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2009-11-30 China-Japan-Koreas

Cash Payments to N. Korea Are Not an Option

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Posted by Steve White 2009-11-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 There also needs to be a cast-iron guarantee that incidents like the fatal shooting of the South Korean tourist are not repeated and visitors to Mt. Kumgang are safe. SKors can easily do that by simply refusing to step over the DMZ for any peaceful reason. There must be some kind of severe cultural learning disability in that part of the world.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-11-30 07:00|| 2009-11-30 07:00|| Front Page Top

#2 The whole purpose of money is it's flexibility and anonymity, a dollar for a loaf of bread is simpler than a chicken or a dozen eggs and swap.
The anonymity means that same dollar can be used wherever and whenever you wish,
Understanding this is Crucial to understanding why "Food Aid" is a preferred choice over Cash aid, it's a lot harder to sell billions of bushels of corn and then buy Uranium, or simply steal the cash and buy Uranium directly.

Fools don't see the difference.
I do.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-11-30 15:23|| 2009-11-30 15:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Wehell, the PRE-WW2 "MUNICH CONFERENCE" + "NAZI-SOVIET NON-AGGRESSION PACT" + POST-WW1 "WAR TO END ALL WARS" WW2 + 1950 KOREAN WAR
[includ CHIN INTERVENTION] + 1975 FALL OF SAIGON/SOUTH VIETNAM, etc. weren't supposed to happen either.

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