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NickB79

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33. I think China is loathe to take over NK's government

Reply to davidpdx (Reply #28)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 08:30 AM

Jan 2014

After the debacles the US has had in Iraq and Afghanistan, it wouldn't be very smart to try the same method of regime change we fucked up with.

The last thing China wants is a leaderless NK, with 20 million starving North Koreans rushing their border.

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