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Fact checking: Birdeye Send a noteboard - 23/11/2010 08:38:57 PM
Specifically, the reference to the "armistice" that "ended" the Korean "War".

1) There is not and has never been an armistice: There is a cease fire, which implicitly means,


From wikipedia:

An armistice is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, but may be just a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. It is derived from the Latin arma, meaning weapons and statium, meaning a stopping.

In other words, armistice means cease fire.
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North Korea attacks South Korea and no one mentions it? Camilla - 23/11/2010 10:56:03 AM 1291 Views
"Oh God, Oh God, we are all going to die?" Werthead - 23/11/2010 11:09:30 AM 1084 Views
Yup, but the day Beijing decides they're better off not intervening the Appeasers look very dumb. Joel - 23/11/2010 11:23:35 AM 927 Views
The appeasers look very dumb at this point regardless. Tom - 23/11/2010 04:11:41 PM 850 Views
yes, because we want to fight *ANOTHER* proxy war with china *NM* moondog - 23/11/2010 04:29:18 PM 484 Views
"Wanting" has nothing to do with it. There are few alternatives. Tom - 23/11/2010 04:50:02 PM 985 Views
Honestly, it COULD go either way. Joel - 23/11/2010 05:14:18 PM 1126 Views
The fact that it could go either way is a testimony to the longevity of Chinese leaders. Tom - 23/11/2010 07:04:14 PM 935 Views
Your thinking and mine are much alike here, I believe. Joel - 23/11/2010 07:32:17 PM 1019 Views
I think there's another prerequisite, namely, Taiwan. Vodalus - 25/11/2010 05:20:43 AM 925 Views
China's relations with North Korea are also worsening, though. Werthead - 25/11/2010 05:48:01 PM 1262 Views
What Tom said. Joel - 23/11/2010 05:15:31 PM 932 Views
I don't believe in striking first but, frankly, it's long been a moot point. Joel - 23/11/2010 05:09:49 PM 959 Views
I figured someone else would post it *NM* LadyLorraine - 23/11/2010 11:16:44 AM 424 Views
You know I like to sleep in, remember? Joel - 23/11/2010 11:20:33 AM 926 Views
Agreed Werthead - 23/11/2010 02:07:30 PM 1033 Views
I worry North Korea long ago decided to solve domestic problems with international aggression. Joel - 23/11/2010 02:26:36 PM 945 Views
I think most Americans are asleep until the sun rises here Larry - 23/11/2010 11:32:28 AM 938 Views
That is 'cause everyone else is hiding out in their nuclear bunkers snoopcester - 23/11/2010 11:40:33 AM 925 Views
Re: That is 'cause everyone else is hiding out in their nuclear bunkers Camilla - 23/11/2010 11:46:03 AM 973 Views
Re: That is 'cause everyone else is hiding out in their nuclear bunkers snoopcester - 23/11/2010 11:57:51 AM 857 Views
The really sad part is, that along with everything else worthwhile in the British Empire... Michael - 25/11/2010 09:49:00 AM 1103 Views
you know what they say snoopcester - 25/11/2010 10:34:30 AM 953 Views
Never send an Englishman to do a man's work? Michael - 25/11/2010 09:06:22 PM 956 Views
I actually had no clue. Avendesora - 23/11/2010 01:14:20 PM 934 Views
Re: I actually had no clue. Camilla - 23/11/2010 01:15:10 PM 800 Views
Re: I actually had no clue. moondog - 23/11/2010 04:32:17 PM 906 Views
Re: I actually had no clue. Camilla - 23/11/2010 04:36:59 PM 877 Views
Careful; qualify all your generalizations and people (especially him) will think you're me. Joel - 25/11/2010 02:03:42 PM 998 Views
Honestly, Kuke - 23/11/2010 02:36:13 PM 844 Views
Nuke the fuckers and be done with it. And let China know it's their fault. *NM* Tom - 23/11/2010 02:58:56 PM 457 Views
you know the world doesn't exist until america wakes up in the morning, right? *NM* moondog - 23/11/2010 04:27:27 PM 452 Views
I had an inkling. *NM* Camilla - 23/11/2010 04:37:37 PM 487 Views
OK, have had time to read it, and someone needs to fact check a very important part of that article. Joel - 23/11/2010 04:52:02 PM 1025 Views
Fact checking: Birdeye - 23/11/2010 08:38:57 PM 929 Views
The term "truce" used in a different Guardian article seems better. Joel - 23/11/2010 09:20:19 PM 858 Views
my two bits StarEnight - 23/11/2010 10:51:51 PM 985 Views
I'm glad your ex wasn't there in 1970 then. Joel - 24/11/2010 01:10:02 AM 956 Views
Well sartek - 23/11/2010 05:24:02 PM 966 Views
Same reason we don't give all our allies (especially neighbors) our best hardware. Joel - 23/11/2010 07:43:54 PM 936 Views
Actually, no, it looks like The Guardian is just schizoid on this subject. Joel - 23/11/2010 08:16:45 PM 1142 Views
This has been coming for a while but I hoped the West would step up and help out. *NM* Japhy - 23/11/2010 08:31:40 PM 490 Views
There's not going to be any all-out conflict Variant - 24/11/2010 12:56:44 AM 1082 Views
They're getting aid from South Korea now, and killing them anyway. Joel - 24/11/2010 01:20:33 AM 1039 Views
No kidding, that's been going on for quite some time. Variant - 24/11/2010 02:49:50 AM 909 Views
That is the crux of it, I suppose. Joel - 24/11/2010 03:02:40 PM 989 Views
~shrugs~ SK has lived with this a long time, and will continue to do so. Variant - 24/11/2010 10:26:44 PM 964 Views
Parts of it have; some South Koreans stopped living with it a few days ago. Joel - 25/11/2010 01:48:02 PM 1567 Views
They won't be the last. Variant - 02/12/2010 12:55:20 AM 1138 Views
Re: North Korea attacks South Korea and no one mentions it? BlackAdder - 24/11/2010 01:50:11 AM 873 Views
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