Kim Jong Il's Strategic Ambition

Connections ^ | May 15, 2003 | Kim Myong Chol, Ph.D

[wepollock]

As the "Executive Director, Tokyo-Based Center for Korean-American Peace," Dr Kim Myong Chol, speaks for North Korea. It may be critical for us as a nation to understand that perspective.

"KJI expects that the Bush Administration will end up settling for a package deal, which ill also help the North Korean leader to accomplish his strategic goal. As a Bush aide once remarked, either way, KJI will be a big winner."

[darkwing104]

Sounds like KJI underestimates GWS's resolve. Someone ought to tell the dumda$$ to do so at his own peril.

[darkwing104]

GWS=GWB

[wepollock]

It was explained to me in my correspondence with Dr. Kim Myong Chol, that "North Korea has little to lose, while the U.S. has too much to lose." Damage can be done to our nation not only directly but also asymmetrically.

I can just hear the term “measured response” when a “nation of failure” TKO’s the ability of our nation to function economically or militarily.

The truth is that we "the people" are not looking directly at the danger. Our government has been forced to work to our defense in an indirect, less effective, and sideways manner because the people are still thinking about Jobs, Stocks, Plasma TV's, and Mini Vans. We are so under-funded to our defense (and this war) we taping reservists who are 40 and 50 years old.

If it were not for Kissinger we would be in a much worse spot.

"The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do with the U.S. government bureaucracy, we settled on the one issue that everyone could agree on which was weapons of mass destruction as the core reason," Wolfowitz May 30, 2003

[darkwing104]

It was explained to me in my correspondence with Dr. Kim Myong Chol, that "North Korea has little to lose, while the U.S. has too much to lose." Damage can be done to our nation not only directly but also asymmetrically.

That is easy for someone to say for a country with next to no infrastructure and dedicates all of it's assets to the military. It's hospitals are worse of then Iraq and it civilian population is starving while it's military is well feed. All-in-all, you are correct, North Korea cannot be any worse off if we went to war.

[wepollock]

The mentality of many of these nations of failure is that they can spend 15% to 20% of domestic GDP to build an A bomb because it is still cheaper (and more possible) than providing for the people.

This also holds true for Oil rich countries. Unless you are a tiny nation, an entire population cannot be on welfare even with huge oil wealth.

[wepollock]

The mentality of many of these nations of failure is that they can spend 15% to 20% of domestic GDP to build an A bomb because it is still cheaper (and more possible) than providing for the people.

This also holds true for Oil rich countries. Unless you are a tiny nation, an entire population cannot be on welfare even with huge oil wealth.