North Korea Claims $65 Trillion From US As War Compensation

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: RTTNews

North Korea has demanded $65 trillion as compensation from the United States for six decades of hostilities it is accused of perpetrating on the communist country.

The compensation amount was calculated on the basis of the number of North Korean civilian casualties during the 1950-53 Korean War and other losses related to the conflict.

This is the second similar demand made by the reclusive East Asian nation in three years.

Pyongyang's compensation claim was made in the official Korean Central News Agency report published Thursday on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the war.

Read more: http://www.rttnews.com/Content/MarketSensitiveNews.aspx?Id=1343147&SM=1

[Oregone]

1. Thats a lot of dough. I say just pay em and end the hostilities

Pay em in Zimbabwe dollars


On edit: Nevermind...thats still too much

[slackmaster]

2. We should just send them all of our dirty undies

[maxsolomon]

3. sure thing, Kim & Kim Jr.!

how about 65 million to leave the peninsula?

[hughee99]

4. Didn't NK invade SK to get the hostilities started? n/t

[Poll_Blind]

5. We should pay 'em with special Monopoly (in the truest sense of the word) Money with....

...Kim Jong-il's face on each note.

PB

[Joey Liberal]

6. I wonder who is crazier - The GOP or NK

They are both insane.

[Ikonoklast]

The check's in the mail.

Not.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Chutzpah with fries.

[YOY]

8. I'm sure we'll send the money immediately.

n/t

[LeftinOH]

9. Dear North Koreans: I am Barrister Nicholas Bafetumbu from the Nigerian Central Bank-

pursuant to your desire to obtain compensation in the amount of Trillion$65.. etc, etc.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. We have a winner.

I've probably won that much in the UK lottery in the last month alone.

[FightingIrish]

10. Uh, Kim, we're a little strapped for cash.

Would you take a gushing oil well?

[superconnected]

22. hahahahah good one!

[Scuba]

12. At least then they could feed their starving population.

[CLANG]

13. Pardon me while I....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

There's 65 ROFL's for ya Kim!

[PJPhreak]

14. Can we say "Fuck off Asshole" I thought so! nt

[Mudoria]

15. The check is in the mail...

please hold your breath until it arrives.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

16. Talk to China. They hold all of our assets.

And, good luck with that...

[The_Commonist]

17. Is there even that much money in the world?

How much money is there in the world?

[MilesColtrane]

18. Experiencing a little "invaders remorse" now?

Maybe you shouldn't have started the war, ya fucking fucks.

[ronnie624]

19. U.S. foreign policy makers did not see Korea as a nation of people,

but instead as a bargaining chip to lure the Soviets into attacking Japan. Planning for the imperial administration of Korea after WWII by the U.S. government, originated in 1944. During the 'Korean' War, U.S. bombers obliterated all of Korea, killing as many as 5 million people, mostly women and children.

U.S. foreign policy is directly responsible for the 'Korean' War and its aftermath. Read about it.

I mean read something about it from sources other than the shrill squawkings of a few right-leaning DU posters.

[Socal31]

20. Haha.

[GreenStormCloud]

27. Amazing that we actually have a apologist for N Korea here.

N. Korea has the world's worst record of abuse of human rights, yet there are people who will defend the Kims.

N. Korea started the shooting on June 25, 1950. N. Korea invaded the South. That makes N.Korea the agressor.

[ronnie624]

29. The U.S. government has killed millions of people in other countries,

including Philippines, Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and most recently, Iraq and Afghanistan. And this list is far from complete. North Korea has no such record. Whatever abuses North Korea does commit, at least they stay within their own borders, unlike the United States, which exports death and destruction to other countries on a regular basis.

And it is not possible for a country to invade itself. The U.S. (with help from the Soviet Union), created the conditions which led to a civil war in Korea.

[DatManFromNawlins]

32. The installation of Kim Il Sung prior to that date by the Soviets

Suggests you're full of shit.

[ronnie624]

33. The installation of Kim Il Sung

suggests that the United States hasn't invaded more countries and violated the human rights of more people than the South Korean government? Or that U.S. foreign policy played no role in provoking the 'Korean' War? Or that the U.S. didn't use Korea as a bargaining chip in dividing Asia into 'spheres of influence' with the Soviet Union? Or that U.S. bombers didn't destroy Korea, killing millions of people (mostly women and children)?

What exactly do you mean when you say I'm "full of shit"?


The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from the 1945 Allied victory in World War II, ending Japan's 35-year colonial rule of Korea. In a proposal opposed by nearly all Koreans, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to temporarily occupy the country as a trusteeship with the zone of control demarcated along the 38th parallel. The purpose of this trusteeship was to establish a Korean provisional government which would become "free and independent in due course."<1> Though elections were scheduled, the two superpowers backed different leaders and two states were effectively established, each of which claimed sovereignty over the whole Korean peninsula.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_Korea>

[davepc]

35. Both Rhee and Kim wanted to unify the penisula. Rhee would of invaded if he had the ability

The US kept him weak militarily by denying him training and equipment. South Korea's defense was backed up by the atomic bomb and the garrison in Japan and little else. This was done on purpose to prevent the South from invading the North. That's what made the invasion such an initial success. The South Korean military was a non functional entity lacking the most basic training and equipment and loyalty to Rhee (many deserted or defected at the beginning of the war).

