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I think posturing and acting tough is the wrong way to play North Korea. I doubt Kim cares much about his people or martyrdom (taking out one target before bein
by prawn 9y ago
I think posturing and acting tough is the wrong way to play North Korea. I doubt Kim cares much about his people or martyrdom (taking out one target before being obliterated) - he'd be more interested in a heroic legacy. I'd play to his ego, that he can slowly open and lead his country to surpass the South as an industrial power and become a superpower like big brother China. In reality, you'd just be relying on a gradual dawning of reality for North Koreans. Topping the South or emulating China is not going to happen.
- synicalx 9y agoOn the contrary, acting tough is working - in the last month China has actually tried reigning Kim in. Even as recently as last night they (quite surprisingly) sided with the UN and killed about a third of North Korea's trade income. All of Kim's behavior in recent years points to a very strong will to preserve regime - countless executions, nuclear weapons, and his almost presidential security measures to avoid a South Korean decapitation strike. I don't think he legitimately wants to start a fight with anyone, doing so will be the end of him and his regime whether China intervenes or not.
- owebmaster 9y ago> Topping the South or emulating China is not going to happen You just answered why NK doesn't trust West. China is toppling the US. NK can topple SK too.
- prawn 9y agoGreat for NK if they can. Great for the world as a whole if another country can lift itself up. I'm saying it's a ploy that shouldn't fail the West. But I think there are reasons China has got themselves in that position and I don't know that they apply to NK?