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Should North Korea be Next?

Should the United States normalize relations with North Korea?


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EatTheRich

President
Unfortunately, world "leaders" value the profits of a few from corporate arms and oil sales over national security for the many. Maybe the best we can hope for is to ensure future generations of American and Koreans will have an accurate history of the US invasion and occupation of South Korea to draw upon?:D
As Fidel Castro put it, "The truth must not only be the truth; it must also be told." I would add that although this shouldn't be an excuse for false equivalencies, an accurate history will not spare the N. Koreans, the Soviets, or the Chinese when their actions discredit them.
 
"The Kim Collage",OOgo, Fy-del, "Baby Doc", Ahmin, Assad, Evo, Saddam, - buffoons, and cartoon characters one and all. They don't entitle us to render their judgement upon their people.
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Yes, they do. It has been a fatal foreign-policy mistake to think that regime change will alter the dysfunctional character of the popular culture that encouraged such a regime and is just as guilty. The Third World savages would mimic any dictatorship they overthrew.
 
As Fidel Castro put it, "The truth must not only be the truth; it must also be told." I would add that although this shouldn't be an excuse for false equivalencies, an accurate history will not spare the N. Koreans, the Soviets, or the Chinese when their actions discredit them.
The crimes of North Koreans, Soviets, and the Chinese should also never be forgotten or excused. That seems much less likely to occur than the historical revisionism we already see in the US regarding our "exceptionalism" as revealed by US conduct over the past 70 years in places ranging from Korea to Kandahar. I see no indication the US establishment has any intention of admitting its own crimes, and even if it did, I'm not sure how many Americans would care?
 

Max R.

On the road
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For all the North Korean fans: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/10/asia/north-korea-military-parade/
Presiding over a massive military parade in the nation's capital, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country was "fully ready" to defend itself against any U.S. threat.

In a carefully choreographed show of strength and celebration to mark the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party, hundreds of troops marched in elaborate formations across Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square, which was festooned with national and party flags, footage from state broadcaster KCTV showed.



I'm guessing that China will whack Kim if he goes too far over the line.
 
For all the North Korean fans: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/10/asia/north-korea-military-parade/
Presiding over a massive military parade in the nation's capital, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country was "fully ready" to defend itself against any U.S. threat.

In a carefully choreographed show of strength and celebration to mark the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party, hundreds of troops marched in elaborate formations across Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square, which was festooned with national and party flags, footage from state broadcaster KCTV showed.



I'm guessing that China will whack Kim if he goes too far over the line.
From your link:
"'The Workers' Party is the locus of power in North Korea,' Sung-Yoon Lee, professor of Korean Studies at Tufts University. 'The party runs everything.'

"It was founded 70 years ago, after World War II and following the end of the Japanese occupation of Korea. With the Korean peninsula in disarray, a group chaired by Kim Il Sung in the Soviet-occupied northern part formed the Communist political party that came to be known as the Workers' Party of Korea."

The WPK came into existence in 1949 four years after the US invaded and occupied South Korea.
"The People's Republic of Korea (PRK) was a short-lived provisional government that was organized with the aim to take over control of Korea shortly after the surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of World War II. It operated as a government from late August to early September 1945 until the United States Army Military Government in Korea was established in the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula by the United States of America. After that it operated unofficially, and in opposition to the United States Army Military Government, until it was forcibly dissolved in January 1946."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Republic_of_Korea
Koreans living north and south of the 38th parallel in 1945 didn't need any help to unify their country. The main reason North Korea exists today stems from US interference in 1945.
 
You really believe the "Workers Part" runs things and not Kim?
I thought the Kim family has run the Workers Party for the last 70 years:confused:
"It was founded 70 years ago, after World War II and following the end of the Japanese occupation of Korea. With the Korean peninsula in disarray, a group chaired by Kim Il Sung in the Soviet-occupied northern part formed the Communist political party that came to be known as the Workers' Party of Korea.

READ: Celebration reinforces Kim dynasty's iron grip on power

"Kim held control of the party, and membership became highly coveted as it meant better job prospects, status and quality of life for elite North Koreans.

"His heirs, son Kim Jong Il and grandson Kim Jong Un, have held the central role in the party, although their official titles have all differed."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/10/asia/north-korea-military-parade/
 
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