# North Korea Dream Video Shows U.S. City In Ruins After Missile Attack **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407 "2013-02-05T17:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/1 "2013-02-05T17:32:36Z")
So, was just surfing around a bit and came across this story on [Yahoo!](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/north-korea-dream-video-us-missile-attack-140005920.html) that I thought I’d share. It seems that North Korea’s official website, Uriminzokkiri, has uploaded a video to YouTube. If you have time, click on the video and watch for yourself. Basically, the video is a dream sequence set to the tune of We Are The World with some guy dreaming about a unified Korea, a North Korean space shuttle flying about in orbit (it’s pretty funny to look at) and then dropping bombs on US cities, including a really touching sequence that looks like New York burning from alien death rays before being nuked into oblivion. 😛 I’m sure that the North Koreans felt this would all be terrifying to us and get us to back off of riding them about their up coming nuclear weapons test or bothering them about their exploding rocket launches, but I was more bemused than terrified by the video. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/2 "2013-02-05T17:51:26Z")
Just wait until it gets taken down for a copyright violation. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/3 "2013-02-05T18:24:15Z")
It’s getting to the point where it’s almost impossible to parody North Korea; the minute you conjure up something comedically bizarre about them, they reveal something about themselves that’s even more bizarre. The video would be weird enough if it were backed by a Korean song, either traditional or contemporary. But the fact that they chose an American pop song adds a whole new dimension; it’s sort of like if the US War Department had made a video to boost the morale of US soldiers in World War 2, and backed it with _Es War Ein Edelweiss._ ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/4 "2013-02-05T18:28:43Z")
> **[LOOK: Bizarre NKorean Video Shows U.S. City In Ruins After Missile Attack](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/north-korea-dream-video-us-city-missile-attack_n_2622559)** > > LOOK: Bizarre NKorean Video Shows U.S. City In Ruins After Missile Attack > [@](#): > > In a bizarre dream sequence of events, North Korea posted a video to its official YouTube account showing an American city left destroyed following an apparent missile attack. > > The peculiar video shows a young North Korean man and his dreams of flying a space shuttle around the world. The clip then shifts to burning skyscrapers in a city that resembles New York, draped in a U.S. flag. And most unusual of all, the 1985 tune “We Are The World” accompanies these images. The dream like images and “We Are The World” instrumentals make it seem like the creators intended this to represent the nuking of a U.S. city as some wonderful dream. Obviously this is propaganda, and quite hateful propaganda at that, and all tied up in a pretty bow with sweet music. Is this typical of North Korean propaganda? If so, what hope is there of there ever being any kind of sane relationship between NK and the rest of the world? ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/5 "2013-02-05T18:33:10Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Obviously this is propaganda, and quite hateful propaganda at that, and all tied up in a pretty bow with sweet music. Is this typical of North Korean propaganda? If so, what hope is there of there ever being any kind of sane relationship between NK and the rest of the world? NK doesn’t hate the rest of the world quite as much as it hates the US. It has a semi-decent relationship with China and a few other countries. The US, though, has been its sworn enemy for decades, so it’s not at all surprising that this newest bit of propaganda targets a US city. For whatever reason, the NK government finds it handy to think that every good red-blooded American spends a great deal of time plotting and scheming ways to destroy North Korea. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/6 "2013-02-05T18:37:23Z")
You’ve been [scooped.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15973638#post15973638) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/7 "2013-02-05T18:40:18Z")
Merged duplicate threads, using the more descriptive thread title. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/8 "2013-02-05T19:08:48Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > NK doesn’t hate the rest of the world quite as much as it hates the US. It has a semi-decent relationship with China and a few other countries. > > The US, though, has been its sworn enemy for decades, so it’s not at all surprising that this newest bit of propaganda targets a US city. For whatever reason, the NK government finds it handy to think that every good red-blooded American spends a great deal of time plotting and scheming ways to destroy North Korea. The government yes, but my understanding is that the typical citizen is taught to see the world in terms of the good guys (NK) versus everyone else, with China being perhaps not quite as evil as the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/9 "2013-02-05T19:14:56Z")
Which is typical cult behavior. “Us against the whole world!” to keep people isolated and loyal to the group. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/10 "2013-02-05T19:15:56Z")
Fireball [X-L5!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XMrLr44JDI) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/11 "2013-02-05T19:26:13Z")
Why the product placement for Canon cameras? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/12 "2013-02-05T20:32:15Z")
The city picture in that video is from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. For realzies. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/13 "2013-02-05T21:23:31Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Which is typical cult behavior. “Us against the whole world!” to keep people isolated and loyal to the group. Indeed. _“You’re either with us or against us in the fight against terror”_ as Bush said, channelling Jesus Christ and Lenin, as was his wont. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/14 "2013-02-05T22:17:52Z")
You know that photo montage of the Earth at night from space? The one that shows all the city lights and how the northern half of the Korean peninsula is conspicuously darker than the south or Japan next door? Well if North Korea ever actually nuked an American city, they’d have to release a new version showing the former North Korea glowing in the dark. ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/15 "2013-02-05T22:36:19Z")
Christopher Hitchens wrote a wonderful article on N. Korea in 2005. Although he was describing the regime of the departed Kim Jong-il, I doubt things have changed. He was amazed at the racism he encountered-the N. Koreans consider themselves vastly superior to the S. Koreans because they are a _pure_ race. He concludes > [@](#): > > "But this is what proves Myers right. Unlike previous racist dictatorships, the North Korean one has actually succeeded in producing a sort of new species. Starving and stunted dwarves, living in the dark, kept in perpetual ignorance and fear, brainwashed into the hatred of others, regimented and coerced and inculcated with a death cult: This horror show is in our future, and is so ghastly that our own darling leaders dare not face it and can only peep through their fingers at what is coming.’ It’s well worth the read. [Kim Jong-il's regime is even weirder and more despicable than you thought.](http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2010/02/a_nation_of_racist_dwarfs.html) ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/16 "2013-02-05T22:40:37Z")
Eh, to be fair, its not any stupider then the recent **Red Dawn** remake, and I bet the North Koreans didn’t lose twenty million dollars making it. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/17 "2013-02-05T22:41:15Z")
And I thought Lord of the Rings was fiction… ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/18 "2013-02-05T22:54:54Z")
The video is gone: > [@](#): > > This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Activision Games Inc. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/19 "2013-02-05T23:20:24Z")
The one in **davidm** ’s Huffington Post link still works. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407/20 "2013-02-05T23:46:08Z")
I suddenly feel a tremendous urge to donate money to famine relief in Africa. That was the intent of the video, right? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-dream-video-shows-u-s-city-in-ruins-after-missile-attack/649407.md?page=2)