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2007-10-05 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Fred 2007-10-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ] Top

#1 USA > links denuclearization to aid and formal end of Korean War.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-05 00:52|| 2007-10-05 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 If real, Kim may have saved the tiny portion of the soul he has left. He is toast anyway. Many want him alive for some strange reason.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-10-05 01:06|| 2007-10-05 01:06|| Front Page Top

#3 This is the deal that I had been predicting for the past several months when I kept saying that the ChiComs were going make sure that Kimmie and his clique were not a problem for the Beijing Olympics : Kimmie makes nice with the corrupt SoKor President and stays in power; his nukes and other WMD go away in a supervised manner; the SoKors do NOT inherit an immediate basketcase of an economy due to a NorKor collapse; Kimmie gets to die as the Dear Leader; and the Politburo, the secret police, and the military all get to be cut in on the upcoming resource development deals that will be signed with South Korea at the formal end of the war.
China needs all the mineral wealth that North Korea can send north to them, to help keep the Chinese economy growing. North Korea has large known deposits of iron, coal, uranium, nickel, and other minerals; the South Koreans have the wealth and expertise to efficiently develop them; and the Chinese represent a guaranteed market for same. Expect to see China getting 30-40% of all the new mineral exports from North Korea as the South Koreans develop them.
This way, the Chinese have a win-win, the NorKors have a win-win, and the South Korean conglomerates have a win-win. Only the poor bastards that have to suffer through the nightmare existence of the average North Koreans loses.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-10-05 01:39|| 2007-10-05 01:39|| Front Page Top

#4 The Axis of Evil is getting thin, Iran is the only threat left. I'm shocked, I mean shocked that the Dems haven't found something wrong with Bush's handling of North Korea. They'll probably give the credit to their friends the Chinese.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-10-05 04:57|| 2007-10-05 04:57|| Front Page Top

#5 24-month rule? :-)

I thought W had planned it so this would happen closer to election time? Or does he have some more surprises up his sleeve between now and then?

$5 says the moonbats start talking about how he's going to produce UBL a week before the election.

Posted by gorb 2007-10-05 05:11|| 2007-10-05 05:11|| Front Page Top

#6 does this mean we can pull our troops from South Korea then

Posted by sinse 2007-10-05 07:16|| 2007-10-05 07:16|| Front Page Top

#7 "if Mr Kim keeps faith with the new reconciliation pact, as he did not with much of the agreement he and then-president Kim Dae-jung signed in 2000"
Nuff said.

Posted by Darrell 2007-10-05 10:06|| 2007-10-05 10:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Well, considering who you're dealing with here, I wouldn't be jumping all up and down about this just yet.

Posted by tu3031 2007-10-05 11:27|| 2007-10-05 11:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Shieldwolf, your reasoning seems sound and I really hope you're right. So far North Korea has baffled all my attempts at predicting anything. They are just so... different.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-10-05 12:26|| 2007-10-05 12:26|| Front Page Top

#10 No way, sinse. Not until they all hold hands and sing Kumbayah. Not as long as there is a NORK army.

Posted by Abu Uluque6305 2007-10-05 12:53|| 2007-10-05 12:53|| Front Page Top

#11 Kimmie and the Norks are pathological liars with a 60 year history of same. Making deals with them is a fool's game. And it does not help the North Korean people, just Kimmie, Chicoms and the SKor politicians. F*ck them and the horse they rode in on.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-10-05 15:41|| 2007-10-05 15:41|| Front Page Top

#12 LOL Lil Kim would NEVER EVER sign a "Peace Treaty" with the south. I would look at the fine print if I were you. He has an escape clause and you can bet that he has already enforced it. If not I will Kiss Hillary's ASS (not bill) at high noon on the steps of the capital.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-10-05 16:38|| 2007-10-05 16:38|| Front Page Top

#13 Fred,

Since your still without a job and need some financial support, have you ever considered letting the world know that you have a few centrifuges in the basement and the missile technology to reach Sacremento or Berkeley?

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-10-05 16:45|| 2007-10-05 16:45|| Front Page Top

#14 Well, so much for good astronomical viewing in NK.

The World Atlas of the Artificial Night Sky Brightness

Posted by KBK 2007-10-05 18:36|| 2007-10-05 18:36|| Front Page Top

#15 Hillary's ASS (not bill)

Drink alert, Sarge!

Posted by lotp 2007-10-05 21:11|| 2007-10-05 21:11|| Front Page Top

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