Apparently China thinks a nuclear armed Communist regime on its doorstep is better than no Communist regime at all.
That was Kristol's point, and it's a good one. The Chi Comms believe they got it right at Tianamen Square, and Gorbachev got it all wrong. Forced to choose between a nuclear NK and a destabilized NK, they pick the former.
108 posted on 05/08/2005 6:58:28 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
(If this isn't the End Times it certainly is a reasonable facsimile...)