# Oh, Cr@p!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cr-p/155779>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 18, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cr-p/155779 "2003-02-18T02:12:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cr-p/155779/1 "2003-02-18T02:12:18Z")

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See–

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2774003.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2774003.stm)  
EEK! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

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**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cr-p/155779/2 "2003-02-18T02:14:34Z")

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Not good. I hope it’s a bluff.

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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cr-p/155779/3 "2003-02-18T02:18:34Z")

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It’s hard for us to separate the policital posturing from the real threat. Do you think the North Koreans would take us on?

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**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cr-p/155779/4 "2003-02-18T02:29:38Z")

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_hangs head down, and then just shakes it back and forth for a bit_

Uff da. I agree with Ruby: how much of this is just posturing and bluff, and how much of it are they really willing to act on?

Either way, there will be a mess to clean up.

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\<\< BUFFERS=20 FILES=15 2nd down, 4th quarter, 5 yards to go! \>\>

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**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cr-p/155779/5 "2003-02-18T02:36:44Z")

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You know, I’m usually not too concerned with these political pissing contests, but you know what? Kim Jong-il is barking mad and I am way more concerned with his freak ass sitting on a nuclear stockpile than Saddam Hussein sitting on, well, whatever it is he’s sitting on.

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**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cr-p/155779/6 "2003-02-18T03:07:36Z")

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I agree.

N. Korea seems to be a more immediate threat than Iraq, at least at this time…

And I read this a few hours ago. SCARY, indeed.

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cr-p/155779/7 "2003-02-18T03:13:20Z")

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I’m more concerned with what Bush will do with the HUMONGOUS stockpile of weapons of mass destruction when something does eventually happen.