there he goes again
Our old pal, Kim Jong Il is back at work, spreading his own brand of holiday cheer. With the resumption of the six party talks aimed at curbing his regimes nuclear appetite, he has presented the gathered dignitaries with a list of demands that pretty much amounts to saying "shove it".
The thing is, he can't lose on this. No matter what happens, (short of actual war), the plight of his people or regime will get no worse and probably even improve a little bit. That is our best case scenario. The UN will do nothing more than it already has, (which is approximately nothing), South Korea is in no hurry to lose out on their own investments in some North Korean industries, China & Russia have little to gain by crippling Kim's regime, (indeed, they have much to lose, considering the influx of refugees across the very porous borders of the DPRK). Japan is game, but its normal stance on the DPRK is already the toughest in the world, all they can do is build their own bomb to counter the little runt across the Sea of Japan. That leaves us, and we have a history of giving away the store in exchange for promises (usually) not kept.
It's high time to take a firm stand and then simply ignore them. Allow no trade, make life a bit harder for those who do trade with the rogue regime, (nothing substantial, a few technical or labor difficulties at the ports where goods enter the US). It is clear that without military intervention we cannot stop the North, so, leave them be. Any economy that can build this type of weaponry and the associated delivery system should do just fine.
The thing is, he can't lose on this. No matter what happens, (short of actual war), the plight of his people or regime will get no worse and probably even improve a little bit. That is our best case scenario. The UN will do nothing more than it already has, (which is approximately nothing), South Korea is in no hurry to lose out on their own investments in some North Korean industries, China & Russia have little to gain by crippling Kim's regime, (indeed, they have much to lose, considering the influx of refugees across the very porous borders of the DPRK). Japan is game, but its normal stance on the DPRK is already the toughest in the world, all they can do is build their own bomb to counter the little runt across the Sea of Japan. That leaves us, and we have a history of giving away the store in exchange for promises (usually) not kept.
It's high time to take a firm stand and then simply ignore them. Allow no trade, make life a bit harder for those who do trade with the rogue regime, (nothing substantial, a few technical or labor difficulties at the ports where goods enter the US). It is clear that without military intervention we cannot stop the North, so, leave them be. Any economy that can build this type of weaponry and the associated delivery system should do just fine.
posted by eccentric recluse at 10:10 AM
2 Comments:
Or we could sink their half of the peninsula. I like that idea better; it's easier and quicker.
You have a good point, turn S Korea into a resort island.
I have wondered how it would be read by the DPRK to test fly a couple of cruise missiles over their territory, from the Yellow Sea to the Sea of Japan as a response to one of their childish stunts, but that probably wouldn't be prudent.
We, as the leading consumers in the world, have the power to put the hurt on the DPRK simply by boycotting goods made in or by countries that do business (under or over the table) with them, but I doubt that the powers that be want to interrupt commerce, (and campaign contributions) to do that.
just my $0.02
E_R
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