We need a Cold War again!!!

[vudoodoodoo]

He's Jack Bauer. HE FUCKING KARATE CHOPS RED TAPE! 8)

One time, Jack Bauer flipped out and chopped all the terrorits heads off. It was totally sweet.

[joft]

Our services sector must be freaking rich to keep up with our military budget.

military budget: 420.7 billion
our entire GDP: over 11 trillion

and the majority of it is services, that is, our economy isn't really based on actually making things anymore

btw, the other thing this thread fails at recognizing is that we already have a "war on terror." it's more efficient for the people in power to have a war that benefits them directly even at the expense of the rest of the country rather than a large scale cold war that would be more beneficial (in a sick sense) all around

[Xavier]

The funny (and unrealistic) thing about 24 is that they never show the part where he has to spend 2 months filling out paperwork and going through red tape before he can stop the terrorists from detonating a nuclear bomb under an orphanage for incredibly cute kids under 5 years old. With cancer.

I know it'd be almost as unrealistic as skipping the red tape in an episode of the NSA and domestic spying..oh wait...

Besides, Jack is almost always on the run from his own agency for breaking the rules, but because hes such a bad dude everyone forgives him.

[Septimus]

The funny (and unrealistic) thing about 24 is that they never show the part where he has to spend 2 months filling out paperwork and going through red tape before he can stop the terrorists from detonating a nuclear bomb under an orphanage for incredibly cute kids under 5 years old. With cancer.

Or Jack could just file a petition at a FISA Court 72 after they do the wire tap, but then they would have to change the show's name.

[Zigma]

NK Missile Warhead Found in Alaska’


By Ryu Jin
Staff Reporter
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/ ... 311970.htm


The warhead of a long-range missile test-fired by North Korea was found in the U.S. state of Alaska, a report to the National Assembly revealed yesterday.

According to a U.S. document, the last piece of a missile warhead fired by North Korea was found in Alaska,’’ former Japanese foreign minister Taro Nakayama was quoted as saying in the report. ``Washington, as well as Tokyo, has so far underrated Pyongyang’s missile capabilities.’’

The report was the culmination of monthlong activities of the Assembly’s overseas delegation to five countries over the North Korean nuclear crisis. The Assembly dispatched groups of lawmakers to the United States, Japan, China, Russia and European Union last month to collect information and opinions on the international issue.

The team sent to Japan, headed by Rep. Kim Hak-won of the United Liberal Democrats, reported, ``Nakayama said Washington has come to put more emphasis on trilateral cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the United States since it recognized that the three countries are within the range of North Korean missiles.’’

According to the group dispatched to the U.S., American politicians had a wide range of opinions over the resolution of the nuclear issue, from ``a peaceful resolution’’ to ``military response.’’

Doves, such as Rep. Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat and co-chairman of the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, called for a peaceful settlement of the current confrontation, by offering food, energy and other humanitarian aid to the poverty-stricken country, while urging the North to give up its nuclear ambitions.

Rep. Markey also said the North should return to the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the U.S. should make a nonaggression pact with the communist North.

Hardliners, however, warned that the North’s possession of nuclear weapons will instigate a nuclear race in the region, provoking Japan to also acquire nuclear weapons. Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, an Illinois Republican, said the U.S. might have to bomb the Yongbyon nuclear complex should the North try to export its nuclear material to other countries.

Over the controversy concerning the withdrawal of U.S. forces stationed here, most American legislators that the parliamentary delegation met said U.S. troops should stay on the peninsula as long as the Korean people want, the report said.

AND SO IT BEGINS!!

[Meilyn]

NK Missile Warhead Found in Alaska’


By Ryu Jin
Staff Reporter
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/ ... 311970.htm


Hardliners, however, warned that the North’s possession of nuclear weapons will instigate a nuclear race in the region, provoking Japan to also acquire nuclear weapons. Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, an Illinois Republican, said the U.S. might have to bomb the Yongbyon nuclear complex should the North try to export its nuclear material to other countries.

AND SO IT BEGINS!!

Tongue-in-cheek Timeline Time:

1- US does a "pre-emptive strike" on such a facility, citing War on Terror reasoning.

2- North Korea says up yours and retaliates by bombing something in Alaska or the West Coast (Hollywood if they really want to piss the American public off).

3- Huge public outcry leads to US troops launching an offensive from South Korea into North Korea, citing overthrow of "that evil commy bastard" as the justification.

4- China says "hey now, that's not cool" and throws troops south into N Korea. Since Chinese and American troops are clashing anyway, they decide to finally take back Taiwan, making the two countries officially at war (gotta love those WWI style treaties).

5- While Korea II rages, China says "got the people, might as well" and pulls a Germany, opening up a second front against Russia, going after natural resources in Eastern Russia theyve eyed for so long.

