[Liberator]

Linkage

Pray it's not nuclear, although at their stage I guess the correct term would be Atomic.  There haven't been any EM spikes or seismic events from what I've been able to gather so maybe it wasn't.

[Singh]

holy crap.
This aint good, even if its not a nuke.

[Gloriano]

Holy **** I really hope that they didn't test nuclear weaponry

[kasperl]

1) Fox News isn't Mo compatible.
2) If this was a nuke, then why aren't geiger counters in S-Korea spiking?

[kasperl]

Oh, BTW:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3648794.stm

[Rictor]

even if it is a nuke, there's not much anyone can about it. Unless the US can somehow get China on board for an invasion....

[Turnsky]

ah yes, history repeating itself..

[Rictor]

should I point out that it has recently come to light that South Korea is also developing a nuclear weapons program. Now hands up how many people believe that this is with support or at least an implicit nod from Washington?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14633-2004Sep11?language=printer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3647278.stm

[Liberator]

Rictor, SK said that the experiments they were doing were in the area of energy production not weapons development.  That's good enough for me as they don't have a history of lying about stuff like that.

[vyper]

Arms race; The winner gets to make lots of his rivals glow green.

[Bobboau]

Originally posted by kasperl
1) Fox News isn't Mo compatible.
2) If this was a nuke, then why aren't geiger counters in S-Korea spiking?

..................................

Oh, BTW:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3648794.stm

you know that says exactly the same thing as the fox news site does

[Bobboau]

Originally posted by Liberator
Rictor, SK said that the experiments they were doing were in the area of energy production not weapons development.  That's good enough for me as they don't have a history of lying about stuff like that.

it gives *cough* some people an excuse to *****, so it'd probly be a good idea to oppose it, though given there nabourhood I can't blame them.

[Tiara]

I can see it now...

Bush: THEY HAVE WMDs!
CIA report guy: Eh... Sir, no they don't.
Bush: TTHEY HAVE WMDs, GAWDDAMNIT! PREPARE INVASION TROOPS!
Powel: George... There is no evidence!
Bush: Did we need evidence to invade Iraq!? No!
Powel: BWUHAHAHA! INVADE THOSE COMMIE BASTARDZ! THEY ARER THE AXIZ OF EVIL!!!!111oneone
CIA report guy: ... Yeah, ok. Whatever d00ds. I'm gonna take a nap.

Australia: WTF!?

French guy #1: PREPARE TO FIRE ZE MISSILES!
French guy #2: But I'm le tired...
French guy #1: Ok, take a nap, THEN FIRE ZE MISSILES!

NATO: SANCT|0NZ RUL3!

Holland: D00d, want a drag?

Australia: Still goes 'WTF!?'

***

Eh... ok, never mind me

[Rictor]

I'm sorry, don't you think thats a bit naive? You have China with nukes, NK developing them, and you're telling me that South Korea is developing nuclear programs for energy use? They're between a rock and a hard place, and both for their own safety and because it suits Uncle Sam to have a friendly regional nucealr power, it only makes sense.

It might be that NK has had a greater necessity to lie, since they are the enemy, or that they got caught more often, but I simply don't trust ANY (well, almost any) government to be truthful.

[vyper]

[q]Holland: D00d, want a drag?[/q]

It'd be hillarious to see that at the UN ...

[Bobboau]

CIA report guy: I don't have any proof

(five minutes later)

CIA report guy: oh hey, look they tested one

(india/pakistan style, this was aimed at how craptacular our 'intelligence' is)

[Rictor]

Originally posted by Tiara
I can see it now...

Bush: THEY HAVE WMDs!
CIA report guy: Eh... Sir, no they don't.
Bush: TTHEY HAVE WMDs, GAWDDAMNIT! PREPARE INVASION TROOPS!
Powel: George... There is no evidence!
Bush: Did we need evidence to invade Iraq!? No!
...

http://www.thepoorman.net/archives/002789.html#002789

[vyper]

[q](india/pakistan style, this was aimed at how craptacular our 'intelligence' is)[/q]

Intelligence is not the issue, political influence is.

[an0n]

Originally posted by Bobboau
you know that says exactly the same thing as the fox news site does

Yeah, except the BBC article just says:

"There was an explosion. We're not sure what it was, but it's not thought to be nuclear"

And the FOX article says:

"There was an explosion. They say it's not nuclear, but ever since South Korea admitted to researching nukes, North Korea has said they're going to build thousands of them and lay waste to the Earth before expanding their Commie empire and infecting the radioactive world with their anti-Rupert bull****. DEATH TO THE PINKOS!!!"

[Bobboau]

eh, no actualy there prety much identical, there both just copys of an AP item.