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06-25-2014, 04:06 PM
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Kim Jung Says New Movie Is An Act Of War
http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/25/58...vie-act-of-war
The government of North Korea today issued an unsurprisingly harsh statement about Seth Rogen's upcoming film, The Interview, denouncing the action-comedy as an "act of war." In the movie, Rogen and James Franco star as two journalists who, after scoring an interview with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, are ordered by the CIA to assassinate him. In a statement published by the state-run KCNA news agency, a foreign ministry spokesman characterized Rogen as a "gangster filmmaker" and called upon the US to block the film, according to a report from the AFP.
"The act of making and screening such a movie that portrays an attack on our top leadership... is a most wanton act of terror and act of war, and is absolutely intolerable," the spokesman said, adding that the US would face a "resolute and merciless response" if it fails to ban the film, which is slated for release later this year.
Kim Myong-chol, an unofficial spokesman for the North Korean government, was similarly critical of the film in an interview with the Telegraph last week. "There is a special irony in this story line as it shows the desperation of the US government and American society," Kim said.
"A film about the assassination of a foreign leader mirrors what the US has done in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine," he added. "And let us not forget who killed [President John F.] Kennedy – Americans. In fact, President [Barack] Obama should be careful in case the US military wants to kill him as well."
The North Korean regime is certainly no stranger to belligerent rhetoric, having warned the US and its allies of "merciless" punishment on multiple occasions. Rogen, meanwhile, seems to have taken the criticism in stride.
What a crybaby
The government of North Korea today issued an unsurprisingly harsh statement about Seth Rogen's upcoming film, The Interview, denouncing the action-comedy as an "act of war." In the movie, Rogen and James Franco star as two journalists who, after scoring an interview with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, are ordered by the CIA to assassinate him. In a statement published by the state-run KCNA news agency, a foreign ministry spokesman characterized Rogen as a "gangster filmmaker" and called upon the US to block the film, according to a report from the AFP.
"The act of making and screening such a movie that portrays an attack on our top leadership... is a most wanton act of terror and act of war, and is absolutely intolerable," the spokesman said, adding that the US would face a "resolute and merciless response" if it fails to ban the film, which is slated for release later this year.
Kim Myong-chol, an unofficial spokesman for the North Korean government, was similarly critical of the film in an interview with the Telegraph last week. "There is a special irony in this story line as it shows the desperation of the US government and American society," Kim said.
"A film about the assassination of a foreign leader mirrors what the US has done in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine," he added. "And let us not forget who killed [President John F.] Kennedy – Americans. In fact, President [Barack] Obama should be careful in case the US military wants to kill him as well."
The North Korean regime is certainly no stranger to belligerent rhetoric, having warned the US and its allies of "merciless" punishment on multiple occasions. Rogen, meanwhile, seems to have taken the criticism in stride.
What a crybaby
06-25-2014, 04:10 PM
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I saw this posted earlier where NK actually is threatening war against the US if the film is released http://www.dailydot.com/politics/nor...-franco-movie/
06-25-2014, 07:52 PM
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Saw this on the news earlier. What a pickle this presents. On one hand, if he does nothing after making that huge threat, no one will take him seriously ever again (not that anyone does). On the other hand, we go to war, steam roll their joke of a government, and finally unite n/s Korea. Win/win?
06-25-2014, 09:49 PM
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Ask your grandfather how easy it is to steamroll the NorKs when China is running the weapons supply lines. That they lack a first-world civilization doesn't mean they can't fight. That may be all they CAN do, but nobody knows.
Oh, and P.S. North Korea has already (repeatedly) violated the terms of the Armistice, so if you want to pick nits we're already at war. Again. Still.
Oh, and P.S. North Korea has already (repeatedly) violated the terms of the Armistice, so if you want to pick nits we're already at war. Again. Still.
06-26-2014, 06:55 AM
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Insanity of a leader (dictator) doesn't matter to the public anymore. I was all for dethroning Sadaam due to him casually torturing and killing his own people. Yet it was "a war we should not have fought".
