By now, you've heard or read or seen about North Korea having attacked a small island of South Korea yesterday.
And it's big news, for sure.
It's another one of those situations where you can't imagine what thought processes are going on over there in Kim Jong Il's North Korea. There's just no telling.
Further, it seems as though it's just one bad situation, going worse now. I see a quote out of South Korea where someone is quoted as saying they'll have to have a "massive retaliation".
Here's hoping someone can put a stop to that. China, the US, Europe, Russia, somebody, anybody and everybody.
And here's where that "silver lining" comes in.
As crazy and unpredictable as North Korea, in general, is and Kim Jong Il, in specific, no country in the world really wants this conflict. Sure, there are some arms manufacturers that might but they are in a tiny minority.
The first thing that happened when this by the North "bombarding the small island of Yeonpyeong, which houses South Korean military installations and a small civilian population."
Virtually as soon as this happened--the bombing--the financial markets 'round the world turned down.
What this translates to is that there will be tremendous pressure from the business and financial communities on their respective governments around the world, to stop this confrontation and any additional bombing.
Sure, this won't necessarily guarantee that it will stop but it will certainly help.
It's rare that all these nations all agree on something, all at the same time, with the same degree of urgency. I think this is one of those cases. Unless someone can show me differently, I think even China is against this blow-up because it's bad for business. It's decidedly bad for business.
So for once the business community has it right and it should help all of us--the entire world--hopefully avoid a war, instead of calling for one.
Let's hope this is a foreshadowing of the future, where war is denied because it's "bad for business."
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101123/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_clash
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Dude are you retarded? THEY ARE BEING PROACTIVE. By donating to the countrys defense system they are more able to protect their country in the event of future attacks (which at this point seems likely). It may not be helping those effected but it IS helping the country for the greater good. It's as if you people who are angry about this are crying that an immunisation for a disease is terrible because the resources are being used to immunise rather then find a cure, when in reality both are EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
Your paragraph is a complete non-sequitur to me. Who are you saying is being proactive? The North Koreans? You defend their bombing South Korea? Is that it?
and you talk about me and my "people" being angry about this--I'm not angry. I simply don't get how you got these statements from what I wrote.
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