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2010-11-28 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-11-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Render unto Ceasar, er, Kim Jong Il, mf-er

Posted by Fire and ice 2010-11-28 00:48|| 2010-11-28 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 fascinating article thanks anonymoose

killed by a poisoned pencil

it is really interesting... russians poison people they don't like in the UK with plutonium. NKs kill with a poison pencil

the old poison trick seems quite popular between those two

Posted by anon1 2010-11-28 00:51|| 2010-11-28 00:51|| Front Page Top

#3 If true it's serious. That's foreign exchange lost.

Posted by Goldies Every Damn Where 2010-11-28 08:20|| 2010-11-28 08:20|| Front Page Top

#4 I agree with concerns that the Norks may, at least in their minds, think that there is about to be another war. In addition, there may be some weird psychological factors involved.

Kim Jong-Il has always been belligerent, but never had a war of his own, and might want one as a send off. And at the same time, he might feel the need for his son to show that he is old enough to take his place, in the face of a dubious military command.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-11-28 09:00|| 2010-11-28 09:00|| Front Page Top

#5 If the North Koreans do start a war, they had better hope that the Chinese decided to send a couple of hundred thousand 'volunteers' down to secure Pyongyang. Because if the Chinese hesitate, the South Koreans will move up the border to include Pyongyang and a line across North Korea as the new international border. That would help remove the artillery threat to Seoul (which would have to be rebuilt after the North Korean attack), and create a 10 mile deep cordon sanitaire for the South Korean military to operate in.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-11-28 16:40|| 2010-11-28 16:40|| Front Page Top

#6 totally fascinating, Goldies is right yes - to give up money means it must be serious

and the SKs have evicted the journalists from the island too

kind of like East Timor circa 1974

Posted by anon1 2010-11-28 19:36|| 2010-11-28 19:36|| Front Page Top

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