Global Crisis Watch: North Korea

Global Crisis Watch ^

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SPECIAL EDITION
October 10, 2006 | Episode #34
North Korea: What Comes Next?

Global Crisis Watch convenes a roundtable discussion on North Korea and the next possible steps with Rohan Gunaratna, Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, counterterrorism consultant and author of "My Year Inside Radical Islam," and Josh Manchester, Marine Reserve Officer and author of TheAdventuresofChester.com.

Link: http://www.GlobalCrisisWatch.com/gcw/gcw_061010.mp3
21 minutes | 9.8 Megs

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Global Crisis Watch is an independent and weekly 30-minute current affairs and news podcast focusing on the Global War on Terror, the War of Ideas, and indigenous pro-democracy efforts around the world. Hosted by Richard Lafayette in Minneapolis and co-hosted by Bill Roggio of BillRoggio.com and Nick Grace in Washington, DC, the show features interviews with brave activists and journalists about terrorism, democratization, and indigenous efforts to promote freedom and liberty.

[shankbear]

Find that runt goat butt buddy running that dump country and kill him graveyard dead. Bury him in a rotten cabbage jar.

[Brilliant]

I think Jung-Il just made a fatal mistake. I give him one year to live.

[The Bronze Titan]

"completely irresponsible act”
- British Prime Minister Tony Blair

“a provocative act”
- White House spokesman Tony Snow

We need “decisive action"
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

So what are you gonna do about it???

Here's what were gonna do about it... yada yada yada, blah blah blah

[shankbear]

Just giving my wishes. There are no real men in Washington anymore.

[crcomdc]

Indeed, President Bush clearly accepted the new status quo in his speech Monday morning, warning Pyongyang of unspecified actions if they are caught proliferating nuclear materials. Rohan Gunaratna and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross explain in detail in the podcast Pyongyang's past involvement in sales to both state and non-state actors. Most interestingly, Rohan cites NK's sale to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, where they were selling conventional weaponry. This is diplomacy where the inmates run the asylum.

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Kim Jong-Il clearly is concerned about staying in power and the banking sanctions slapped on the regime last year by the US Treasury Department have brought him desperate times. Development of nuclear weapons is Kim's insurance against an internal coup since it placates the military. According to Rohan Gunaratna on the podcast, Kim enjoys the full support of his top generals... Thus, we are left with no alternatives. Who do we replace him with? And how do we do it in such a way as to stem the flood of refugees that would result? Washington is clearly vying on leading North Korea to the troth as Libya was. Whether this will work or not is another matter.