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Originally Posted by matsa
No, of course not. But the cold war really did exist and our Soviet mates really did roll into Eastern Europe and would have gone further had it not been for our American friends.
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Soviet Union wasa bit different caliber nation than North Korea.
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However, for all Uncle Sam's faults, I agree with Alex. N Korea can't even feed its own people, sustain an economy, or even let the poor bastards download cracked soft synths. The priorities of that regime are to keep the powerful in power and the filthy proletariat in the dirt. Capitalism may do the same, but at least we can leave if we want. No, I wouldn't let them have nuclear weapons. Nor Iran.
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Of course it's a threat for the West that North Korea has a nuclear weapon due the total instability and corruption of the country. But it's silly if someone thinks that North Korea gives up the nuclear weapon if it's oppressed with economic sanctions and threatened with military actions. Afterall North Korea resigned from the IAEA anti-nuclear weapon pact due that West refused to communicate with the NK. It seems like West didn't believe that NK was serious when it informed of the nuclear program and now when it's all reality the West still refuses to understand the simple rules of the game: As long as NK is ignored and threatened with all sorts of sanctions, they continue their pompous actions.
West really treats NK like it's a puny harmless colony that can be forced to anything by threatening. The longer this colonial attitude is kept on, the nearer the shit is the fan. What I mean by constructive meeting is that West would start comunicating with NK to find out what is this all about. Now even China is worried on the NK's situation and is leaning towards UN instead of supporting NK 100%. That gives even better base for good constructive meeting.