[Enchante]

Noooo... North Korea has never been anywhere near 70 million in population. They were below 20 million in the 1960s and have increased slowly since then.... always well below the pop. of South Korea:

https://www.google.com/search?q=population+of+north+korea&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

[mulder1]

My personal view is that the Syrian missile strike was a dual purpose. One to give Assad a warning to not use weapons of mass destruction(chemical weapons). The second to demonstrate to Chinese President Ping the capability and will of the U.S. administration to stop the spread and use of W.M.D. They then agreed that the spread of WMD is not in the interest of the U.S. or China. There endeth the lesson.