North Korea: Sanctions a declaration of war

[Nemesis]

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/18/nkorea.threat/index.html
" North Korea said Saturday any sanctions or pressure applied against it following its rocket launch earlier this month will be considered a "declaration of war." "

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Could be some of the proposed sanctions could be violations of other treaties. We'll have to wait and see how much of this is just bluster.

 

[PuppetXeno]

As if they stand any chance at all.

 

[Ozymandyus]

Wow. So basically, NK just declared war on almost everyone, since they fired the rocket with warnings that we would sanction them.

 

[Nemesis]

Could be some of the proposed sanctions could be violations of other treaties. We'll have to wait and see how much of this is just bluster.

Yeah, it might just be propaganda.

As if they stand any chance at all.

They might have some allies.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

I think a mistake that people often make, and the Bush administration made on a regular basis, is to pretend that public declarations should be taken at face value, and that the give and take between nations takes place in the media with press releases. In reality the press releases from other countries are not directed at us. I know that is a blow to the egos of many folks, but it is true. A lot of times, those bold declarations are really directed inward, towards the citizens of that country.

All those tough talk sound bites help keep politicians from getting booted from office or worse. And the more "extreme" the country we're talking about, the more politically necessary it is to put up a tough act against other countries. In North America and most of Europe, a country's leader will face a tough reelection bid if they look weak. In some countries, looking weak and not making tough comments means that you might see that leader's head on a pike outside a government building.

 

[Nemesis]

I think a mistake that people often make, and the Bush administration made on a regular basis, is to pretend that public declarations should be taken at face value, and that the give and take between nations takes place in the media with press releases. In reality the press releases from other countries are not directed at us. I know that is a blow to the egos of many folks, but it is true. A lot of times, those bold declarations are really directed inward, towards the citizens of that country.

All those tough talk sound bites help keep politicians from getting booted from office or worse. And the more "extreme" the country we're talking about, the more politically necessary it is to put up a tough act against other countries. In North America and most of Europe, a country's leader will face a tough reelection bid if they look weak. In some countries, looking weak and not making tough comments means that you might see that leader's head on a pike outside a government building.

NK needs to point out the enemy to their citizens, it need to tell them "you need us to protect you from those motherfucking imperialists and capitalists", if they don't do that, ppl might ask themselves: "why are we still having this stupid government?". They look strong so the north koreeans feel strong and they feel that they are living in a good country.

And about the nukes and rockets thing, i think they just want to show Iran and Syria what they have, because those 2 countries are interested in buying stuff.