Stalin on the other hand armed Kim too the teeth and gave him assurances that the Soviet atom bomb would deter the US atom bomb then set him lose.

As the war dragged on Rhee caused a great deal of problems by refusing armistice after armistice because he didn't want to give up his chance to unify the nation. He also pushed hard for the US to bomb China after they intervened. Rhee had no qualms pushing for actions that would of led directly to world war III in pursuit of his own goals.

North Korea invaded first and they were the aggressor, but if Rhee had the means and opportunity he sure as hell had the motive if the tables were turned.

[proteus_lives]

36. "but instead as a bargaining chip to lure the Soviets into attacking Japan"

"U.S. foreign policy is directly responsible for the 'Korean' War and its aftermath"

You might want to read about two fellas named Stalin and Mao. They were the ones who kicked off the Korean Conflict.

[ronnie624]

39. The Korean conflict is firmly rooted in the division of the country.

The U.S. played the greatest role in that division. 'North' Korea was an artificial construct, imposed upon the nation of Korea by a foreign imperialist power. Not a single Korean had any say in the matter. The only Koreans who supported the division of their country, were those few who had something to gain by it.

In 1945, the U.S. was in a position to see that Korea rightfully received its independence. Instead, the U.S. government bargained away Korean sovereignty in pursuit of its own interests, dividing the country, and laying the groundwork for the horrors that followed.

In 2002, Korea was pursuing a policy that would have eventually led to its reintegration. Yet again, the Empire, in pursuit of its own geopolitical interests, destroyed any hopes of reintegration with belligerent rhetoric. Some things will never change, apparently, until Americans awaken from their stupor, an insist that their government pursue policies of peaceful dialog and diplomacy, instead of war and dominance.

And you might try composing a coherent, factual rebuttal.

[proteus_lives]

41. You might try facts.

North Korea attacked the south on the urging and orders of China and the USSR.

They installed the puppet communist dictator. They forced them to continue the war after NK leaders begged for the chance to make peace.

"The only Koreans who supported the division of their country, were those few who had something to gain by it."

Like the North Korean government.

[ronnie624]

43. If there had been no 'North' Korea, there would have been no 'invasion'. n/t

[GreenStormCloud]

42. Amazing how you ignore the part that Stalin played, and Mao's part.

Try posting something besides Kim's propaganda.

[ronnie624]

44. "Amazing"

how tens of millions of U.S. Americans ignore their government's bloody history of imperialism, even as it is right under their noses.

[GreenStormCloud]

45. It is obvious that you hate America.

And because the Kim's also hate America, you take their side, even though the Kims are the most brutal dynasty on the planet.

America isn't perfect, by any means, but it is far better than the dictatorships of the Soviets, or of Mao, or the Kims.

[ronnie624]

47. I don't hate America.

I hate the policies of the U.S. government; such as those that strip away the dignity and sovereignty of other nations in the interests of power, profit and strategic advantage for corporate elites.

Why do you hate the people of the Philippines, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Iraq, Latin America, the Caribbean and all the others who have suffered so greatly as a result of U.S. foreign policy?

[GreenStormCloud]

48. We are talking about Korea. Don't try to deflect.

The reason you are trying to talk about other places is that you know that defending the Kims put you in a difficult place. The reason that you take the side of the Kims is because they are anti-American.

[ronnie624]

49. The motives driving the policies that brought about the destruction of Korea,

are the same as those that brought harm to myriad other nations.

I can only address the vague intent of your subject line, as the remainder of your message is gibberish.

[Ter]

21. Wouldn't that make them the richest country in the world?

n/t

[Old Vet]

24. My dad still has a N.korean bullitt in his.................

Shoulder. Be nice if he could be compensated for a life of little use of his right arm Mr Kim.Talk about delusinonal..........

[superconnected]

23. I bet the Obama administration is laughing their heads off.

[hayu_lol]

25. To this point, seems to me that keeping our troops and...

equipment in S. Korea all these years would undoubtedly top the bill from N. Korea. Send them a bill for that with 30 days to pay or have their country garnished.

Lessee, 60 years at so much a year...hmmm...what would that come to?

[GreenStormCloud]

26. The entire world's production for 2008 was $61 Trillion.

That includes all the world's food, medicine, fuel, etc. - EVERYTHING. Kim should have been a comedian.

[humblebum]

28. Just give them the rights to the MASH reruns and call it good. nt

[Rage for Order]

30. "65 Trillion dollars!"

[rrneck]

31. Hell,

we could invade them and occupy the country for that much. Oh, wait...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. This is for you, Kim...

[Festivito]

37. Would he settle for 65T$ in credit default swaps?

We have over 600T$ of this created currency lying around in places.

[Jennicut]

40. Yup. Do we have 65 trillion lying around to even give anyone?

[Festivito]

46. Oh, that's right. The banks created 600T$ in bank notes and claim they own US.

Well, that being the case, we'd just better give ourselves away.

Indentured slavery, here I come.

[Regret My New Name]

38. The NK government would make an awesome internet troll...

[Dreamer Tatum]

50. They counterfeit $100 bills anyway, so tell them to make 650 billion of them and STFU nt

[SalmonFritters]

51. I seem to rcall Al Bundy countersuing for a Zillion dollars

Works for me

[Swede]

52. Send them a post dated check.

:shrug: