Easystride
Member
All these escalating talks of missile strikes right while I'm in the midst of reading "Swan Song." Don't do it, NK. Discipline and control is what makes the man.
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North Korea Threatens Missile Strike on Guam (a United States Territory)
- Thread starter Armadilo
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Marvel
could never
Hell no.
Wet Bloodfart
Banned
christ, get Trump back to the golf course
I'm convinced he doesn't know where North Korea is either.
Jesus Carbomb
From Water into Guinness
Oh my gawd... they're talking nuclear fallout on CNN. What the fuck is going on.
Darryl M R
Member
A chick I use to talk to in college is from there and currently live there now. It must be hell questioning if this is just another empty threat when it is your life and family at risk.
No we are not. We've never been at war with North Korea. I wish people would stop spreading this nonsense.
Posturing.
They are literally baiting Trump because with todays news they basically won since Trump would effectively have to sacrifice Seoul, Tokyo and US mainland cities if the US were to attack.
Kim knows hes gonna lose open conflict so he got himself MAD capability
DOBERMAN INC
Member
Cut to 12 months from now as the food supplies roll into NK and they quiet down again.
Garrett 2U
Member
When you rely on North Korea to be more rational than Donald Trump.
Netherscourge
Banned
If I may...
"How can the president play golf on vacation when the world is on the brink of war!!!!"
How did I do?
There must be a relevant Trump tweet, right?
"How can the president play golf on vacation when the world is on the brink of war!!!!"
How did I do?
There must be a relevant Trump tweet, right?
Insane Metal
Gold Member
Kim is crazy. Trump is crazy too.
This will not end up well, will it?
This will not end up well, will it?
Seductivpancakes
Member
We're fucked Neogaf.
Should I bother doing my home work?
Should I bother doing my home work?
This. North Korea knows full well that an attack on a US territory can only end with their country turned to rubble. They can do a lot of damage to South Korea and Japan in the meantime, but their government does not survive any scenario that would follow from an attack on Guam or anyplace else. This is just bluster.
theignoramus
Member
Reading between the lines, I take this to mean theyll consider hitting Guam if Trump orders a bombing of North Korea.
This is strategic deterrence on NK's part.
This is strategic deterrence on NK's part.
NK baited Trump. Trump threatened "fury and fire" if NK threatened the US. Now NK did just that. Now we have to wait to see how president dumb fuck responds.
CNN thrives on this shit. Don't pay attention to their fearmongering.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I feel like he's gonna make a Tweet that shows a complete lack of understanding of what Guam is and insults them. Like calling them "some island".
Master Yoshi
Member
SoundofSilence
Member
Who do you think has smaller hands? Trump or Kim Jong?
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Honestly if NK was ever going to irrationality do something Guam is a good target.
1. Huge American importance
2. small population
3. NK can still hide behind the threat of SK's destruction.
Hell that's what they should be talking about. Not enough people understand the cost of using nuclear weapons in this day and age.
Abstrusity
Member
This. With calm, reasoned discourse, we can stem the tide of war before it even begi-
Oh.
Oh.
NullPointer
Member
Yep.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Hmm someone look up if there is a Trump golf club there?
Honestly, if NK bombs Guam there won't be any hiding behind SK.
SDCowboy
Member
Think your post through again. If they attack Quam, NK no longer exists a short time later. It makes no more sense than NK attacking anywhere else.
Advocatus Diaboli
Member
No, not at all.
If you don't think we don't have "off the shelf" plans to deal with other countries or contingencies... well, uh -- we do.
So, it's not a declaration of war, nor is it the announcement of hostilities... but it's not an affirmation of peace. Considering we're still technically at war with the DPRK, it's actually a little more interesting, because it's really just poking at the armistice.
MadJackChurchill
Banned
What is Trump going to do, nuke Pyongyang, leading to fallout in the Yellow Sea, the Sea of Japan, Seoul and surrounding towns? They can level major cities to the ground, but to decapitate the regime, they'd have to go in...and that's when it gets super messy.
Vestal
Gold Member
Attacking Guam is a declaration of war. Which means bombing of NK and ground troops into NK.
It won't be nukes.. Think Shock and Awe x10
We've been in one since Nov. 8th.
I'm currently reading "one minute to midnight" about the Cuban missile crisis. I expect Trump to do the opposite of every smart thing Kennedy did.
I feel like Japan was going through this same thought process 75 years ago
SDCowboy
Member
Pyongyang can be leveled with ease with MOAB's and other weapons. No nukes are needed.
Except Japan didnt have nukes which can reach guam in 15 and SF in 35 minutes
And as soon as you do that you have 100k artillery shells with chemical weapons raining down on Seoul and 800k north koreans storming the dmz
LegitMcfalls
Member
Do your homework. The stupid kids are going to the war front. Maybe the smart ones can fly a drone or operate radar or something.
If you think about it, the dude is trying to please his fans "followers, people that voted for him"
Two guys are in the middle with people forming a circle around them
Fight! Fight! Come on, you're just going to let him talk to you like that!
That picture comes to my head
Razgriz-Specter
Member
With Trump as President yes, that would definitely happen and should be retaliated against in some way.
However the discussion would definitely be there if the assured destruction of a city of 5million in a country of 50million is worth the retaliation for an island of less than 200k.
And all that is if Kim is dumb enough to try forcing his way to the big boy table.
Imperfected
Member
Seriously. Between South Korea, Japan, Guam, and the carrier groups normally in the area, there's basically always enough conventional weaponry within range of North Korea to flatten the entire country ten times over.
Though, people are (perhaps rightfully) concerned Trump would want to use nuclear weapons for entirely impractical and stupid reasons (ego, poor understanding of diplomacy and negotiations, etc.).
Master Yoshi
Member
Scary shit.