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China is in an unenviable position if you look at the situation from their point of view. If the present regime falls, China would be drawn into a humanitarian crisis of staggering proportions. Hungry refugees would pour across the border, seeking food, medical care, and shelter. North Korea would be even more unstable without the Kim regime, even if only because the 1 million+ soldiers of the Korean People's Army would have control over a massive amount of unsecured weaponry. Finding themselves suddenly unemployed and without an income, they would use it to extort resources from whomever they could threaten. Whoever's in control North Korea's nuclear arsenal would sell them to whoever has the money. Are you listening, ISIS? The end result would be a unified Korea under the Seoul government. South Korea is a strong US ally, and hosts several military bases with 28,500 American troops permanently stationed there. This would mean a strong US presence on China's northeastern border; something Beijing cannot abide. Having North Korea as an ally is like having a noisy little dog that keeps the neighbors awake at night, demands regular feedings, offers little affection, and pees on it's owner's leg. China supports North Korea not because they want to, but because they have to. King Possum III fucked around with this message at 07:32 on Sep 11, 2016 |
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Volcott posted:Maybe we should nuke them. The mass murder of 25 million (mostly innocent civilian) North Koreans will make the world respect us again.
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Sep 11, 2016 21:22
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Volcott posted:By not rising up, they've become accessories to the crimes of their overlords, and as such must pay the blood price. Rise up with what? DPRK citizens don't have any type of firearms, since it's illegal to possess them. The military has all the weapons, and it would be a simple matter for them to quickly put down a rebellion. Armed only with things like sticks and stones, they'd have no chance for success and would be slaughtered.
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Sep 12, 2016 01:37
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zimboe posted:North Korea is a metaphorical flaming sack of dogshit left on China's front porch. More like a tire fire, I think. When you try to extinguish burning rubber with water, you just make it worse.
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