Tue Dec 23, 2014, 05:32 PM

If the internet outage in North Korea was a cyber attack by the US

do you support President Obama's decision to authorize the response?

A) Yes. Without reservation.

B) Yes. So long as there are no serious repercussions against the US, its citizens, allies and/or interests

C) Nyha-nyah-nyah! What cyber attack? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!

D) Maybe. If the response was properly vetted through the international community

E) No. The risk of escalation with a regime as unpredictable as NK is too high

F) No. Retaliation is never the answer

G) No. America has no business attacking other nations, even if only electronically

H) No. The evidence is too flimsy

I) Other (please explain)

31 replies	Author	Time	Post
If the internet outage in North Korea was a cyber attack by the US (Original post)	Nuclear Unicorn	Dec 2014	OP
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA	tradewinds	Dec 2014	#1
Get your ass off the keyboard please.	Fred Sanders	Dec 2014	#25
Sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I've been eeeeeeeeeeeating ccccarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmallllllllll cooo	tradewinds	Dec 2014	#27
I think that you need to edit your OP to turn it into a poll. nt	TexasTowelie	Dec 2014	#2
That would require a paid account.	Nuclear Unicorn	Dec 2014	#4
It would be an act of war.	nichomachus	Dec 2014	#3
Even so........AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA	tradewinds	Dec 2014	#5
Probably, but then again some may consider threats of violence by a foreign government	Nuclear Unicorn	Dec 2014	#6
I don't know why posters here don't get that	helpmetohelpyou	Dec 2014	#23
It's a moot point now that we know it was all a publicity stunt.	PSPS	Dec 2014	#7
Looking more and more like it was a publicity stunt. Sony and Regal Theaters are hiding something.	Fred Sanders	Dec 2014	#9
That' a hell of an accusation	helpmetohelpyou	Dec 2014	#13
What?	helpmetohelpyou	Dec 2014	#11
Proving a negative, you know what they say about folks demanding to prove a negative?	Fred Sanders	Dec 2014	#15
Yeah , it's called talking out your a###	helpmetohelpyou	Dec 2014	#17
Sorry you suffer from such a painful affliction. Try using your mouth, attach it to some neurons.	Fred Sanders	Dec 2014	#20
As I thought	helpmetohelpyou	Dec 2014	#26
'IT WAS A DISGRUNTLED SONY INSIDER, OUT FOR REVENGE'	WorseBeforeBetter	Dec 2014	#30
Cyber attack? Bah. I say we nuke the bastards!	dissentient	Dec 2014	#8
Merry Christmas and nuking a country are kind of contradictory, sarcastic or not.	Fred Sanders	Dec 2014	#10
You don't say.	dissentient	Dec 2014	#14
As I understand it...	yuiyoshida	Dec 2014	#12
That makes sense. How many could afford it or access, and those that can might as well be in a glass bubble,	Fred Sanders	Dec 2014	#16
I doubt it was us.	True Blue Door	Dec 2014	#18
I doubt it was us. It was hackers around the world having fun with the Korean internet system.	Fred Sanders	Dec 2014	#21
Yes, probably.	True Blue Door	Dec 2014	#22
And who is more proportional and measured than Obama? Nope, not us.	Fred Sanders	Dec 2014	#24
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA	DemocratSinceBirth	Dec 2014	#19
Fire, I bid you to burn	seveneyes	Dec 2014	#28
No (nt)	bigwillq	Dec 2014	#29
F. i do believe the answer is F.	0rganism	Dec 2014	#31

If the internet outage in North Korea was a cyber attack by the US

1. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

25. Get your ass off the keyboard please.

27. Sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I've been eeeeeeeeeeeating ccccarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmallllllllll cooo

2. I think that you need to edit your OP to turn it into a poll. nt

4. That would require a paid account.

3. It would be an act of war.

5. Even so........AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

6. Probably, but then again some may consider threats of violence by a foreign government

23. I don't know why posters here don't get that

7. It's a moot point now that we know it was all a publicity stunt.

9. Looking more and more like it was a publicity stunt. Sony and Regal Theaters are hiding something.

13. That' a hell of an accusation

11. What?

15. Proving a negative, you know what they say about folks demanding to prove a negative?

17. Yeah , it's called talking out your a###

20. Sorry you suffer from such a painful affliction. Try using your mouth, attach it to some neurons.

26. As I thought

30. 'IT WAS A DISGRUNTLED SONY INSIDER, OUT FOR REVENGE'

8. Cyber attack? Bah. I say we nuke the bastards!

10. Merry Christmas and nuking a country are kind of contradictory, sarcastic or not.

14. You don't say.

12. As I understand it...

16. That makes sense. How many could afford it or access, and those that can might as well be in a glass bubble,

18. I doubt it was us.

21. I doubt it was us. It was hackers around the world having fun with the Korean internet system.

22. Yes, probably.

24. And who is more proportional and measured than Obama? Nope, not us.

19. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

28. Fire, I bid you to burn

29. No (nt)

31. F. i do believe the answer is F.