[Knitting A Conundrum]

Sanctions have never worked against a dictatorship. I can't think of one historical situation where it made a positive difference.

If that's all they talk about doing, it surely is not enough.

[MadIvan]

North Korea is slightly different as we can, literally, starve them out. They're that utterly destitute and unlike Iraq, which had oil to sell, they have nothing to trade with.

They want to be self-reliant? Fine. Let's see what happens if they are left with boiling lumps of mud for supper.

Regards, Ivan