[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

[rightinthemiddle]

Yup, they count on the Chinese, and the Russians, somewhat, for just about everything.

China needs to realize a unified Korea is better for them than the present situation. That darned "communism" thing keeps getting in the way, though.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

You don't want sanctions - you want to siege them!

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

North Korea is slightly different as we can, literally, starve them out

This is what we've been trying for 50 years and it has not worked.

[RockinRight]

That only works if we can convince the South Koreans to join us. The Korean people are so desperate for reunification they'd rather do business with a newly-nuclear commie dictator than allow their bretheren to starve.

[pgkdan]

Sanctions won't work unless the Chicoms are on board...and despite all their talk about 'brazen' acts of defiance I don't think NK would be conducting these tests without at least the tacit approval of the Chinese.