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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump feels safe threatening NK because WH aide Gorka is saying NK is "a Lilliputian nation"
The terminally stupid leading the terminally stupid.
From The Hill:
http://thehill.com/policy/international/345723-white-house-aide-n-korea-a-lilliputian-nation
"This is a Lilliputian nation, if you compare it to our capabilities," Gorka said on Fox Business.
"So this is bluster. This is nothing else except blackmail, and we do not give in to blackmail, and North Korea and the head of the North Korea Stalinist regime should not test this president."
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onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)He isn't allowed to leave. He isn't allowed a weapon or guards.
Then let's hear what he has to say.
Oh, and Gorka - you can get a weapon from the dead. Remember that. Run, duck, grab a weapon - run some more.
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)He'll still get shelled into atoms. Unfortunately so would tens of thousands of South Koreans.
Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)Gothmog
(145,619 posts)TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)Liliputian, my ass!
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)Report says that shelling from the North could level Seoul in 2 hours.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)About 2200 SP arty pieces and about 4500 towed arty pieces. Puts them about five to seven from the top. India and SK have more than NK as well.
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)Thanks for the clarification. Still. That is more than enough to put a hurting on the South.
BannonsLiver
(16,470 posts)With their artillery. This would be an extremely messy endeavor.