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Originally posted by russotto
Rationally, no. But rationally they wouldn't have fired a missile over Japan a year or so ago either. Remember the picture of the earth at night that was popular a few months ago? North Korea stands out quite well -- the whole country is dark except for Pyongyang. They've got to be really damn poor, which could make them really desparate too.
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Yes they are desperate, desperate and starving, they relly incredibly heavily on forign aid, which would be suspended in the event of a military strike, thankyou for backing up my previous point. As for the missle, it was a cheap stunt.
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Originally posted by russotto
Please. World economies and trade agreements are fine, but as a threat they pale compared to nukes and mines. And while I know the Cold War is over, and you know the Cold War is over, does Kim Jong Il know the Cold War is over?
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a: i'd love to see north korea threaten America with a mine. B, they don't have nukes, or to our knowledge, chem or bio weapons. Yes Kim does, why else would he be (until the ham-fisted Bush Jr came into office) be in talks with the US?
Decades of isolation and terrible goverment has crippled North Korea, its war machine too is in no state to atack South Korea, and once US troops started landing....
THey have nothing at all they could gain for a definate-lose conflict except pride, and yet more scare resources.