They are one of the few countries in the world that still have a communist dictatorship and they are surrounded by rich countries who are turning capitalist or have been capitalist for sometime now. Even China has gotten a lot more capitalistic. But not the NK's. They are in massive poverty and South Korea and U.S. have had to give food or financial aid. So naturally this whole Nuke thing is just a cry for attention to get money from us. We're still technically at war with them and they're just being a bunch of extortionists.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post">They are one of the few countries in the world that still have a communist dictatorship and they are surrounded by rich countries who are turning capitalist or have been capitalist for sometime now. Even China has gotten a lot more capitalistic. But not the NK's. They are in massive poverty and South Korea and U.S. have had to give food or financial aid. So naturally this whole Nuke thing is just a cry for attention to get money from us. We're still technically at war with them and they're just being a bunch of extortionists.</div> This is exactly right, good post Custodian. Many of the countries that test weapons, flaunt the weapons, and so forth are usually attempting to gain attention because of a failing market or some other problem that tends to involve money and/or government relations. North Korea know that if they were to even launch of a nuclear strike against a country like the US it would cause an economic disaster that would basically pit the every country that relies on US tourism and trades against the country. How many rely on the US? A massive number that's all I can write. Remember that money is the most important thing to every country in the world, otherwise nobody would really care much about each other. This involves all food supplies in some portions of the world, because food isn't free is it? All in all the nuclear scare is just that, a scare tactic. It's the same thing as Global Warming. Look back in 1972 history and you'll find the scare about Global Cooling. Once people started to care less and less about it it went away and someone came up with something new to scare people into believing things that will make them spend money or performing an action.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Many of the countries that test weapons, flaunt the weapons, and so forth are usually attempting to gain attention because of a failing market or some other problem that tends to involve money and/or government relations.</div> The US is the leader in this tactic. We use war to hide the real problems our country is facing. Our economy is driven on debt, which has been purchased by other countries, mainly China. With the increase in interest rates, a lot of people are falling behind on their payments. This is leading to foreclosures and I'd predict in the next month or two countries will stop purchasing our debt, and we will be in a serious recession. We also have a steady decline in education. Here in SoCal the graduation rate was only 44% this past year. This means more than half the people did not graduate from high school. What's scary is the 44% isn't even the worst in the nation, it ranks 6th worst. Study: Los Angeles 44 Percent Graduation Rate, Sixth Worst <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world, no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." Woodrow Wilson </div> The US has been increasing the supply of US dollars at a rapid rate the past few years. This is a scary chart to see where our economy could be headed ... http://www.bullandbearwise.com/MoneySupply.asp
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">The US is the leader in this tactic. We use war to hide the real problems our country is facing. Our economy is driven on debt, which has been purchased by other countries, mainly China. With the increase in interest rates, a lot of people are falling behind on their payments. This is leading to foreclosures and I'd predict in the next month or two countries will stop purchasing our debt, and we will be in a serious recession.</div> But of course. The US has been doing it for ages now. But there are European Union countries that are still in horrible debt these days as well. France for starters. They have constant problems with work and the government has brought the country into a 4 trillion dollar debt. Not sure about that in Euros but you can just imagine. It's one of the main reasons my girlfriend's family are thinking of leaving the country, as much as they don't want to. The culture is better, but with a possible problem that can send the country into poverty what else can some people do but flee from their government's constant problems? Good post about LA statistics, Shapecity. That is very sad to read but it is obvious. Illinois isn't far behind if not worse. You could look it up to confirm or deny I believe at wikipedia.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TheFreshPrince:</div><div class="quote_post">^^I thought china hated North Korea, and i am not sure about russia</div> Thats what one of my coworkers was telling me so im not sure. I know it seems weird but maybe true
