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Fri Apr 13, 2012, 12:44 PM

Cali_Democrat (14,666 posts)

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It was a weather satellite? Are you sure?

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149 replies	Author	Time	Post
US cancels food aid to North Korea: That'll teach Koreans who's the boss! [View all]	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	OP
Don't worry, the GOP is about to suggest we replace food aid with another Free Trade Agreement.	Zalatix	Apr 2012	#1
Good one!	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#6
Well, as part of the Axis of Evil they don't deserve our food	quinnox	Apr 2012	#2
Right. And that will turn the Korean people against their government and make them love us!	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#7
I really doubt that much of our food aid	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#14
actually	SwampG8r	Apr 2012	#136
Thank you for that.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#143
So you really believes their claim that a ballistic missile is a "weather satellite"?	TheWraith	Apr 2012	#3
At least we now know who he is promoting in the primaries.	FSogol	Apr 2012	#26
So you really believe that withholding food	SomethingFishy	Apr 2012	#67
It's not that simple	MrBig	Apr 2012	#71
First, the US does not OWE NK food	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#107
Sorry, but I think it is the correct thing to do by the US. Why should NK be able to spend	teddy51	Apr 2012	#4
agreed	quitnesset	Apr 2012	#33
agree #2	BlueDemKev	Apr 2012	#72
Yes, it is unfortunate that US policy allows NK military industrial complex to foster.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#122
The militaristic bullcrap will continue unimpeded and their people will starve even more.	2ndAmForComputers	Apr 2012	#130
You're a fan of NK's militarism and insane leadership?	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#5
Over the top...	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#10
I made no accusation. I asked a question.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#12
I saw what you did there.	GeorgeGist	Apr 2012	#32
Oh, I see...	whatchamacallit	Apr 2012	#60
Just where did you get the idea that the OP is a 'fan' of an enemy of the US? That is a pretty	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#47
It was a question, as you can see.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#51
you're a fan of starving children?	frylock	Apr 2012	#63
I'm not starving any children in North Korea.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#65
you keep saying that..	frylock	Apr 2012	#73
You're a fan of their parents letting things stay as they are?	treestar	Apr 2012	#84
Seriously?	Nevernose	Apr 2012	#100
Well they'll still have to do something	treestar	Apr 2012	#104
I never took a position in the OP	Nevernose	Apr 2012	#114
It has happened in other countries	treestar	Apr 2012	#116
And giving the leadership food	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#108
Yes, I saw the 'have you stopped beating your wife' type question.	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#92
That was a rhetorical question.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#121
Saying the food we gave them was their entitlement?	treestar	Apr 2012	#81
The accusation was one of treason, using the old 'have you stopped beating your wife yet'	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#86
That's got to be the worst post I've seen on DU all day. n/t	white_wolf	Apr 2012	#91
I'm not one of your detractors, but we damn well should have cancelled food aid	DisgustipatedinCA	Apr 2012	#8
NK has repeatedly thwarted international efforts to monitor aid distribution.	Robb	Apr 2012	#23
Gotta love our very own DU realpolitikers: "Let 'em starve. That'll show 'em."	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#9
Given the North Korean government...	MrBig	Apr 2012	#13
No reason whatsoever=good point. nt	babylonsister	Apr 2012	#24
Really good point.	aquart	Apr 2012	#25
The people of North Korea starve whether we send them food or not.	Johnny Rico	Apr 2012	#17
And how does "starving" the population help undermine the bureaucratic regime? Links please!	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#28
WE aren't starving the North Korean people	MrBig	Apr 2012	#35
Ask the people who are starving them,	Codeine	Apr 2012	#58
They could grow their own food!	treestar	Apr 2012	#83
The North Korean government is starving the people.	bluestate10	Apr 2012	#94
You'd rather have a war than economic sanctions?	FSogol	Apr 2012	#27
Perhaps NK should spend their money on food and not missiles?	hack89	Apr 2012	#42
Yes, it will work out just like Iraq, where over half a million children died as a result of	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#48
You actually think that was a weather satellite? nt	msanthrope	Apr 2012	#11
Well, it's nothing at all, now.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#16
I think it probably was a weather satellite, but the satellite part was a mere adronment	DisgustipatedinCA	Apr 2012	#19
Warheads that Korea doesn't have and won't have for a very long time.	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#34
Here's what I think, BBI	DisgustipatedinCA	Apr 2012	#46
What kind of a satellite do you think it was?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#20
Great Successor would never do anything underhanded	Freddie Stubbs	Apr 2012	#38
Maybe they should buy food instead of building "weather satellites".	Swede	Apr 2012	#15
LOL	Cali_Democrat	Apr 2012	#18
Do you also believe Kim Jong Il...	MrBig	Apr 2012	#21
And not just that, I believe it was his first time golfing. n/t	hughee99	Apr 2012	#29
Do you believe that everything Washington politicians say is the truth?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#36
Wow, you put a LOT of irrelevant words into my mouth	MrBig	Apr 2012	#39
Do you think they are hiding food in their rockets?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#66
Huh?	MrBig	Apr 2012	#70
You didn't answer the question	treestar	Apr 2012	#85
They do have top-notch weather forecasters, you'll have to give them that.	DisgustipatedinCA	Apr 2012	#59
No. But anything to trash President Obama is fair game for some. nt	bluestate10	Apr 2012	#95
Naive, much?	aquart	Apr 2012	#22
Not naive. Read posts by the OP. You will develop a true picture of what is happening. nt	bluestate10	Apr 2012	#96
Aw Jeez ...	GeorgeGist	Apr 2012	#30
