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> We let North Korea print their own $100 bills for years as a form of off the books aid That's very hard to believe. Citation needed!
by petilon 5y ago
> We let North Korea print their own $100 bills for years as a form of off the books aid
That's very hard to believe. Citation needed!
- smokelegend 5y agoSee previous "Super Bill" Wikipedia link comment. It happened/may still be happening for all we know.
- joe_the_user 5y agoThe wikipedia article could in no way be summarized as "we let Korea print $100 bills". A first sentence is "A superdollar (also known as a superbill or supernote) is a very high quality counterfeit United States one hundred-dollar bill,[1] alleged by the U.S. Government to have been made by unknown organizations or governments". The body of article follows this. Only dubious allegation that North Korea (among several groups) print them and no allegations that the US allowed this. Link if it gets lost: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdollar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdollar
- chii 5y agowhich part? The 'we let' them part? or the fact that NK is able to print?
- tacLog 5y agoI am having trouble finding the 'let them' part. I see plenty of allegations. I just wanted to find out when the US was 'off the books aiding' North Korea.
- bserge 5y agoWell, it's like saying "we let organized crime run rampant", implying there's a choice to stop it. Which I now realize might be true...
- Ekaros 5y agoOutside hot-war which would result in massive casualties in SK, there is very little more that can be done to NK... So there being no choice is probably correct in this case. At least with other countries there is some ways pressure them, with NK not too much, and not for measly sums of money involved.
- BitwiseFool 5y agoIt's also ridiculously hard to get spies inside of North Korea. Covert action is incredibly difficult. Imagine trying to train a South Korean to blend in when they are a foot taller due to sufficient nutrition.