[TigerLikesRooster]

Giving up Taiwan even for the sake of getting rid of Kim Jong-il would be a tough call.

Still, in one form or another, U.S. would take action sooner than Barnett said. I don't see Bush leaving Whitehouse without taking care of Kim Jong-il.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Carry_Okie]

A U.S. global security pundit says the U.S. can mobilize the help of South Korea, China and Japan to get rid of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il within five years if it wants to. Thomas Barnett, the author of the widely discussed "The Pentagon's New Map" on Washington’s future military strategy released in 2004, makes the suggestion in his follow-up "Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating" published last month.

I put no stock in that globo-dweeb; he's nothing but trouble.
As far as I am concerned he's a socialist plant in the Pentagon.

[GSlob]

In all probability, Kim will be devoured by his own NKers - and not necessarily in sundried form.

[struggle]

God forbid Taiwan would be given up. Some Taiwan residents believe in freedom more than this author does and will die for it. And China is NOT afraid to grant them their wish en masse - to the tune of Tiannemen Square.

[SevenofNine]

Maybe we could get Matt and Trey from SOuth Park do sequel to Team America but have Real CHia Pet Kim Jong 11 appear it in it

[Thunder90]

Russia and China attacking N.Korea? Won't happen because Russia and China sell weapons to N.Korea, and Russia and China see N.Korea as a buffer between them and the West.