned down by foreign troops as they spent their last breath fanatically defending their country.

I was speaking in the case of a Nuclear attack, which all the ruckus and scare seems to be escalating to. Though I guess that applies to any nuclear attack.

[AntiAntiMatter]

They wouldn't know a war's started until they're already dead.

No, they would be informed, but they would probably be under the impression that they were winning right until they were being gunned down by foreign troops as they spent their last breath fanatically defending their country.

I was speaking in the case of a Nuclear attack, which all the ruckus and scare seems to be escalating to. Though I guess that applies to any nuclear attack.

You're right. Of course, it all depends on the blast radius and number of nukes that are used, and if they hit simultaneously.

[atomicwinter]

AR-15 rifles (civilian) are only legal with 20 or 10 round clips, depending on state. No Idea as to why military supply boxes are the same way...

What are you talking about 

I got about 5 100 Drum magazines for my Bushmaster.

I also have a kit for conversion into full auto..

[smjjames]

They wouldn't know a war's started until they're already dead.

No, they would be informed, but they would probably be under the impression that they were winning right until they were being gunned down by foreign troops as they spent their last breath fanatically defending their country.

I was speaking in the case of a Nuclear attack, which all the ruckus and scare seems to be escalating to. Though I guess that applies to any nuclear attack.

I hope and alot of people hope that it doesn't come to that, but what makes it an even higher possibility is that the North Korean government is insane.

I doubt that it will lead to a multinational nuclear exchange, but nobody really knows for sure because it has never reached that point (excepting Hiroshima and Nagasaki since those were the first nukes ever). However, since we've had close calls before with the USSR and the US, all it takes is some itchy trigger finger or someone deciding to jump on the nuclear war bandwagon.

In either case, even one will be such a massive event that the repurcussions are just unknown.

@AntiAntiMatter: It only takes one nuke to really fuck up the Korean penninsula, and change alot of things forever.

[Bauglir]

Honestly, they're not as insane as they seem. Apparent insanity is a powerful tool in negotiations, and I expect they're using it to the best of their ability.

[AntiAntiMatter]

@smjjames:I was referring to North Koreans noticing the fact that they were being nuked before they were killed. What you say is true.

[freeformschooler]

I don't know if any of you guys heard this but I heard that the current North Korean governer (Kim Jong Ii-something or other) is expected to be passing away from health problems in the next few years. (multiple people have told me that since this whole ordeal started). I do remember that the last time the governer/leader of NK passed away, they created a really big ruckus to shake things up and boost morale for the next one.

'Course this is all speculation and could be completely unrelated.