The term "truce" used in a different Guardian article seems better.
Joel Send a noteboard - 23/11/2010 09:20:19 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,
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.
No attempt is being made at negotiating a lasting peace, and even cessations of hostilities have (clearly) been only temporary. They (and we) didn't agree to stop fighting so much as to pause it. That's why the DMZ is there.
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North Korea attacks South Korea and no one mentions it?
- 23/11/2010 10:56:03 AM
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"Oh God, Oh God, we are all going to die?" 
- 23/11/2010 11:09:30 AM
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- 23/11/2010 11:09:30 AM
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Yup, but the day Beijing decides they're better off not intervening the Appeasers look very dumb.
- 23/11/2010 11:23:35 AM
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The appeasers look very dumb at this point regardless.
- 23/11/2010 04:11:41 PM
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yes, because we want to fight *ANOTHER* proxy war with china 
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- 23/11/2010 04:29:18 PM
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*NM*
- 23/11/2010 04:29:18 PM
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"Wanting" has nothing to do with it. There are few alternatives.
- 23/11/2010 04:50:02 PM
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Honestly, it COULD go either way.
- 23/11/2010 05:14:18 PM
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The fact that it could go either way is a testimony to the longevity of Chinese leaders.
- 23/11/2010 07:04:14 PM
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I don't believe in striking first but, frankly, it's long been a moot point.
- 23/11/2010 05:09:49 PM
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You know I like to sleep in, remember? 
- 23/11/2010 11:20:33 AM
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- 23/11/2010 11:20:33 AM
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Agreed
- 23/11/2010 02:07:30 PM
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I worry North Korea long ago decided to solve domestic problems with international aggression.
- 23/11/2010 02:26:36 PM
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That is 'cause everyone else is hiding out in their nuclear bunkers
- 23/11/2010 11:40:33 AM
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- 23/11/2010 11:40:33 AM
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Re: That is 'cause everyone else is hiding out in their nuclear bunkers
- 23/11/2010 11:46:03 AM
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- 23/11/2010 11:46:03 AM
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Re: That is 'cause everyone else is hiding out in their nuclear bunkers
- 23/11/2010 11:57:51 AM
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- 23/11/2010 11:57:51 AM
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The really sad part is, that along with everything else worthwhile in the British Empire...
- 25/11/2010 09:49:00 AM
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I actually had no clue.
- 23/11/2010 01:14:20 PM
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Re: I actually had no clue.
- 23/11/2010 01:15:10 PM
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Re: I actually had no clue.
- 23/11/2010 04:32:17 PM
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Re: I actually had no clue.
- 23/11/2010 04:36:59 PM
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Careful; qualify all your generalizations and people (especially him) will think you're me. 
- 25/11/2010 02:03:42 PM
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- 25/11/2010 02:03:42 PM
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Nuke the fuckers and be done with it. And let China know it's their fault. *NM*
- 23/11/2010 02:58:56 PM
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you know the world doesn't exist until america wakes up in the morning, right? *NM*
- 23/11/2010 04:27:27 PM
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OK, have had time to read it, and someone needs to fact check a very important part of that article.
- 23/11/2010 04:52:02 PM
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Fact checking:
- 23/11/2010 08:38:57 PM
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The term "truce" used in a different Guardian article seems better.
- 23/11/2010 09:20:19 PM
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Well
- 23/11/2010 05:24:02 PM
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Same reason we don't give all our allies (especially neighbors) our best hardware.
- 23/11/2010 07:43:54 PM
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Actually, no, it looks like The Guardian is just schizoid on this subject.
- 23/11/2010 08:16:45 PM
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This has been coming for a while but I hoped the West would step up and help out. *NM*
- 23/11/2010 08:31:40 PM
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There's not going to be any all-out conflict
- 24/11/2010 12:56:44 AM
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They're getting aid from South Korea now, and killing them anyway.
- 24/11/2010 01:20:33 AM
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No kidding, that's been going on for quite some time.
- 24/11/2010 02:49:50 AM
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That is the crux of it, I suppose.
- 24/11/2010 03:02:40 PM
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~shrugs~ SK has lived with this a long time, and will continue to do so.
- 24/11/2010 10:26:44 PM
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Parts of it have; some South Koreans stopped living with it a few days ago.
- 25/11/2010 01:48:02 PM
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