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Many people are blaming China for the whole NK situation for their "support" and asking for a regime change. What do you propose that China can do after the re

Many people are blaming China for the whole NK situation for their "support" and asking for a regime change. What do you propose that China can do after the regime change? Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya and great examples that you cannot just throw away a dictatorship. What follows is practically a game of thrones of powers in the region which is a lose-lose situation for everyone, specially people of the "free'd" country and the neighbors.

DashRattlesnake 9y ago
> Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya I think it's wrong to compare North Korea to those countries. For one, the post-regime change problems in those countries have been caused by Islamic insurgencies, which is not something I'd expect to happen in NK.
- fastball 9y ago
  What, because East Asians are incapable of armed insurgency? Are you forgetting the Viet Cong so quickly?
  - DashRattlesnake 9y ago
    They certainly are, but I think it's foolish to think that a regime change would play out the same in NK as it did in countries with very different cultures. I'm skeptical that NK's ideology would be able to sustain an insurgency after too much contact with the outside. Also, the Viet Cong were supported by a state, North Vietnam. They also weren't able to defeat South Vietnam; that took a withdrawal of US support and the actions of the regular North Vietnamese Army.
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jtriangle 9y ago
And recall, you're playing Game of Thrones with nuclear material, so there will likely be no winning that. Best case would likely be China just annexing the whole country and imposing martial law for the next ~30 years. At least people would be more likely to get fed, and the nukes would be safe-ish.
baklavabook 9y ago
First of all, if there's a regime change towards democracy, there's no business with China. South Korea will liberate and take care of their emasculated, starved, brutalized relatives in North Korea. Not China, the one that's been supporting the brutalization of all of the people in North Korea.
Rylinks 9y ago
China has clearly shown a capability to govern reluctant populations. I'm not sure why occupied NK would be different.

DashRattlesnake 9y ago

> Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya I think it's wrong to compare North Korea to those countries. For one, the post-regime change problems in those countries have been caused by Islamic insurgencies, which is not something I'd expect to happen in NK.

fastball 9y ago
What, because East Asians are incapable of armed insurgency? Are you forgetting the Viet Cong so quickly?
- DashRattlesnake 9y ago
  They certainly are, but I think it's foolish to think that a regime change would play out the same in NK as it did in countries with very different cultures. I'm skeptical that NK's ideology would be able to sustain an insurgency after too much contact with the outside. Also, the Viet Cong were supported by a state, North Vietnam. They also weren't able to defeat South Vietnam; that took a withdrawal of US support and the actions of the regular North Vietnamese Army.
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jtriangle 9y ago

And recall, you're playing Game of Thrones with nuclear material, so there will likely be no winning that. Best case would likely be China just annexing the whole country and imposing martial law for the next ~30 years. At least people would be more likely to get fed, and the nukes would be safe-ish.

baklavabook 9y ago

First of all, if there's a regime change towards democracy, there's no business with China. South Korea will liberate and take care of their emasculated, starved, brutalized relatives in North Korea. Not China, the one that's been supporting the brutalization of all of the people in North Korea.

Rylinks 9y ago

China has clearly shown a capability to govern reluctant populations. I'm not sure why occupied NK would be different.