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Full Battle Rattle posted:Has he ever been pictured with a cane before? That seems kind of odd to me. No matter how sick KJI got I never saw him use anything other than a bodyguard to prop him up, although It's certainly possible I just missed it. At first I shared your thoughts, but when I thought about it, it might actually be a pretty big difference. We won't ever know exactly what's ailing the dude, but when people see a relatively healthy* 32 year old with a cane, 99% of them are thinking "Which sport did he sprain his ankle playing?" or, if you're one of the more thoroughly brainwashed North Koreans, "Which troops did he sprain his ankle commanding?" Kim Jong-Il never would have appeared in a picture with a cane, at least definitely not in the latter decade or so of his rule, because that would have sent a message to the US, whose intelligence leadership might think to themselves, "Hey, KJI's sick and his sons are young/effeminate/not properly groomed, maybe we should step on the gas a little harder to make some deals with some wannabe-warlords in the military?" The contrast between the young and the old with minor injuries and/or disabilities with adaptive equipment is pretty large. *yes I know there's reports that he chain smokes and gained some weight, but I think my point/guess still stands edit for clarity: I mean without verifiable knowledge of what the ailment is, it's safe to assume KJU will bounce back naturally since he's quite young. KJI showing up with a cane, even without having any idea of what's behind it, means there'd be a not-insignificant chance that it could be something serious. And if it was something serious enough, there's a good chance that the higher-ups would be looking to cut a deal. Bastaman Vibration fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Oct 14, 2014 |
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JohnGalt posted:Ftfy I'm disabled (wheelchair) and thought about teaching ESL, and I never even thought that'd be a disqualifier in SK or Japan. drat. Glad things worked out stateside after all...
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Nintendo Kid posted:Yeah oddly enough, America has some of the best wheelchair accessibility in the world. qft
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sincx posted:Come on, PLA. Don't be scared, just go take care of the DPRK menace please, tia. For real. While I'm the last one to cheer on any invasion, a PLA occupation of North Korea would almost be welcome (not that they want a US-occupied country on their border, obviously). I'm sick and tired of this guy already. How could China not be absolutely going apeshit at KJU? I just wish they'd come out and publically renounce the guy. Supposedly there's the whole Korean War-solidarity and all, and I understand that, but all those veterans are dead or dying now. Edit: and wasn't that last one a few days ago while China was trying to host a summit? It's almost like they're trying to piss their last remaining "ally". Bastaman Vibration fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Sep 9, 2016 |
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The Guardian posted:The latest test, once confirmed, shows that the sanctions-driven policy of the US and its regional allies has reached the limit of its effectiveness, according to an expert quoted by Reuters. So yeah, where do we go from here? If everyone now accepts that NK is beyond a doubt a nuclear state (not that they weren't already), what happens now? Obviously the sanctions won't be removed. I guess this means the six party talks are dead in the water even more than they even were years back. What could even be a new policy?
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Accretionist posted:Today's outlandish quick-fix is bribing the entire regime with $100b, blanket immunity and their own island. I wonder if this has ever really been seriously considered in Washington. I can't imagine the elite would prefer to try to enjoy their wealth in a giant NK-sized prison rather than being able to jet-set around the world.* *Of course, with the Internet, these people would be identified very quickly and soon find out all the money in the world wouldn't keep them anonymous. I'm sure someone would take matters into their own hands eventually. Problem solved!
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mlmp08 posted:Oh the "best" take is probably still "here's a really lovely scenario, no matter how you look at it" but we don't need to IMMEDIATELY move to genocide or war with China. It isn't "genocide" since the majority of Koreans live below the DMZ. 
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