I warned you about a war. It is coming soon.

I think you are right. If you look in wiki leaks, it too says that a possible world war 3 is on it's way here. Guess time will tell.

Acapulco

You might be correct but I think N Korea is just looking to get additional food from the west. Remember the Soviets had a horrible growing season and the Chinese have enough of a problem feeding their own. So lob some shells into S Korea and receive food in return for not doing it again until at least next winter.

actually it is wiki bot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Bot interesting information listed there. Kind of freaky.

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• Major catastrophe in 2012 - The Web Bot has gained most of its notoriety for contributing to the 2012 phenomenon by predicting that a cataclysm will devastate the planet in the year 2012, possibly a reversing of Earth's magnetic poles or a small series of nuclear attacks leading up to a major attack during the year. The prediction does not necessarily call for a complete end of the world.^{[20][21][22][23]}

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• No warfare between Israel and Iran, at least not until November.
• Six very large earthquakes are yet to come during the rest of 2010.
• No exact information on the December 14th missile launch (beginning of World War III) has been confirmed, but the predictions show it may happen.
• A second depression, triggered by mass layoffs, bankruptcies, and the popping of the "derivatives bubble," will see people moving out of cities.
• After March 2011, the revolution wave will settle down into a period of reformation.
• A "data gap" has been found between early 2012 running through May 2013. One explanation is that "our civilization gets knocked back to a pre-electronic state," such as brought about by devastating solar activity.
• A new benign form of capitalism will emerge during 2017-2020.^[24]

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Acapulco

If you are right we won't need any banks.

Castro's speech didn't do much for me, it sounded like Castro was just waving his fist. However, I will start getting concerned when S. Korea retailates and the result of that retaliation. Now, as afloatinasea stated, it could have something to do with trying to get food through bullying tactics.

These days I'm less worried about the masses of bombs countries might have and the one that is not accounted for. Those could be what starts a war.

Having walked some of those mountains and ridges that will be fought over should this indeed escalate, I don't think that folks realize just how many casualties would result from combat in Korea.

It will NOT be a mechanized war, as the wars in the middle east have been.

It will be much more like the current war in Afghanistan, with grunts walking in the mountains.

The FACT is that the US does NOT have enough infantry troops to fight a war like this at this time.

Then throw the weather conditions that occur there in on top of it and you can expect a huge loss of life.

Folks seem to forget that we lost 54,246 lives in the space of three years in that "conflict".

http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/casualty.htm

Compare that to the 58,000 lives lost in TEN years involvement in Vietnam.

I hope the price of bulgogi and kimchi doesn't go up.

I don't think a war is going to happen with the Korea's, but I do think within the next few years Kim Jong will die and his son will take over. Then I think it gets scary. Not from the son, but will North Korea go through a countywide revolution? Because supposely Kim Jung-Un is not even 30. I think that once the old man goes, he is immediately overthrown and the country becomes more chaotic.

I wager (this day) that there will be no war on Korea.

I don't know what to make of this yet. I've lived through a few wars and even more threats, so, of course, I know anything is possible. But... I think it is a bit premature to make snap judgments. I'll say this much: with our own resources spread so thin, such as in Afghanistan, we'd have a much more difficult time dealing with a full scale attack anywhere. My attitude is that we need to be ready to defend our own borders, and go outside them only if begged by a country under attack. Too often, we go where we are really not wanted, and that serves no purpose except to deplete our own resources.

So... it remains to be seen if there is a new Korean War or if it is all just posturing on the part of North Korea.

Oh, I don't know. What is the greatest nation on earth?

Your answer to that question will indicate if you fear a war on the horizon or not.

I am not worried.

When postulating about geopolitical war, one must consider all factors in addition to the obvious ideological component. This is especially true for the economic situation. China, having surpassed Russia as the preeminent power in east Asia, would not allow a small radical state like North Korea to interfere with its currently advantageous trade relationship with the U.S. - at least not yet.

