[dem bums]

I think that the PRC could engineer a coup, if they really wanted to. But then they would be stuck with a failed state and a tide of refugees fleeing into Chinese territory. So far, that appears to be a worse outcome for the PRC than the current regime.

Yup. That's really the central problem with the entire North Korea situation. As bad as the Norks are, no one--not the U.S., not South Korea, not China, not Russia--wants to deal with the mess that would ensue if the North Korean government were to fall. The Kims have done so much damage to that country and its people that trying to re-integrate them into the world would be a nightmare.

[Mears]

“-—————— trying to re-integrate them into the world would be a nightmare. “

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I agree. The poor people are so thoroughly brainwashed that they are little more then robots.

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