Coreia do Norte ataca Coreia do Sul

[Sethlad]

Maintaining a confrontational stance with the South provides a rationale for an authoritarian state and a reason to have the forces in place to maintain that state. It also provides a useful distraction from the utter failure to create a healthy economy within the country.

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O Clinton bombardeou a sérvia para distrair os yankees da Monica Lewinski, o Kim bombardeia a ROK para distrair os norte-coreanos da fome, pobreza, censura e opressão política permanente em que vivem.

Politics 101.

[spiegelman]

Foi mais ou menos a mesma coisa que os argentinos fizeram nas Malvinas. Só que a Thatcher mobilizou metade da frota através do Atlântico e acabou-lhes com o sofrimento em poucas semanas e fê-lo por pouco menos, embora com consequências mais graves.

A diferença é que a Argentina não tinha um exército permanente de 1.000.000 de homens...

[Sethlad]

Foi mais ou menos a mesma coisa que os argentinos fizeram nas Malvinas. Só que a Thatcher mobilizou metade da frota através do Atlântico e acabou-lhes com o sofrimento em poucas semanas e fê-lo por pouco menos, embora com consequências mais graves.

A diferença é que a Argentina não tinha um exército permanente de 1.000.000 de homens...

Pois...

[LurkerOfChalice]

US and Sorth Korea begin military exercises

South Korea and the United States have begun four days of joint military exercises in the waters off the Korean west coast.


The US says they are defensive exercises designed to deter North Korea from launching further attacks across its border with the South.

North Korea's shelling of a South Korean island last week left two marines and two civilians dead.

North Korea has condemned the exercises as a provocation.

China has also expressed concern about military activity by foreign navies so close to its territory, and has warned the Americans not to stray too close.

The BBC's Chris Hogg, in the South Korean capital Seoul, says military sources there say that planning for the war games began before North Korea's deadly attack on Yeonpyeong island. But they add that the intensity of the live fire and bombing drills will now be stepped up.

The US aircraft carrier the USS George Washington and four other US navy vessels are being joined by South Korean destroyers, patrol vessels, frigates, support ships and anti-submarine aircraft.

The drills are taking place about 125km (77 miles) south of the disputed maritime border between the two Koreas, about 40km off the Korean coast.

The aircraft carrier is likely to be stationed further south in international waters, but still technically within striking range of Chinese cities.

A statement from North Korea's official KCNA news agency said: "If the US brings its carrier to the West Sea of Korea (Yellow Sea), no-one can predict the ensuing consequences."

Funerals

On Saturday, North Korea accused the South of using civilians as human shields on Yeonpyeong island.

The North's state media said the South was using the deaths of the two civilians for propaganda, in its words "creating the impression that the defenceless civilians were exposed to indiscriminate shelling from the North".

Pyongyang said it had been provoked by the South's military exercises, which were being carried out close to Yeonpyeong. It said the North had sent a "telephone notice" on the morning of the shelling "to prevent the clash at the last moment" but the South continued its "provocation".

South Korea says two men in their 60s, who were working on the island, were killed by the shells.

The funeral service for the two marines who died, Seo Jeong-woo and Moon Kwang-wook, was held on Saturday at a military hospital in Seongnam, close to Seoul, and was broadcast on television nationwide.

Hundreds of government and military officials, politicians, religious leaders, activists and civilians attended. Among them were Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik.

The US has called on China, North Korea's only ally, to increase its pressure on Pyongyang to prevent further incidents.

China has said its "top priority" is to keep the situation under control. Beijing has begun a series of talks in an attempt to ease the tension.

However, the top US military commander, Admiral Mike Mullen, said he did not know "why China doesn't push harder" with Pyongyang.

In an interview with CNN due to be broadcast on Sunday but released as a transcript, Adm Mullen said Beijing appeared to mistakenly believe it could control North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il.

"I'm not sure he is controllable," Adm Mullen said.

South Korea has increased its troop numbers on Yeonpyeong and says it will change its rules of engagement to allow it to respond more forcefully if incidents such as Tuesday's happen again.

The tension comes as the North is undergoing an apparent transition of power from Kim Jong-il to his young son Kim Jong-un.





BBC

[onedayless]

Esperemos que a China não se meta ao barulho... A Rússia muito dificilmente mete o nariz... Senão tá tudo fodido...

[p41nk1ll3r]

por acaso era engraçado ver os US a levar na boca na Korea, com a desvalorização do dollar os portes do ebay passavam a doer menos.

[diabox]

por acaso era engraçado ver os US a levar na boca na Korea, com a desvalorização do dollar os portes do ebay passavam a doer menos.

LOL

alway look on the bright side of life

[afonsoveiga]

por acaso era engraçado ver os US a levar na boca na Korea, com a desvalorização do dollar os portes do ebay passavam a doer menos.

[Cthulhu_Dawn]

Esperemos que a China não se meta ao barulho... A Rússia muito dificilmente mete o nariz... Senão tá tudo fodido...

Se há alguma coisa do interesse da China é pedir aos norte-coreanos para ficarem quietos...

[Vooder [RIP 2011/01/03]]

por acaso era engraçado ver os US a levar na boca na Korea, com a desvalorização do dollar os portes do ebay passavam a doer menos.

O Metal sempre em primeiro

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