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| China-Japan-Koreas | |
| 'Sanctions will hurt N Korea's poor, not regime' | |
| 2006-10-16 | |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #19 No, they trot it out only when the 'eeevil Zionists' are involved. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-10-16 21:30 |
| #18 Hey, another "humanitarian crisis". Did the cancel the one in Gaza? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-10-16 17:04 |
| #17 What about the argument that these 'poor huddled masses' are in no small way responsible for the type of government they have? So the NKors don't like their oppressive, evil, totalitarian governmental cult of personality? Fine. Are they willing to lay down their lives to rid themselves of it? Sometimes that's what it takes. Ditto for Iran. Ditto for all the nations run by two bit thugs. We have what we have because at some time in the past, someone was willing to DIE for what they believe. There's no free lunch. Don't want sanctions to 'hurt' you, NKors? Stop being cowards and overthrow the regime, with nothing but human waves if necessary. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-10-16 15:04 |
| #16 psst... lopt (thanks!) |
| Posted by: anon 2006-10-16 12:52 |
| #15 uh, huh! I think we will see nothing but non-stop MSM coverage of how much these sanctions are going to hurt the poor starving North Koreans. It's because they on the left are so caring and we are not, don'tcha see? (of course, it will be necessary to ignore the fact that only the Christian news channels and conservative blogs have been the voices calling out in the wilderness about this genocide for 15 years!) I expect liberalhawk should be here real soon to tell us how important of an issue this is now. He's always right on cue with the talking points of the day. And of course Alec Baldwin will soon be front and center stage to Haven't heard much about Darfur lately. Must not be politically useful anymore. |
| Posted by: anon 2006-10-16 12:50 |
| #14 #12 Jackal - I say go for it! :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-10-16 12:26 |
| #13 Real-World Haedline "NoKo uses entire population as hostages" |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2006-10-16 11:24 |
| #12 The only alternative to sanctions is a direct military attack. What do you say now? |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-10-16 11:10 |
| #11 Yes, because the North Korean famine has gotten to the point where the peasantry is surviving solely on imported luxury goods, drugs, and weaponry. 'Cause nothing keeps the wolf from the door and the cannibals from Granny's fresh-dug grave like Scotch, lobsters, heroin and Scud spare parts. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2006-10-16 10:59 |
| #10 'Sanctions will hurt N Korea's poor, not regime' Well maybe they wont hurt anyone |
| Posted by: tipper 2006-10-16 06:59 |
| #9 "hurts NKor's poor?..." They're ALL poor... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2006-10-16 06:37 |
| #8 Don't these clueless tools know that nuclear bombs will hurt the poor? And the middle class, the rich, the mega-rich, dogs, cats, goats..... |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-10-16 06:26 |
| #7 |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-10-16 06:23 |
| #6 Rolling out the "bitter I guess Chomsky et al have not yet acknowledged that 2 million Afghans failed to starve to death in 01-02. The Afghans defeated the Soviet army by outlasting it and they defeated the Soviets' ideological heirs by simply staying alive. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-10-16 06:12 |
| #5 NorK's poor are already eating sand. It can't get much worse. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-10-16 05:07 |
| #4 Humanitarian groups are sounding alarm bells over the potential impact of UN sanctions on their bloated bureaucratic structures, saying that as the money dries up, tough action may hurt their pampered holier-than-thou jobs more than the communist regime. Oops, fixed your introductory paragraph there! |
| Posted by: anon1 2006-10-16 04:55 |
| #3 Tough shit. |
| Posted by: Glerelet Flaviger5433 2006-10-16 01:35 |
| #2 PakiWaki Daily Slimes. The people of Kimmie's Gulag are screwed, regardless, will receive no aid, regardless, and will suffer, regardless, as long as Kimmie's Gulag exists. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-16 00:42 |
| #1 They want us to keep sending aid + $$$ which these groups know most of which will end up being diverted to the DPRK armed forces and Party, which in turn bears the real risk of US-Allied milfors incurring higher level of casualties should any mil action take place against the NOrkies. PLUS, ONCE AGAIN, 'TIS ONLY THE USA-WEST THAT IS DEMANDED TO ENGAGE IN EQUALISM = UNILATERAL "HUMANISM/HUMANITARIANISM", NOT THE NORKIES vv THEIR OWN PEOPLE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-10-16 00:32 |