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Il dead. December 18, 2011 7:27 pm podrock

What now, North Korea?

The North Koreans I've seen in the papers, on the internet and TV seem genuinely upset. They can't all ... by bowser 2011-12-20 12:03:46
- Brainwashing does wonders. Not to mention something akin to Stockholm Syndrome. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-21 13:28:56
- C'mon, Bowz. Not even Elvis had mourners like that. by ER 2011-12-20 12:39:07
The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. by ER 2011-12-19 18:17:43
- Dangerously unstable indeed. by TB 2011-12-19 22:00:30
  - Caligula redux? Where is the Praetorian guard when you need them? That guy in the middle looks likely, but they are ... by FrankC 2011-12-20 23:39:17
  - There's a pattern here. Fidel Chavez Ahmadinejad Kim (2) Ghaddafi All dangerously unstable in the propagandized minds of Americans. All demonized by those ... by bowser 2011-12-19 23:34:17
    - What good have those leaders done for their own people by RobVG 2011-12-20 09:09:40
      - Both sides here are delusional in my opinion. Those people you mentioned bowser? They aren't unstable but they are threats ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-20 19:21:55
      - You don't know, do you? Well, try this. And wonder why you didn't know this. A Libyan ... by bowser 2011-12-20 09:16:45
        
        That’s the biggest sidestep I’ve ever seen on the Zone by RobVG 2011-12-20 18:50:05
        
        You are making a fool of yourself, deliberately I think. Did you know that about Libya? Have any ... by bowser 2011-12-21 02:12:25
        
        It's pretty obvious a lot of people know more about Libya than you care to. by TB 2011-12-21 09:25:01
        
        "Demonizer"? Look in the mirror. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-21 09:05:32
        
        Now that was a thoughtful, erudite reply. Devastating in its logic, followed up with a powerful prose rebuttal with ... by bowser 2011-12-21 11:00:01
        
        I feel I was entitled to that. by RobVG 2011-12-21 18:22:31
        
        Everything you don't want to believe is the Work of the Devil. by TB 2011-12-21 11:41:01
        
        C'mon, Bowz. Libya could afford to be generous to its victims. The country is awash in oil money. Castro ... by ER 2011-12-20 10:03:01
        
        And how much of that was publicized as Ghaddafi was demonized? by bowser 2011-12-20 11:30:55
        
        Well, Cuba is a small nation off the southern coast of America. There was a revolution which threw corrupt ... by bowser 2011-12-20 11:29:47
        
        The Soviets gladly stepped in to fill Cuba's needs by RobVG 2011-12-20 19:00:55
    - These nut cases are basically bullies. They don't pick on foreign countries that can fight back. They just ... by ER 2011-12-20 04:56:53
      - In the decision tree on going to war in Iraq, which took place before 9-11 and determined Iraq needed to ... by bowser 2011-12-20 09:22:12
        
        You forget, Bowz, I supported Bush I's decision to invade Iraq. He was punishing Iraq's brutal invasion of Kuwait, ... by ER 2011-12-20 10:24:41
      - You're not even going to call him on the accuracy of his statement? by TB 2011-12-20 09:06:06
        
        Don't need to, arguing court cases is not why I come to this board. I did tell Bowser I disagreed with ... by ER 2011-12-20 09:58:16
        
        Can't. As one who has never questioned the right-wing propaganda propagated by the mega-corporations and right-wing politicians, regarding it ... by bowser 2011-12-20 09:20:45
        
        All right. by TB 2011-12-20 09:30:33
        
        Well, to be fair to Bowser, none of the totalitarian lunatics he mentioned in his post have actually started a ... by ER 2011-12-20 11:03:39
        
        Gaddafi attacked Egypt in 1977 and invaded Chad, annexing the Aouzou Strip for 18 years. Bowser carefully trimmed the first Kim ... by TB 2011-12-20 11:17:38
        
        Tom, remember the example I used? The junta DID invade the Falklands, as I pointed out. I never claimed dictatorships never ... by ER 2011-12-20 12:27:20
        
        Sorry about getting "technical." by TB 2011-12-20 12:46:46
        
        So what you're really saying is that even though I am disputing Bowser, and actualy agree with you, I don't ... by ER 2011-12-20 13:31:37
        
        Didn't say that. I said that by any measure of a "rogue" country or an "unstable" leader, the US ... by bowser 2011-12-20 10:31:53
  - I wonder what they learned from his time at that Swiss school. Otherwise, I don't see how they could ... by ER 2011-12-19 22:09:34
- Cold. If they don't raise sheep they could import some. ON the serious (more serious) side, it looks ... by bowser 2011-12-19 19:40:30
"The dictator is dead, long live the dictator." North Korean political slogan. by bowser 2011-12-18 22:06:48
Well, with his diabetes and heart condition he was sort of asking for it. Not to mention all the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-18 21:49:53