Two people that really scare me.

[LIP MAN]

and...

[BuzzardsWife]

Maybe Mad Max was more of a prophecy than a movie????

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Thor

My friend who recently lived in Korea for 5 years, said that there is very little fear in south korea over the north.

They all see it for what it is, and in the last number of years positive things have happened to bring the 2 countries closer together and letting people cross the border for reunions, etc..

So North Korea isn't as scary as we in the west make it out to be, I'm sure the same can be said of Iran since we know IF they got nuclear capability Israel would be pre-emptive to stop that.

The problem with Kim Jong Il is that he has shown in the past that he is willing to sell arms and technology to anyone. He has based his economy on either selling weapons or extorting money and resources from countries that don't want him selling weapons.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

The problem with Kim Jong Il is that he has shown in the past that he is willing to sell arms and technology to anyone. He has based his economy on either selling weapons or extorting money and resources from countries that don't want him selling weapons.

Nuclear weapons would be different.

I guess it all depends on whether or not he is suicidal.

[metallicat]

Originally Posted by Muta

Play Superpowers II.

What a horrible game, but it's fun launching nukes at the UK or some favoured country, and seeing nukes from virtually everywhere come flying towards you.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

What a horrible game, but it's fun launching nukes at the UK or some favoured country, and seeing nukes from virtually everywhere come flying towards you.

That game was such a let down for me. It made no sense, and it was way to easy to get into a nuclear exchange.

[Dion]

Run Forrest!

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Azure

Nuclear weapons would be different.

I guess it all depends on whether or not he is suicidal.

I don't think he's suicidal, but I do think that he thinks he is invincible.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I don't think he's suicidal, but I do think that he thinks he is invincible.

Someone should school him on the art of nuclear winter.

[jammies]

There is a vanishingly small chance of there being any kind of world-wide nuclear war, but just be thankful that back in the days when Mao ran China that their nuclear arsenal was made up of short/medium range rockets with unreliable warheads. His theory was that China could "afford" to lose 500-600 million people if it came down to such a war, so he kept nuclear research prioritized in the hope that he could use it to rule over the ashes of the rest of the world.

Nowadays China's rulers are evil, but at least they aren't crazy evil.

[Daradon]

The 'mad men' of other countries are just scapegoats and propaganda ballooned boogymen compared to our real threats.

Not to say they don't need to be dealt with, negotiated with and watched closely. But as of now, or the forseeable future, they have no real power or threat over us or our lifestyle. And even if they did, it's more likely to become a stalemate like the cold war, then an actual conflagration.

The big problems, as been stated arleady, are upcoming fuel and food shortages, water, overpopulation, and climate change.

But we can't make anyone else responsible for those so lets all hate on other nations for a while.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

What a horrible game, but it's fun launching nukes at the UK or some favoured country, and seeing nukes from virtually everywhere come flying towards you.

Really? I enjoyed it, I incited wars between countries and then when they were fighting I would slip my forces into their disputed / war-torn territories and annex them. I was able to turn the entire Orient and SE Asia into Somalian territory.

The fun part IS having the nuclear launches (even better when a country does it to you, because the whole world gets made at them), and then rebuilding from there... it's a challenge!

I also liked the opportunity to buy / create so many different types of military units... felt like you were actually a general in an army. I loved being a rogue nation (ie. North Korea) and then developing my own battalion of Russian-purchased tanks / North Korean-created artillery units and ships.