South Korea took down their border loudspeakers that blasted anti-North Korean messages, supposedly to calm things down after a bunch of trash-balloon attacks from the North. The government claims this is a peace gesture, not a military weakness, and there’s no word on where the speakers are going or if they’ll be back. North Korea hasn't reacted yet—and they're officially not interested in talking, anyway.
Yeah, what a circus, eh? First off, as if Kim Jong Un gives a rat's ass about “conciliatory gestures.” Those Pyongyang psychos float garbage over the border, and instead of pushing back, Seoul acts like a shy kid at the disco, quietly packing up the stereo. “For peace”—yeah, sure. Next thing you know, the North will take it as a win. And don’t get me started on the "not affecting readiness" claim—what a load of bureaucratic sheep manure. They think we’re too thick to see that loudspeakers are just the start; next come more excuses and more backpedaling until they're moonwalking over the whole country. I’ll tell you what, ‘trust gestures’ my arse! Sounds more like appeasement. Anyone with eyes can see this so-called goodwill is weakness, plain and simple. Politicians lying through their teeth—no wonder normal folks are sick of the media’s happy-sappy stories about “peace on the peninsula.” As if it ever was up to them in the first place! Wake up, Leute, the world stage isn’t a kindergarten.