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[Captain Corea]

So odd... One of the few times I've ever read a post by ttom and totally disagreed.

I personally, would much rather see the North "helped" by the US than left in the state it is currently in. Heck, ideally, I'd like to see the South take over the North.

One thing we're all forgetting though is that the DPRK is an information black hole. We can talk about how Iraq is worse, or Afghanistan is deadlier, but do we really know?

I'm guessing that no one on this forum has ever spent extensive time in the DPRK, and so, and claims about life there are... Kind of shots in the dark.

[oldtrafford]

Squire wrote

That's a fair argument, and there's no point in me claiming all American intervention is a good thing because it clearly isn't. Sometimes it is though. I believe Iraq has a far brighter future than it did. It's a good thing the US didn't stand aside and let Kim Il Sung take South Korea. It should go without saying (although very late) the American intervention in WW2 was a good thing. The American supported government in West Germany was a far better place to live than East Germany.


Trying telling that to the Russians, you came in late to claim spoils that didn't belong to you. Russia rightly felt avenged with broken promises, and 30 million men dead.

Iraq has a far brighter future, hahahahahhahahahahhahahahaah!! You Yanks need to look at your history books. Both the French and the British paid the price last century, thy country will suffer the same, along with thy puppy dog biatch, Britain. I'm British by the way!!

[jvalmer]

[wishfullthinkng]

i think the best punishment would be to keep ol' dear leader protected in a cell for a few years with full media access while the north gets used to its new-found freedom to information and then just let him free within his own borders.

[Squire]

[akcrono]

[Squire]

[oldtrafford]

I personally, would much rather see the North "helped" by the US than left in the state it is currently in. Heck, ideally, I[b]'d like to see the South take over the North.

One thing we're all forgetting though is that the DPRK is an information black hole. We can talk about how Iraq is worse, or Afghanistan is deadlier, but do we really know?

I'm guessing that no one on this forum has ever spent extensive time in the DPRK, and so, and claims about life there are... Kind of shots in the dark.
[/b]
Won't happen Captain, the South Korean government saw what happened to West Germany when it was reunited with its brother, the economy crashed!!

Tom's point about the North Koreans coming under the guise of the Chinese is a valid one, ideology being some what similiar, cough, cough. However, I don't see this ravaged nation being 'built up.' Likewise Captain, we've never met but I do feel I'd enjoy having a beer in your company.

[oldtrafford]

I'm not American, I'm British. The difference is I'm not so anti western I'll sit and claim countries like China and North Korea have some sort of moral high ground over the west. The Americans were very late in helping out during the war and they certainly didn't step in and 'win the war' like a lot of them claim, but at least they did help out in the end


Not anti western, oh dare you old boy, I'm proud of our nation who fought against Nazism. Not so proud over the Falklands though. Am I still anti British?!!

[aq8knyus]

Why would the north become a US puppet state, in any future scenario is that likely to happen? Surely if anything happens that involves US tanks rolling through Pyongyang the South would be in the driving seat.

Also in the context of East Asia US and UK supported countries have a good track record Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, S Korea, Japan.

If the US and UK were able to mould Iraq and Afghanistan exactly as they want, with all the investment and trade opportunities, then those states would be far better than they were under Saddam Hussein and the Taliban. The only reason they are struggling is because they are losing the military struggle. Although in truth the only losers will be the people themselves if the 'insurgents' take power.

@Oldtrafford

Yeah the Soviets also had an alliance with Hitler and were happy to divide Eastern Europe with him. They also supplied the Nazis with resources such as aviation fuel which was used to bomb British cities. Plus the Russians are the ones that gave Kim il-Sung North Korea, in a matter of months they had arranged for the smearing of a genuine local war hero. All so that they could place their man in Pyongyang, a man who had spent so little time in Korea that he had to have lessons to brush up his Korean.

[Squire]

[akcrono]

[ttompatz]

[Squire]

[cwflaneur]