My Three Sons

North Korea's First Family Isn't Like You and Me. (Or anyone, really.)

By Evan Thomas and Suzanne Smalley | NEWSWEEK
Published Jul 18, 2009
From the magazine issue dated Jul 27, 2009

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  • Posted By: jordan c. fan @ 07/18/2009 11:02:28 PM

    Nobel Peace Prize For Kim Jong-Il.

    Jordan C. Fan, Prophet of Environment.

    Kim is one the most highly admirable Environment advocates. He has aggressively developed weapons to defend the Environment instead of manufacturing industries which pollute it. While the U. S. has gone out of its way to develop oil fields, pipelines, refineries & other industries to pollute frontier wilderness in Alaska to destroy its Environment. Kim has developed nuclear missiles to be within range of Alaska to stop further American migrations there. For this, Kim should receive a Nobel Peace Prize of Environment protection. So do Myself also deserve a Nobel.

    When the N. Korean nuclear missiles are within range of Alaska it forced Palin to resigned. Who can really blame her for resigning in fear of her families of being nuked. This has proven Palin to be an extremely likable & competent government officials & politicians.

    Palin is admired by the world over as a devoted & loving mother to protect her offsprings against nuclear threat. On the other hand, Obama must be frowned upon as a leader who has disregarded the safety of his people especially Alaskans in order to remove his political opponent Sarah Palin from her office. Obama should give in to Kim & withdraw all American civilian & military personnel from Korea & Japan.

    Japan has betrayed all Asians by becoming a puppet of the U. S. People of many Asian nations had allowed Japanese to invade their countries to expel of European & American Colonialists. Many of those Asian people ended up being persecuted or executed by their Japanese invaders. Today, while the Japanese have ample power to drive out American invaders who are currently occupying their land, Japan prefer not to do so in exchange for economic prosperity. While the Chinese were overly generous to forgive those World War II Japanese atrocities to their own people, Japanese is still threaten to invade Chinese land for oil at the Diaoyu Islands. For this reason, all U. S. F-22 warplanes in Okinawa must be destroyed. By allowing the Americans a strong foothold in Eastern Asia, Japanese have threaten the safety & security of all Asians. For this he Japanese must go so are S. Koreans who have betrayed their own nation. Japan must reverse to wilderness to protect Environment while all Japanese be enslaved in Xinjiang.

    This has confirmed that the Americans especially Democrats & Black are extremely chauvinistic racists who must also be frowned upon by the world. American liberty, freedom & justice will end if Obama & his supporters especially Blacks continue to insists on using illegal conspiracy such as blackmails, harassments, threats of body harm, & corruption against qualified candidates.

    In addition, the U. S. must apologized to Kim Jong-il and North Korean for calling them Axis of Evil. Simply by cunningly changing leadership, presidents and parties can't erase

    • Posted By: Sonoluma @ 07/20/2009 8:41:42 AM

      I agree, he does deserve a Nobel Prize. Do they have ones for 'most efficient Death camp system'?

      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32000864/ns/world_news-washington_post/

      How about one for 'Most likely to starve his own people just to maintain a grip on power'?

      • Posted By: jordan c. fan @ 08/06/2009 12:45:15 AM

        What make you think that there are no "death camps" in the U. S. and Americans are not starving?

        Why can't your government mind your own business?

      • Posted By: jordan c. fan @ 08/06/2009 12:41:36 AM

        All those you have mentioned above are American atrocities to N. Korea, China and the world. Chinese and Koreans suffered during the the mid 20th century due to American boycott of Chinese and Korean exports, goods and services. American embargo of food and medicines to China and N. Korea caused starvation, diseases and death to those people. Not to mentioned the millions of Chinese and Korean soldiers who had died during the Korean War. Why do any American have any rights to occupy and disrupt Asian land and people who were at peace there for many millennia?

    • Posted By: Chinchrage @ 07/22/2009 7:04:50 AM

      I have absolutely NO patience for people like you, who complain about this wonderful country but continue to live here. And why in the world would you have an ounce of admiration for this horrible man, who gives his military cronies Rolexes but allows his people to starve? You racist pig, go live in North Korea if you don't like our President or our ways of living. Nobody asked you to live here anyway. Oh and by the way, go back to the 2nd grade and learn how to spell & punctuate your sentences properly before you post a public comment. You're just making yourself look ignorant.

