North Korea screws up

[Kuciwalker]

Yes, but we're not using them to tell us about the stuff that's in a country, we're judging their response to something in order to determine the NK's response. To compare it to Iraq is absurd.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by shawnmmcc
I read a story sometime in the last couple of years on how NK had dropped the minimum height for military recruits from 5' 3" to 4' 9" due to malnutrition in the countryside. During the largely government induced famines in the 1990's thrud today, close to 10% of the population died.

http://www.detnews.com/2004/nation/0402/15/nation-63770.htm

http://www.freenorthkorea.net/archiv...ea/000429.html

So going up agtainst NK would be like going up against a bunch of pre-teens? Hey, if ti ever comes down to a shooting war maybe our side could throw Hostess Twinkie grenades.

[Mr. Harley]

Unfortunately Poison Gas and Nukes don't really require that much size from the grunts. It is estimated, with Seoul within range of NK artillery, that the entire population would be killed within hours of a full-fledged war, aka Red Storm Rising and Clancy's scenario for Central/Eastern Europe and nerve agents. AK47's are used by child soldiers all over the world. I shudder to think what kind of losses those troops would take, though, given all the health and intelligence deficits from that level of malnutrition. It's very sad. It makes one think of Brave New World and the Deltas.

[Barinthus]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove


So going up agtainst NK would be like going up against a bunch of pre-teens? Hey, if ti ever comes down to a shooting war maybe our side could throw Hostess Twinkie grenades.

If a shooting war breaks out, we can just promise a year supply of twinkies to every soldier that surrenders. Soon they won't have an army to fight with.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


I have no idea how you could miss such an obvious point. It was a 'whoosh' moment for you.

I didn't say it was all peachy and nice in DPRK, I was only saying that defectors don't make reliable information sources.

But you were clearly implying it

[Vince278]

When I was there in '93 I couldn't wait to leave.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Barinthus


If a shooting war breaks out, we can just promise a year supply of twinkies to every soldier that surrenders. Soon they won't have an army to fight with.

I dunno, starvation can be pretty hard on the teeth you know. Tossing a year's supply of twinkies at hundred's of thousands of these guys might inflict a dental disaster of biblical porportions.

[Commy]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove


I dunno, starvation can be pretty hard on the teeth you know. Tossing a year's supply of twinkies at hundred's of thousands of these guys might inflict a dental disaster of biblical porportions.

So then they could all fly American airlines and get braces in American dentist offices...

[Odin]

UR:

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Vince278
When I was there in '93 I couldn't wait to leave.

So, how was the NK back then? Where'd you go with your handlers?

[Barinthus]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove


I dunno, starvation can be pretty hard on the teeth you know. Tossing a year's supply of twinkies at hundred's of thousands of these guys might inflict a dental disaster of biblical porportions.

In that case, we can open biddings for massive dental work and hire mostly American dental contractors with few tokens from other countries so we can insist the bidding process itself was fair.

[Winston]

General reaction (intensified as of late) to most of Urban Ranger's posts,

[Ecthy]

General reaction to most of Winston's posts:

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
So, how was the NK back then? Where'd you go with your handlers?

Far as I can tell they haven't changed all that much. I don't think they even knew I was there.