• Obama expands sanctions against North Korea, Nuclear Program targeted
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[quote] WASHINGTON — The Obama administration expanded sanctions against North Korea on Monday by freezing assets of individuals, companies and organizations allegedly linked to support for Pyongyang's nuclear program. Targeted entities included one variously known as Office 39 or Bureau 39, believed to direct a range of illicit activities in support of the North Korean nuclear program. In a report this year, the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute said Office 39 is involved in the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs, the counterfeiting of U.S. currency, and the manufacture and distribution of counterfeit cigarettes. "The crimes organized by Office 39 are committed beyond the borders of North Korea by the regime itself, not solely for the personal enrichment of the leadership, but to prop up its armed forces and to fund its military programs," the institute's report said. In announcing the new sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department said President Barack Obama had issued an executive order authorizing action again four North Korean individuals, three North Korean companies and five North Korean government agencies. The order took effect Monday. 1. Click here for related content 1. North Korea reportedly joins Facebook 2. Carter, freed American return to U.S. 3. N. Korean leader reported heading home 4. Obama expands sanctions against North Korea 5. Daily life in North Korea Two of the targeted individuals are associated with the North Korean government's General Bureau of Atomic Energy. Ri Hong Sop is believed to be a former head of the Yongbyon nuclear complex; Ri Je Son is believed to be director general of the General Bureau of Atomic Energy. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had announced the administration's intention to expand sanctions against North Korea when she was in Seoul, South Korea, in July. That was in the tense aftermath of the March sinking of a South Korean warship that killed 46 sailors — the worst military attack on the South since the 1950-53 Korean War. The United States and South Korea blamed North Korea, which has denied involvement and threatened to retaliate if it were to be punished. 1. Most popular 1. Updated 20 minutes ago Earl grows to Category 4, new storm forms 2. Hurricane Tracker 3. This woman's nose is between you, Gulf seafood 4. Obama dismisses rumors about religion 5. Obama: Criticism of spill response ‘not accurate’ 6. The Week in Sports Pictures Clinton said in July that new U.S. sanctions were meant to warn Pyongyang to resist further military provocations. North Korea, which tested a nuclear bomb in 2006, is believed to have enough weaponized plutonium for at least half a dozen atomic bombs and last year revealed it has a uranium enrichment program that would give the regime a second way to make nuclear weapons. Five nations — China, Russia, South Korea, the U.S. and Japan — have been trying for years to negotiate with North Korea to dismantle its nuclear program in exchange for aid and other concessions. Pyongyang abandoned those talks last year after the U.N. Security Council condemned the regime for carrying out a long-range missile test. Weeks later, North Korea carried out a second nuclear test.[/quote] [url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38921932/ns/world_news-asiapacific/[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfdzr2zrqTw&feature=related[/media]
I say we just invade while NK is in boiling water. Its not like they have any allies left in the world.
[QUOTE=Lenno my Leggo;24476681]I say we just invade while NK is in boiling water. Its not like they have any allies left in the world.[/QUOTE] No :colbert: They would cause too much collateral damage before we could take them out.
[QUOTE=wewt!;24476704]No :colbert: They would cause too much collateral damage before we could take them out.[/QUOTE] You're right, the waters around them would get hit hard by those completely functional nukes of theirs
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[QUOTE=lil_n00blett;24476789]You're right, the waters around them would get hit hard by those completely functional nukes of theirs[/QUOTE] Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and much of the surrounding area will be fucked beyond recognition. People always seem to forget that North Korea has the fourth largest army in the world and is probably the most militarized. They would lose in the long run and it probably wouldn't be a long war, but in the initial battles they would absolutely destroy much of South Korea.
[QUOTE=Fahrenheit;24477723]People always seem to forget that North Korea has the fourth largest army in the world and is probably the most militarized.[/QUOTE] People like [B]you[/B] always forget that they have the fourth largest [B]standing[/B] army in the world, and that's only because everyone in the country is conscripted to serve in the military. Most countries have volunteer armed forces, so we have relatively small armies in times of peace, but if the DPRK actually did declare war, the U.S.'s military would skyrocket in manpower.
[QUOTE=Lenno my Leggo;24476681]I say we just invade while NK is in boiling water. Its not like they have any allies left in the world.[/QUOTE]And have Seoul and other SK cities reduced to piles of rubble at the start of the war due to Scuds and artillery. Yeah, brilliant plan.
[QUOTE=lil_n00blett;24485667]People like [B]you[/B] always forget that they have the fourth largest [B]standing[/B] army in the world, and that's only because everyone in the country is conscripted to serve in the military. Most countries have volunteer armed forces, so we have relatively small armies in times of peace, but if the DPRK actually did declare war, the U.S.'s military would skyrocket in manpower.[/QUOTE] People like [b]you[/b] forget that the war would be extremely ugly in the first few weeks, before US military manpower has a chance to skyrocket.
[QUOTE=lil_n00blett;24485667]People like [B]you[/B] always forget that they have the fourth largest [B]standing[/B] army in the world, and that's only because everyone in the country is conscripted to serve in the military. Most countries have volunteer armed forces, so we have relatively small armies in times of peace, but if the DPRK actually did declare war, the U.S.'s military would skyrocket in manpower.[/QUOTE] Implying that makes it any easier to invade a nation that is effectively a military stronghold. You invade the north and they fuck up everything around them to spite you, whether you succeed or not.
[QUOTE=lil_n00blett;24485667]People like [B]you[/B] always forget that they have the fourth largest [B]standing[/B] army in the world, and that's only because everyone in the country is conscripted to serve in the military. Most countries have volunteer armed forces, so we have relatively small armies in times of peace, but if the DPRK actually did declare war, the U.S.'s military would skyrocket in manpower.[/QUOTE] You forget military training (and quite high quality at that) is mandatory for all adult men and women in North Korea, civilian or not. Just because NK has an idiotic dictator doesn't mean its army is a joke. [editline]07:06AM[/editline] Oh, and don't forget that as soon as war is declared, South Korea and its people will be wiped off the map before the NATO troops even begin to mobilize.
[QUOTE=wewt!;24476704]No :colbert: They would cause too much collateral damage before we could take them out.[/QUOTE] They apparently have TONS of shit pointed at Seoul, and could level it before we could do shit. [editline]07:48AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;24487280]You forget military training[B] (and quite high quality at that)[/B] is mandatory for all adult men and women in North Korea, civilian or not.[/QUOTE] What? I seriously hope that was sarcasm.
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