North Korea fires artillery at a populated South Korean Island

[TX109]

Rath said:

TX109 said:

i cant help but wonder if, at this point, war is inevitable.

im seriously expecting a US vs. Spain. 1898, the USS Maine mysteriously blew up in havana harbor, and the US gov't jumped to the conclusion that it had been blown up by the spanish(it is now believed to have been a boiler explosion), sending them into war. though, if it werent for the Maine incident, it would have been some other random incident that set the US, or even Spain, off.

i think that something will happen, be it another ship being sunk, a military plane blown out of the air, or something as small as a building fire near the DMZ, to set both countries off and into war. i seriously feel like, in some ways, both countries are looking for an excuse. it seems that at least NK is, and are even trying to provoke SK into making some rash decisions so they can say they are justified.

If South Korea was looking for an excuse they'd be at war long ago. However they know a war would tank their economy so in reality a war would be bad for them and they know it.

just read something on MSN that said "South Korea vows retaliation after some civilian casualties were found" or something to that nature. just kinda skimmed the title and caption. gonna read the full article later. this could very bad.