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Should We Blockade Korea?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:29 pm
Just watching “Thirteen Days” about the Cuban Missile crisis. Even though we have sanctions against North Korea, there have been reports of ships entering their ports to deliver coal or whatever, paid in cash. Isn’t it a good possibility that Trump might do the same thing?
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Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:30 pm to Tigertracks
That's an act of war.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:31 pm to Tigertracks
From who? You know the point of those blockades were to keep Russians and their weaponry out? They share a land border with China and they’re cutting ties with them. I’m dying to know who the hell could be supplying them, because if it’s the Russians, I doubt the Chinese would put up with that shite.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:31 pm to Tigertracks
Haven’t they already done that to themselves..
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:36 pm to KosmoCramer
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That's an act of war.
So we declared war on Cuba in 1962? Don't remember that part.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:37 pm to Tigertracks
This situation is completely different than the missile crisis in 1962. We were stopping the Soviets from bringing missiles in, we weren't putting into effect a full scale blockade like the British in WWI.
What would be the point of this blockade?
What would be the point of this blockade?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:37 pm to Tigertracks
They share a border with China. They could get a lot of goods from them.
However, a blockade would severally hurt them.
However, a blockade would severally hurt them.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:39 pm to Tigertracks
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So we declared war on Cuba in 1962? Don't remember that part
It was an extremely delicate and high risk situation. It was referred to by the administration as a "quarantine" rather than a blockade to avoid the language of war. Ships not carrying missiles or nuclear warheads would be allowed to pass through, thus it wasn't a true blockade but it very nearly did lead to hostilities.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:41 pm to Tigertracks
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So we declared war on Cuba in 1962? Don't remember that part.
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That's an act of war
That's why they called it a "quarantine." They used this phase to circumvent Congress.
ETA: Chewy beat me to it
This post was edited on 11/6/17 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:42 pm to KosmoCramer
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That's an act of war.
Aren’t we technically still at war with NK anyways?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:44 pm to Tigertracks
There is no way to block China from getting things in an out of N. Korea.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:44 pm to DavidTheGnome
I would not be surprised at all if Trump tightened the rope on Kim. Probably call it strict enforcement of sanctions or something. But it is likely the best option short of an outright military strike.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 7:54 pm to Tigertracks
quote:No silly. That was a quarantine
So we declared war on Cuba in 1962? Don't remember that part.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 8:02 pm to Tigertracks
How do you blockade a hermit state?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 8:14 pm to Tigertracks
Sure, just as soon as my kid finishes his unaccompanied tour.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 8:26 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Aren’t we technically still at war with NK anyways?
Technically, it was a police action.
quote:From Wiki.
President Harry S. Truman declared the war a “police action” because he never asked Congress to pass an official declaration of war.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 8:33 pm to Tigertracks
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So we declared war on Cuba in 1962? Don't remember that part
Didn’t you say you were prompted to start this thread because of Thirteen days?
You must have went to the bathroom in that big meeting scene where they discussed blockade, dismissed it as an act of war, and case back as quarantine
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