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China-Japan-Koreas
Kimmie Afraid His Country 'Might Become Like Iraq'
2009-11-10
Japanese state-run broadcaster NHK reports that when Kim Jong-il met with then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Pyongyang in 2002 the North Korean leader said he was afraid his country would become like Iraq.
Good point but you're safe for the next three and a half years ...
Kim is also believed to have said he cannot surrender the country's nuclear activities for the sake of the regime's survival.

The new revelations surfaced after NHK claimed it had obtained a highly classified document detailing the exchange between Koizumi and Kim.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  Yeah but when the Somali Pirates realize how weak he is... what's he going to do?
Posted by: 3dc   2009-11-10 08:41  

#1  WMF ARTIC elaborates further > Kimmie repor believes that widout nuclear weapons, the outside world will NOT be motivated to provide NOKOR wid vital international aid.

IIUC Kimmie's "IRAQ" statement > NORTH KOREA NUCLEARIZATION is a KIMMIE-PREFERRED SUBSTITUTE/ALTERNATIVE to [econ desperate]NOKOR unilater attacking smaller or weaker Asian states, or engaging in other regional GEOPOL-DANGEROUS destabilz ala SADDAM HUSSEIN + KUWAIT???

* SAME > CHINA'S PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY IS "JUSTIFIED" IN KEEPING/ENFORCING NORTH KOREA AS A VASSAL STATE IFF US BASE WITHDRAWALS FROM OKINAWA RESULTS IN JAPANESE MILITARY, NUCLEAR REARMAMENT.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-11-10 01:14  

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