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2009-05-30 China-Japan-Koreas

Can Moscow stop North Koreas nuclear march?

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Posted by Steve White 2009-05-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 It is telling that there is no headline which reads, "Can China Stop North Korea's Nuclear March?" The world seems to be suffering from a mass negative hallucination.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-05-30 00:38|| 2009-05-30 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 RUSSIA is repor strengthening its milfors along its CENTRAL ASIA borders, which IMO directly infers its expects any NOKOR TRUUUBLES to seriously spread and affect these regions.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-05-30 01:13|| 2009-05-30 01:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Why would Russia want to stop North Korea? So, the Norks have a few bombs and missles, even with major deteriation of Moscow's military capibility since the end of the cold war, they would have no trouble squashing puny North Korea. The bombs and missles are negotitation tools not weapons of war. If the NORKs pop 'em off they lose everything. They know it and aren't sucidal like the powers in Iran. They can't afford to use them.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-05-30 01:15|| 2009-05-30 01:15|| Front Page Top

#4 ION WORLD AFFAIRS BOARD > SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES; +

* WORLD MIL FORUM > RAND CORPORATION REPORT: BY 2020 CHINA WILL BE VERY POOR.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-05-30 02:29|| 2009-05-30 02:29|| Front Page Top

#5 They can't afford to use them.

I've always assumed they never intended to use them but to sell them for cash to nuts like Iran that will. They have no other assets or resources. Russia and China are apathetic because they most likely won't be the recipients of a mushroom cloud but the US, whom they consider arrogant pests at best and enemies to the hardliners. The US and Israel always seem to stand alone and this administration doesn't look promising in standing them down.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-05-30 09:44|| 2009-05-30 09:44|| Front Page Top

#6 What do you think would happen if we told the NORKs that if they don't cease and desist with the nukes we will send drones over NK and take out Dear Leaders bedroom? Reagan did something like that and got a troublesome dictator to quiet down a bit.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-05-30 11:53|| 2009-05-30 11:53|| Front Page Top

#7 Reagan did something like that and got a troublesome dictator to quiet down a bit. That particular dictator didn't share a border with one of our significant allies, didn't share a border with China and Russia, & didn't have a vast number of artillery pieces zeroed in on our ally's capital city. Location, location, location is not just a Realtor®'s slogan.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-05-30 14:41|| 2009-05-30 14:41|| Front Page Top

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