6- Since the US has needed to lower troop levels in the Persian Gulf to send more to Korea II, and while the world's eyes are on SE Asia, Iran takes the opportunity to "Wipe Israel off the face of the map," mowing through Iraq in the process.

7- Pretty soon some Jihad-ist from Iran sets off a nuclear bomb in Israel, they respond by dropping nukes of their own, and before you know it its End-of-the-World.swf for real.

8- The northern hemisphere is kablooey, leaving South America and Africa sitting pretty for a change and laughing their asses off. Until El Nino blows all the radiation their way and they end up with cancer.

Z0MG were all gonna die lol. Aren't hypotheticals fun?

[Flash]

i always thought the arms race cost massive amounts of money and the only reason US won is because USSR went bankrupt first

[Zigma]

they still got that whole #1 to be in outer space thing.

[edgarfigaro]

Tongue-in-cheek Timeline Time:

1- US does a "pre-emptive strike" on such a facility, citing War on Terror reasoning.

2- North Korea says up yours and retaliates by bombing something in Alaska or the West Coast (Hollywood if they really want to piss the American public off).

3- Huge public outcry leads to US troops launching an offensive from South Korea into North Korea, citing overthrow of "that evil commy bastard" as the justification.

4- China says "hey now, that's not cool" and throws troops south into N Korea. Since Chinese and American troops are clashing anyway, they decide to finally take back Taiwan, making the two countries officially at war (gotta love those WWI style treaties).

5- While Korea II rages, China says "got the people, might as well" and pulls a Germany, opening up a second front against Russia, going after natural resources in Eastern Russia theyve eyed for so long.

6- Since the US has needed to lower troop levels in the Persian Gulf to send more to Korea II, and while the world's eyes are on SE Asia, Iran takes the opportunity to "Wipe Israel off the face of the map," mowing through Iraq in the process.

7- Pretty soon some Jihad-ist from Iran sets off a nuclear bomb in Israel, they respond by dropping nukes of their own, and before you know it its End-of-the-World.swf for real.

8- The northern hemisphere is kablooey, leaving South America and Africa sitting pretty for a change and laughing their asses off. Until El Nino blows all the radiation their way and they end up with cancer.

Z0MG were all gonna die lol. Aren't hypotheticals fun?

Wow...sounds like a combination of every Tom Clancy novel condenced into 8 bullet points.

[Not Kuno]

Wow...sounds like a combination of every Tom Clancy novel condenced into 8 bullet points.

XFD

[ozz]

Wow...sounds like a combination of every Tom Clancy novel condenced into 8 bullet points.

I've read them and I don't see the correlation :X

anyway, JPs don't have nukes? what nubs. I guess they make up for it in video games

[Xavier]

NK Missile Warhead Found in Alaska’


By Ryu Jin
Staff Reporter
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/ ... 311970.htm


Hardliners, however, warned that the North’s possession of nuclear weapons will instigate a nuclear race in the region, provoking Japan to also acquire nuclear weapons. Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, an Illinois Republican, said the U.S. might have to bomb the Yongbyon nuclear complex should the North try to export its nuclear material to other countries.

AND SO IT BEGINS!!

Tongue-in-cheek Timeline Time:

1- US does a "pre-emptive strike" on such a facility, citing War on Terror reasoning.

2- North Korea says up yours and retaliates by bombing something in Alaska or the West Coast (Hollywood if they really want to piss the American public off).

3- Huge public outcry leads to US troops launching an offensive from South Korea into North Korea, citing overthrow of "that evil commy bastard" as the justification.

4- China says "hey now, that's not cool" and throws troops south into N Korea. Since Chinese and American troops are clashing anyway, they decide to finally take back Taiwan, making the two countries officially at war (gotta love those WWI style treaties).

5- While Korea II rages, China says "got the people, might as well" and pulls a Germany, opening up a second front against Russia, going after natural resources in Eastern Russia theyve eyed for so long.

6- Since the US has needed to lower troop levels in the Persian Gulf to send more to Korea II, and while the world's eyes are on SE Asia, Iran takes the opportunity to "Wipe Israel off the face of the map," mowing through Iraq in the process.

7- Pretty soon some Jihad-ist from Iran sets off a nuclear bomb in Israel, they respond by dropping nukes of their own, and before you know it its End-of-the-World.swf for real.

8- The northern hemisphere is kablooey, leaving South America and Africa sitting pretty for a change and laughing their asses off. Until El Nino blows all the radiation their way and they end up with cancer.

Z0MG were all gonna die lol. Aren't hypotheticals fun?

Maybe, but I always pictured China siding w/ America for economical reasons in an upcoming war.