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hifiguy

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63. I think the current situation suits both the SK and Chinese governments.

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 05:46 PM

Aug 2015

At least sans the nukes.

China doesn't want NK refugees and cannot figure out how to get rid of the Kim family; they also do NOT want war any more than the South Koreans do. South Korea wants unification in the abstract but not in the concrete. What the hell would SK do with 20 million mostly brainwashed and malnourished people who have no skills relevant to the ultra-high-tech SK economy? That would make the reunification of Germany look like a Lego project. The East German citizenry wasn't crazy and reduced to an almost subhuman state by their commies.

Eventually the Kims will be gone, and what to do with NK is going to be an enormous and expensive pain in the ass for Japan, China and SK.

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Enough is enough with North Korea [View all] Dwayne Hicks Aug 2015 OP

Lol! zappaman Aug 2015 #1

I'm sorry Dwayne Hicks Aug 2015 #3

I was thinking Weekly World News. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2015 #45

Shhhh! zappaman Aug 2015 #49

Don't show that to Trump. hifiguy Aug 2015 #64

many flights to Seoul every day from the US. nt msongs Aug 2015 #2

I spose you're gearing up to lead the charge? Change has come Aug 2015 #4

Expected Dwayne Hicks Aug 2015 #5

I'm asking you to engage Change has come Aug 2015 #7

I see Dwayne Hicks Aug 2015 #10

How about this... Change has come Aug 2015 #11

You couldn't be more wrong. GGJohn Aug 2015 #74

When do you enlist? arcane1 Aug 2015 #6

^+ 1,000,000 HFRN Aug 2015 #43

North Korea is a totalitarian hellhole, run by complete maniacs; You'll get no argument from me. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #8

I agree Dwayne Hicks Aug 2015 #12

I can't speak for anyone's definition of "model" liberal or Democratic behavior. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #14

The only way that the Korean war would have ended in "victory" lapfog_1 Aug 2015 #29

No, not complete victory. But UN forces were in most of North Korea, including Pyongyang Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #65

If we went to war with them, murielm99 Aug 2015 #15

No, never been to Japan. Spent about 12 hours in Seoul once, though. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #17

How about sending Dennis Rodman back over there? davidn3600 Aug 2015 #16

yeah, that was pretty fuckin' surreal. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #18

Ambassador rodman needs more time GummyBearz Aug 2015 #42

North Korea is contained Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #9

Well put davidpdx Aug 2015 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author alphafemale Aug 2015 #13

You might want to look at the entire picture davidpdx Aug 2015 #20

I was hoping that you, as an American resident of South Korea, would chime in Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2015 #54

I try to chime in when I see articles on South Korea davidpdx Aug 2015 #66

And I wonder how long it will take for Republicans yuiyoshida Aug 2015 #21

Democrats built the internment camps. You might want to re-read the history. Lurks Often Aug 2015 #41

That doesn't mean PRESIDENT TRUMP yuiyoshida Aug 2015 #53

Doesn't mean he will either, even if by some slim chance he becomes President Lurks Often Aug 2015 #59

Wouldn't they reuse all the Arab internment camps that currently exist? GummyBearz Aug 2015 #44

It was terrible for that Republican FDR to allow that ryan_cats Aug 2015 #47

Cheese embargo. Problem solved. randome Aug 2015 #22

There really needs to be a pay-per-view "ridiculous hair" showdown hifiguy Aug 2015 #62

So NK destroys Seoul and the SK economy, maybe drops nukes on Japan Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #23

Unless the Chinese are involved in the solution, it is not feasible. 1939 Aug 2015 #24

I think this is the most likely scenario where the collapse is complete davidpdx Aug 2015 #67

I give you props for expressing that treestar Aug 2015 #25

The only think South Korea fears more tha war is a collapse of NK Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #26

Agreed. East Germany all over again hifiguy Aug 2015 #56

I think it's also worth noting that many South Koreans are unsympathetic and unempatheic davidpdx Aug 2015 #68

If you want to turn South Korea from Seoul to the DMZ into one big crater, go ahead. Lose patience. leveymg Aug 2015 #27

PRETENDING to reconstruct it, you mean. nt tblue37 Aug 2015 #73

South Koreans feel differently HassleCat Aug 2015 #28

You're funny. nt Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2015 #30

As a staunch liberal and Democrat I fully support the full scale invasion of North Korea. FlatBaroque Aug 2015 #31

they are a periodic annoyance, nothing more steve2470 Aug 2015 #32

I think the current situation suits both the SK and Chinese governments. hifiguy Aug 2015 #63

I agree, China has their own agenda davidpdx Aug 2015 #69

Uh, why don't you just burn LiberalElite Aug 2015 #33

+1000. nt Nay Aug 2015 #39

That is the most glaring point of the OP still_one Aug 2015 #76

War is an admission of failure madokie Aug 2015 #34

And if China steps in the defend them? edhopper Aug 2015 #35

They are going to collapse on their own within 2 decades. NutmegYankee Aug 2015 #36

So what? alphafemale Aug 2015 #37

You don't have to revoke your "liberal card," but you do have become less ignorant about Nay Aug 2015 #38

lets drop a million cell phones on NK and hook them up to the real world. Sunlei Aug 2015 #40

I've always felt that if the North Koreans did invade... Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2015 #55

A few hours exposure to SK's food, media, hifiguy Aug 2015 #58

It's not so much the music, but where the music is coming from that would distract me davidpdx Aug 2015 #70

Love Hyuna.. yuiyoshida Aug 2015 #75

The girl group Sugar was my gateway drug hifiguy Aug 2015 #78

The estimated casualty rate for the first day Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #46

I don't want to spend a trillion dollars on a war Takket Aug 2015 #48

You forgot to post your bank account info Glassunion Aug 2015 #50

When the 1% and the Multi-Nationals want it to happen it will Teamster Jeff Aug 2015 #51

Are you from South Korea? Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2015 #52

LL, you should have told me you were coming over davidpdx Aug 2015 #71

I may be over next year, so I'll let you know Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2015 #79

Horrible idea, that would mean half of SK would be killed and a lot of our military too. Rex Aug 2015 #57

Turn up the volume on the loudspeakers. roamer65 Aug 2015 #60

Who's "supposed to be a pacifist?" tabasco Aug 2015 #61

Our last Korean war didn't go so well--and NK is still China's client state. tblue37 Aug 2015 #72

Yea! Let's do another round of Regime Change! truebluegreen Aug 2015 #77

You are aware that they are completely unable to attack us, right? alarimer Aug 2015 #80

No one is arguing that a government has a 'right' to starve and repress its people. pampango Aug 2015 #81