you are impressively predictable	cali	Apr 2012	#31
Do you have any suggestions on how we can really stick it to the Korean people?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#37
Distortion of the first order.	bluestate10	Apr 2012	#97
And how is the U.S. denying food aide helping the Korean people .... what do you say to them?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#98
No, it won't.	Wait Wut	Apr 2012	#40
+1	Muskypundit	Apr 2012	#90
Why do you think we have an obligation to give them food?	chrisa	Apr 2012	#41
Pick your battles, BBI.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#43
lol, you giving "advice", especially in light of recent revelations, is	quinnox	Apr 2012	#44
Irrelevant.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#45
get back to me when MM posts whack ass OPs like this one...	dionysus	Apr 2012	#131
Why on Earth should we give the North Korean government a dime's worth of aid?	Throd	Apr 2012	#49
Because we give extreme right-wing regimes and dictatorships billions every year to maintain them?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#99
You're seriously going to try to justify it like that?	RZM	Apr 2012	#129
The massive failures of the North Korean system are our fault?	Codeine	Apr 2012	#50
No, Bush is responsible for where the US stands today with problem of N Korea	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#54
Completely irrelevant to the question of whether we have an innate responsibility	Codeine	Apr 2012	#57
Yes, let's punish the people for their poor choice in dictators	whatchamacallit	Apr 2012	#61
And people should be able to eat unicorn poop	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#110
Only 161 before you start leaking RW gas	whatchamacallit	Apr 2012	#112
Reality is not a RW meme	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#113
That is not really the question. The question is, will sanctions achieve the goal of influencing	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#64
I made no claim as to the effectiveness of the sanction decision.	Codeine	Apr 2012	#76
South Africa.	Ikonoklast	Apr 2012	#78
Yes, to an extent. But there is a lot of disagreement as to how much of an effect they had.	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#79
North Korea's nuclear tests and increased MIC ended the Sunshine Policy.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#120
thank you. someone who actually remembers history.	NuttyFluffers	Apr 2012	#138
Yeah, it's hard to blame the South Korean people for voting in people that ended it.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#141
We didn't cut off their food, their government and dear leader chose to spend their money	jp11	Apr 2012	#52
Wow! Biggest Fail Ever!	Tarheel_Dem	Apr 2012	#53
It's not just a fail...	SidDithers	Apr 2012	#55
!!	Tarheel_Dem	Apr 2012	#62
is that a triple kickboxin' power fist? them's.. .fightin woids!	dionysus	Apr 2012	#126
Hey dion. Are you as speechless about this o.p. as I am?	Tarheel_Dem	Apr 2012	#127
i'll let you know ow speechless i am once i stop laughing...	dionysus	Apr 2012	#133
I don't think you're the only who's laughing. Normally, the op would have thousands....	Tarheel_Dem	Apr 2012	#137
OMG!!!	SunsetDreams	Apr 2012	#68
LMFAO!!!!	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#89
Keep trying...	SidDithers	Apr 2012	#56
fail	paulk	Apr 2012	#69
You cannot be serious.	Ikonoklast	Apr 2012	#74
I think you are getting a real good schooling here, BBI	Whisp	Apr 2012	#75
They're ignoring almost everyone doing the educating...nt	SidDithers	Apr 2012	#77
I wasn't adequately schooled about George W. Bush's "axis of evil" bull shit.	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#103
Because the NK gov't would simply claim	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#111
The food aid will return, actually. Much sooner than when we did this in 2006 (nuke test).	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#124
The reason it is done is to send a signal to the people.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#123
"their food"	treestar	Apr 2012	#80
Are you serious???	Texasgal	Apr 2012	#82
Take up your concerns with the fine generals of the DPRK.	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#87
I doubt the aid reaches the average North Korean, anyway.	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#88
It's alleged that much of it goes to the leadership and military	Kaleva	Apr 2012	#101
That is a foregone conclusion, the west does it just to say "well we helped."	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#119
The leaders of North Korea could invest money in food.	bluestate10	Apr 2012	#93
North Carolina? I really don't think they're that bad...	SidDithers	Apr 2012	#102
Food security is the easiest thing for a country to do.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#118
Does this mean there is another "peace" prize in the offing?	Tierra_y_Libertad	Apr 2012	#105
heh	SammyWinstonJack	Apr 2012	#106
Your next thread calls it a rocket. Which is it, BBI?	DevonRex	Apr 2012	#109
It sure looks like a rocket to me. Using your rocket expertise what do you think it really is?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#115
You're a rocket scientist?	Robb	Apr 2012	#144
For those who haven't seen it, Mitchell and Webb brilliance on that topic...	SidDithers	Apr 2012	#145
whatever it is.. it somehow makes Obama evilllllllllllll	dionysus	Apr 2012	#132
My head is spinning.	DevonRex	Apr 2012	#147
When we reinstate it quietly in a month or two at most...	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#117
poutrage fail. try harder...	dionysus	Apr 2012	#125
Here's another example	rudycantfail	Apr 2012	#128
It wasn't getting to the people who needed it, anyway.	NashvilleLefty	Apr 2012	#134
why should we feed them?	SwampG8r	Apr 2012	#135
Clearly North Korea was using the food aid for a bake sale to raise money for Bradley Manning's	WonderGrunion	Apr 2012	#139
Do you think Manning is guilty of espionage and should do years of hard labor in prison?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#146
They had their chance.	agentS	Apr 2012	#140
There is zero chance for an uprising, like Libya North Korea believes in Collective Punishment.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#142
The US Should Punish North Korea's Leaders, NOT Its People	zorahopkins	Apr 2012	#148
Did you bother to read through this thread before commenting?	Tarheel_Dem	Apr 2012	#149

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