By GI Korea on May 1st, 2011 at 10:18 am

ROK Drop Open Thread, May 1, 2011

• kangaji
  12:43 pm on May 1st, 2011 1

  About time…

• setnaffa
  1:06 pm on May 1st, 2011 2

  Are not Obama and NATO doing exactly what they falsely accused Bush of doing in Iraq?

  We’re interfering in a fight between a legitimate government, however cruel, and al Qaeda, on the side of the terrorists, who we are paying…

• kangaji
  1:25 pm on May 1st, 2011 3

  Setnaffa: Qadaffi is making the same argument, except with the “however” cruel part.

  I personally have been evoking the spirit of ZOMBIE REAGAN to reign down justice upon Qadaffi.

• ChickenHead
  2:11 pm on May 1st, 2011 4

  Qadaffi is certainly getting what is coming to him one grandchild at a time… but, somehow, I don’t see the USA getting the last laugh on this.

  I bet that goes to Islamic fundamentalist radicals of one flavor or another.

  So when does the Obama Doctrine of humanitarian intervention get applied to Syria… and, then, the real prize of Iran?

  A world war like this is a good thing.

  The fight will (mostly) stay over there and they aren’t nearly as scary as the Chinese or reemerging Russians.

  And it will keep good order and discipline in the States… especially if there is a big (but not too big) terrorist event every now and then to keep the population supporting new laws.

  We have always been at war with Eastasia.

• GI Korea
  2:30 pm on May 1st, 2011 5

  The airstrikes targeting Qadaffi has now got NATO on the defensive:

  After two airstrikes in a week on targets close to Moammar Gadhafi, NATO was on the defensive Sunday over accusations that it was overstepping its mandate by trying to kill the Libyan leader.

  Russia said Sunday that the bombing of the home of Gadhafi’s youngest son raised “serious doubts” about NATO’s assertions that it is not targeting the Libyan strongman or his relatives.

  “Disproportionate use of force … is leading to detrimental consequences and the death of innocent civilians,” the Russian Foreign Ministry warned.

  International law does not explicitly forbid attacks on military commanders during wartime, but the U.N. Security Council mandate authorizing NATO action charged alliance forces with establishing a no-fly zone and protecting civilians from attack.

  Security council members Russia, China and Brazil have warned that attempts to change the regime or eliminate its members would be a violation of the mandate. [Associated Press]

  If this was an attempt to take out Gadhafi than it appears that NATO is becoming inpatient with the stalemate.

• Glans
  3:03 pm on May 1st, 2011 6

  GI Korea 5, it’s good to hear from our Russian friends about excessive force.

  International law does not explicitly forbid attacks on military commanders during wartime … . Is that tragic or comic?

• Leon LaPorte
  7:46 pm on May 1st, 2011 7

  I’m guessing Bin Laden is dead. Look’s like the Prez is going to make an announcement.

  Looks like the US has the body. I say stuff him and put him on display (inside a deli) in NYC.

• maui
  8:11 pm on May 1st, 2011 8

  #7
  Waiting for announcement, if true OH THE JOY!!

• Tom Langley
  8:16 pm on May 1st, 2011 9

  It was just announced on TV that we have killed Osama Bin Laden, HOOOAH!

• setnaffa
  8:25 pm on May 1st, 2011 10

  Frankly, I hope he’s dead; but I also hope we can send all of his followers to Perdition with him…

• Glans
  10:44 pm on May 2nd, 2011 11

  The fight against multiple sclerosis goes on. WAMS (Women Against MS) and the MS Society of Canada will have a fund-raising luncheon at the Fairmont Royal York hotel on May 6. It’s the sixth year for the WAMS event, with this year’s luncheon on track to raise more than $250,000. The funds go toward a five-year Research and Training Network grant worth $500,000. healthzone.ca has the story.

• ChickenHead
  11:15 pm on May 2nd, 2011 12

  Glans,

  Maybe they are just setting their sights too high.

  Maybe they should concentrate on fighting one scleros at a time.

• Leon LaPorte
  9:06 pm on May 4th, 2011 13

  MOTHERS DAY is comin’ round the bend.

  Leon’s Mothers Day DMZ Creed

  This is my mom. There are many like her, but this one is mine. My mom is my best friend. She is my life. I must master my mom as I must master my life. My mom, without me, is useless. Without my mom, I am useless. I must fire my mom true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will…

  My mom and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit…

  My mom is human, even as I, because she is my life. Thus, I will learn of her as a brother. I will learn of her weaknesses, her strength, her parts, her accessories, her sights and her barrel. I will ever guard her against the ravages of weather and damage as I will ever guard my legs, my arms, my eyes and my heart against damage. I will keep my mom clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will…

  Before God, I swear this creed. My mom and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America’s and there is no enemy, but peace!

• ChickenHead
  3:58 am on May 5th, 2011 14

  Yer mom sounds like a lot of fun.

  I might ream her chamber and fit her for a larger caliber.

• setnaffa
  6:09 am on May 5th, 2011 15

  CH, are you LL’s sockpuppet today or vice versa?

• Leon LaChickenhead
  6:31 am on May 5th, 2011 16

  Perhaps he is my meat puppet.

• Chicken LaHead
  6:51 am on May 5th, 2011 17

  The only sock I use is my Love Sock.

• Glans
  6:09 pm on May 7th, 2011 18

  Do you like Chinese food? Do hate you government regulation?

  ‘It has been two years since China’s government, reeling from nationwide outrage over melamine-contaminated baby milk that sickened 300,000 infants and killed at least 6, declared food safety a national priority.

  …

  A stomach-turning string of food-safety scandals this spring, from recycled buns to contaminated pork, makes it clear that official efforts are falling short.

  …

  China’s iron political controls ensure that no powerful consumer lobby exists to agitate for reform, press lawsuits that punish wayward producers or lobby the government to pay as much attention to consumer safety as it does to controlling threats to its own power.’

  Sharon LaFraniere of the New York Times has the scoop.

• Glans
  7:26 pm on May 7th, 2011 19

  The Korean origin of the Japanese, in an NY Times story linked by the marmot.

• Leon LaPorte
  11:10 pm on May 7th, 2011 20

  #19 We all know that the intelligent Koreans who were smart enough to build boats became Japanese and left their less smart Corean brothers on the main land.

• Glans
  3:13 am on May 8th, 2011 21

  “The State Department says the toxic smoke from basic, often open cooking stoves kill nearly 2 million people each year.” Julia Roberts and Hillary Clinton will prevent these a href=”http://www.salon.com/wires/allwires/2011/05/06/D9N24TN01_us_julia_roberts_stoves/index.html”>senseless deaths.

• Glans
  3:14 am on May 8th, 2011 22

  “The State Department says the toxic smoke from basic, often open cooking stoves kill nearly 2 million people each year.” Julia Roberts and Hillary Clinton will prevent these senseless deaths.

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