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North Korea Returns To The Table

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sanctions-doing-their-job dept.

EmperorKagato writes, "North Korea has agreed to rejoin the Six Party Talks on its nuclear weapons program. The sanctions placed against North Korea on October 9, 2006 will remain in place; however, financial sanctions will be addressed by the group of the six nations: North Korea, China, Japan, United States, Russia, and South Korea."

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  1. More Reasons to Hate Us by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The sanctions placed against North Korea on October 9, 2006 will remain in place ...
    That's just super. Because, Kim Jong Il's about to crack. That's what everyone's saying. And that's what they've been saying for the past fifteen years--any minute now. Who's really hurting in the meantime? The people.

    Economic sanctions aren't going to hurt him, they're just going to make the poor poorer. Kim Jong Il keeps his Generals and powerful friends happy with presents and they, in turn, keep him in power despite the stupid things he's doing and preaching. Do you hope to restrict trade so far that he can't give the top dogs presents and they take him out with a coup? Good luck.

    So what effect will our sanctions have?

    Oh, they'll destabilize a nation that has nuclear weapons. Great idea.

    It'll give people and nations an example of us starving another nation. Another great idea.

    I'm not saying the sanctions are a bad idea, I'm just saying that there's gotta be a better way to pressure this guy--and I don't mean militarily. How about we increase worthless goods like blankets & food & water and only keep out things like cognac & caviar? How about we freely distribute unbiased publications of the history of Asia and the Korean peninsula? Come on, use your imagination here, you're a freaking government!
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    1. Re:More Reasons to Hate Us by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 4, Funny

      But wait, if you are arguing that sanctions won't work against North Korea, you'd have to conclude they wouldn't have worked against places like Iraq or Cuba.

      Oh, wait, they didn't...

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