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2005-02-12 China-Japan-Koreas
North Korea voices support for Iran
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Posted by Fred 2005-02-12 12:22:40 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 The two remaining legs of the “axis of evil” are shaking in their boots encouraging each other to remain firm. Should Iran be attacked by the US, I'm 100% positive the NORKS would panic themselves into a trilateral agreement with the west or foolishly preimpt an action into the South, to hasten the wait they have been fearing of!
Posted by smn 2005-02-12 1:18:00 AM||   2005-02-12 1:18:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 IMHO, kimmy is truly mad. It's possible to predict NK's probable reactions - but one of those probable reactions will always be the totally crazy response of a mad man.

That's a big problem when nuclear weapons are concerned.
Posted by 2b 2005-02-12 8:43:20 AM||   2005-02-12 8:43:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 2b---quite possibly mad. But he is also playing the old playbook. Make dire threats, withdraw the threats when appeasement comes through. Then make new dire threats for new agendas. Lather, rinse, repeat. We need to quit playing the game. By we I mean the US, Japan and South Korea, and Russia to some extent. The quicker Nork sinks, the better off everyone, including the North Korean people will be. The Chicoms will figure into this. If they keep Kimmie going, it will cost them big time, like a nuclear armed Japan.
Posted by Alaska Paul  2005-02-12 11:53:29 AM||   2005-02-12 11:53:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 There is also the question of whether a mad Kimmie would be obeyed if he uttered an irreversible order. After all, quite recently he disappeared from the news for a while, and his title was reduced to a mere "Leader Kim Jong Il." The Generals must know that they will have to clean up the mess afterward, so they have a double set of consequences to think about at each decision point....
Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-12 7:47:17 PM||   2005-02-12 7:47:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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