Korea ... an uncertain truce
I know I'm in the minority here on this. But I wish that the US govt would take more drastic measures with N Korea. Being from Korea I do have a great interest in this. Most Koreans in my age group I know would like to see the US completely leave the peninsula. But the fact is that the atrocities being committed in N. Korea make Saddam's actions (I'm not talkin WMD, I'm talkin about the mass graves outside many Iraqi villages) look like the actions of a school yard bully. The problem is that the Kim family, Kim Jung Il and his father before him Kim Il Song are truely nuts, and I read that Kim Jung Il's son make Uday and Qusay look like Santa's elves. Millions are starving in the rural provinces, while high party members live lavishly, paper is so precious that if you were open a new text book you would see the print from what ever previous product that the pages were made from. The paper has probably been recylced several dozen of times. There is no religious freedom, Christians are persecuted especially, thousands have been executed. But the closest thing to spirituality these people are allowed to have is the doctrine of Jui Che, "self-reliance". It is a doctrine of facism and a near cult-like worship of Kim Jung Il and his father. On a final note the avg 8 year old North Korean is 20 lbs lighter and 2-4inches shorter than the avg 8 year old South Korean. Maybe it is time to end the Korean War, break the armistice.... Flame away.
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FUBAR
My post or the N. Korea situation??
BTW I think this is the anniversary fot the armistice.
Originally posted by Scott
N. Korea does not make Saddam look like a school yard bully nor does it make Uday and Qusay look like Santa's elves.
Give us some examples please. I imagine you have some info, so please share.
underground churches
CIA World Fact Book
out there news
bbc site on N. Korea
dangerfinder
kidnapped Japanese woman
nukes
freedom house
more nukes
nukes again
illustration of the change in economy in the north
juche and political prisoners
more on juche
refugees
N. Korea kidnaps a S. Korean missionary in China
more on N. Korean kidnapping
Originally posted by bunge
Give us some examples please. I imagine you have some info, so please share.
Read a newspaper. QED
...i would have accepted would have been the assasination of Suddam, and new placement for leadership...
That would've made sense.
We assassinate Saddam (which is simple like Counterstrike) and then we "place new leadership".
It's obvious you thought this one through.
Originally posted by Scott
Read a newspaper.
I do read, don't worry. I just thought you might have some personal insight into Korea you could share. I'm certainly not saying Iraq was clean, but I think Korea might be just as bad or worse. I've never read anything to the contrary.
They have kidnapped numerous foreign nationals. They persecute any real religious freedom, all appearance of religious practice is strictly controlled by the govt. They have in the past executed non-sanctioned underground religious groups.
The govt practices a "Military First" policy, explained in vague philosophical terms that the "People" would not exist without the military. Meaning the military and govt get the lion's share of all resources. Leaving many still starving.
The govt often releases addresses on how the armistice is only held by their grace and of how the S. should be cleansed of contamination.
The govt controlled press often release stories on the superhuman abilities of their leader, Kim Jung Il, he can give on the spot advice to physicists and doctors, he's written numerous operas, a double rainbow appeared in the sky when he was born, cherry blossoms bloomed in drought stricken land when he stepped foot there, etc...
N. Korea is still favored somehow by China, we don't want to get our asses kicked back to Pusan again
Plus with so many questions surrounding the strength of the Japanese economy right now we don't want to destabalize S. Korea, which arguably has the strongest economy in the region