China's economy is booming, and if current trends continue, will likely replace the U.S. as the world's financial superpower in the next 2-3 decades. With its growing capital reserves, and increasingly superior position in international relations, eventually will allow it to match America's military might. It is then, and only then, that China would consider war as a method to further its aims.

Russia is an enigma right now, torn between hard-line communists and its greedy capitalist oligarchy. It is still not clear which side will prevail, but the oligarchs currently hold the upper hand - and it is they who are selling nuclear technology on the black market and making huge profits. Russia cannot compete militarily with the U.S., and it cannot compete economically with China. How their role in the coming decades, will manifest itself on the world stage is anyone's guess.

Something nasty is on the horizon. Let us not forget that our interest in Afghanistan began when we were helping the country resist takeover from Russia.

Was it of common knowledge to the citizenry that we were mechanically active at that time (The Unknown War)?

All wars are caused by Greed, God, ideology, etc. are mere excuses. One king wants what another king has.

Nukes may be used in a war. The cause of it will be a need for food and/or water. Of greater danger are biological weapons (the poor nation's atomic bomb). Politicians always look for ways to blame "them". "Them" can be anyone.

Two major contributors to global unrest are the UN and USAID, two organizations who are tasked with helping the developing world. Look at Haiti and Somalia as examples. These organizations are self-serving and totally politically motivated. The cost of what they actually do is extraordinary. They write papers and reports. They produce little.

But food and water (along with the population explosion) are not sexy subjects. The Military-Industrial Complex is, all that shinning hardware. It is also profitable. Small wars mean big money. Will they get out of hand? Maybe, but that has been the case most of my life. SNAU is a military term.

This is truly a fear my husband and I have had. We have been watching many countries and the heated discussion, lack of cooperation. My husband got out of the army 20+ years ago and after watching a "climate change" going on he came back into the army. We are truly headed for something nasty.

We have also begun to think about what we need to survive for a number of years when the food market gets bad and I'm sure it will.

I have thought about this for a long while. There is still a Cold War going on and we have to realize that it is more than Nukes at stake here. Cyber Wars, tech spying, stolen information, subterfuge and black ops have never stopped.

Nukes were the big deterrent.

Now knowledge and technology are our number one weapons and defense. We better develop better ways to see inside our enemies minds.

North Korea is a stange baby and we must watch her like a good baby sitter would. China has used North Korea as a political foil and now seems unable to pull in the reins, we will have to wait and see.

You know there is something that folks are overlooking in this discussion.

Everyone wonders about what China will do IF something happens.

Well to put it bluntly war is GREAT for "population control".

The last war there that China participated in, they accumulated about 1 million casualties.

Now there is currently an EXCESS of males of military age in China due to their family planning policies. I believe that the estimated number is somewhere around 10 MILLION males, that will be unable to find a mate.

In my book 1 + 1 has always equalled 2.

South Korea has some excellent harbors, a geographic position to threaten Japan AND Russia, and it would also wipe out the last remaining US military bases on mainland Asia if lost.

Add those considerations to the population pressures(especially among young men) and it is NOT inconceivable that North Korea would get China's blessing and support to go ahead and invade.

Acapulco K,

I don't know if your read is the correct one for the future, but we are in for a great "leveling" of some type. This world is just nuts. Nuclear standoffs, fraid global relations, hate, and the unknown of 2012 add up to a rough ride in the two years to come, that's for sure.

I do like your speculation; it shows someone is thinking about the mess we have made of earth.

North Korea doesn't have the economic capacity to wage war, with out outside help, they couldn't even feed an army. Kim is not so crazy to start a war without Chinese support, and if he started the war he wouldn't get it, witch is why he provokes S Korea to try and put the blame on them to get Chinesehelp, but Mao is dead and China has more reason to help us then them these days. China's not giving up a trillion dollar trade deal with us to help little Kim.