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Guldbamsen wrote: King of Loss wrote: rushfan4 wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/noma-worlds-best-restaurant-sorry-diners-ill-163649641.html  Oops.  Look at that price too! Denmark is a tiny country, and we tend to idolise and worship anything that manages to breach through our borders and create a stir. Most people I know wouldn't be caught dead in a place like Noma, because the principle of paying so much money for a meal, and then having to stop by a hotdog vender on your way home, is just beyond insane. There is a snobbish aura revolving it too, and as much hard work the cooks and all from Noma have put into the place, I still feel cold whenever I see a clip from their kitchen. The day you start cooking with pliers and pipettes, you need to sit down and reconsider your life methinks...

Noma's dishes are art rather than food, which is probably why their "recipe books" are published by porn-art publishers Phaidon who also publish HR Gieger's art-books.

 The food could be very good, but as an example recently Queen Elizabeth II had diarrhea

markosherrera wrote:  The food could be very good, but as an example recently Queen Elizabeth II had diarrhea

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CPicard wrote: Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Blacksword wrote: North Korea is demanding 'an apology' from South Korea for what it calls an 'open declaration of war' This comes just days after NK tore up the 'non aggression' pacts with the south, and threatened to nuke the US.. RT article It seems their new boy leader is turning out to be an even bigger tw&t than his father. I always thought that Korea is most likely scenario for a nuclear war than the middle East Iván Not sure: Korea seems to depend on China's support, and I don't think China wants its "protégé" to go nuclear berserk. After all, the radioactive fallouts would wander on China's territory (not to talk about China's will to use rather soft power than military power to develop its coming supremacy).But, if Korea, despite of all, ever started a nuclear war, I wouldn't be surprised to see retaliation coming from China.I'm still "betting" on Iran to launch nuclear attacks... if they had this weapon. But I also have an eye on the Pakistan/India relationship: these two countries are nuclear powers for nearly 15 years now and they have been in a sort of cold war for 55 years.

I guess there are numerous 'hotspots' where things could go badly wrong, but I still think the biggest powder keg is the Middle East. The future for North Korea, I think, looks pretty bleak. I suspect at some point there will be war between north and south, but even if the US help the south I'm inclined to think China is not going to risk world war by backing up the north. North Korea is not as important to China to as Africa and the Middle East, in economic terms. It would be over pretty quick. Regionally the consequences would be pretty bad. There would be a huge humanitarian refugee crisis as the north collapses, but ultimately it would not lead to global conflict imo.

The Middle East however is a differet story. It's only a matter of time before we commit actual forces to Syria. This will be our way in to deal with Iran, but that will be very messy. How that will play out will depend on to what extent Russia and China are impacted by our actions, and whether or not they choose to simply sit back, watch the west bomb their Arab allies and economic partners and then belp themselbes to the spoils. Could be interesting times ahead.

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Blacksword wrote: North Korea is demanding 'an apology' from South Korea for what it calls an 'open declaration of war' This comes just days after NK tore up the 'non aggression' pacts with the south, and threatened to nuke the US.. RT article It seems their new boy leader is turning out to be an even bigger tw&t than his father. I always thought that Korea is most likely scenario for a nuclear war than the middle East Iván

The North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his military basically are using the nuclear card to continue to rally support for their regime. I mean, have you seen how most of the population lives in that country? (Not counting the urban elites in Pyongyang and other cities).

Finnforest wrote: Had the war continued, does anyone think the South could have prevailed with more time?  Or would it simply have escalated into a full blown conflict with the Chinese?

I don't think the US wanted another world war with the Soviet Union after the war with Japan and Germany had ended.

Finnforest wrote: So it def would have spread?   It was not a conflict that could have been both won and contained to Korea? I guess that's what I suspected but it's been decades since I read anything about this war.

MacArthur wanted to attack China, but Truman blocked him. I don't think you understand how much the Korean War actually united a majority of the masses in China against the US. I think the Korean War was a blessing for the Chinese Communists to have prevented massive rebellions in Kuomintang loyal regions in the Southern parts of the country (which it had always been very strong).

The Soviet Union would had intervened, aka Western Europe would have gotten invaded. Along with US at war with China. This war would most likely have been 5 times worse than the war that was just finished just 8 years prior.


Edited by King of Loss - March 11 2013 at 10:10

King of Loss wrote:   MacArthur wanted to attack China, but Truman blocked him. I don't think you understand how much the Korean War actually united a majority of the masses in China against the US. I think the Korean War was a blessing for the Chinese Communists to have prevented massive rebellions in Kuomintang loyal regions in the Southern parts of the country (which it had always been very strong). The Soviet Union would had intervened, aka Western Europe would have gotten invaded. Along with US at war with China. This war would most likely have been 5 times worse than the war that was just finished just 8 years prior.

Edited by Argonaught - March 11 2013 at 20:17

Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina has been elected Pope Francis.

Edited by Padraic - March 13 2013 at 14:19