      • Posted By: jordan c. fan @ 08/06/2009 12:27:51 AM

        Just what make any of you think that you can stay on this land? The entiire planet Earth belongs to the Environment and no nobody else. Human are merely guests to this planet and Americans are intruders who are not welcome. The Environment is more than happy to and is currently kicking all Americans out of this planet. Haven't you seen all those disasters, diseases, personal suffering, climatic changes and drought that are currently destroying the United States? They are going to get much worse!

    • Posted By: Hagbard Celine @ 07/20/2009 1:25:19 PM

      You, sir, are a dumbass of the first water.

      • Posted By: wally172251 @ 07/22/2009 6:15:32 AM

        Hey jerk off, have you ever seen the strip mining in North Korea. I???ve seen it. Just go up to the DMZ on the South Korean side and get special permission to go into the MDL and you see the beautiful environment they have created. Miles of brown stripped hills. Real environmental friendly, But the ground is good for growing, they use the bodies of the millions who starve to death every winter to fertilize the fields in the spring. How do retarded people like you survive child hood?

  • Posted By: The Korean @ 07/25/2009 9:36:31 AM

    Well, it's pretty accurate though some minor inaccurate reasearch

  • Posted By: sabretooth2009 @ 07/22/2009 11:40:29 AM

    By the way, why is it you "Freeloaders"always tend to change the topics on these message boards to Obama Bashing? When Bush was F'ing up this country royally , I dont recall liberals trying to manipulate message boards. All your'e really doing is spewing conservative, verbal diarrhea. Wasn't this about North Korea or something llke that? God, you neo-cons are like locusts, trying to infest every thing! Just sit back and relax my little Dickless Cheneys. If the country goes to hell in a handbasket, then you can say I told you so!

    • Posted By: Brly @ 07/22/2009 12:12:17 PM

      WTF! Neo-Con. If it weren't for the christian conservative republicans, you wouldn't have the freedom today sit there and spew stupidity out of your mouth. What do you think freedom is cheap? Bush didn't ruin anything, Obama has gotten the U.S. in 10 times the debt since taking office and his first year isn't up yet. Can't you count. But that's OK because I guess you can pay back the debt back yourself since your head is so far Obama's ass. Obama has no qualifications, no citizenship that he can produce, his mother was a communist, and white people running him have just perpetrated the biggest hoax upon Black Americans in the history of the United States. Quit defending a bad issue and do some research toothy.

      • Posted By: Hagbard Celine @ 07/23/2009 5:08:09 PM

        "If it weren't for the christian conservative republicans, you wouldn't have the freedom today sit there and spew stupidity out of your mouth. "

        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  • Posted By: sgordonviper @ 07/22/2009 8:09:28 AM

    Amazing how people allow so few to run their lives. Are the world's people that cowardice to not take control of their own lands? Why are people so afraid of death? Why not leave a better world for their children? We American's currently have a president who is really a socialist/communist who has no business being in power, nor does he have the right to be President. Is Obama really an American and why doesn't anyone care?

    • Posted By: dougillsley @ 07/22/2009 9:14:49 AM

      Jeeeez,

      The right-wing-fascists are alive and well! President Obama was ELECTED you digit! You're just angry because your side couldn't cheat him out of his election like you did with George II. Shame he couldn't run again. He and Cheney could have put us completely under. You know, airplanes still leave here for any country you would prefer. The Nazis have fallen out of favor but perhaps you could start your own new party. Maybe in Botswana?

      • Posted By: cpounds23 @ 07/22/2009 9:41:53 AM

        It's funny. I thought Obama was doing a pretty good job himself of putting us under!? Maybe it's just me, but millions of $ of debts and 15% of our population out of work! That sounds pretty bad to me!!! Way to go there electing Obama! (oh, and did I forget to mention the thousands of babies that will continue to be murdered each year through abortions under his permission!)

        • Posted By: cpounds23 @ 07/22/2009 9:48:06 AM

          correction, * trillions of $ of debt

          • Posted By: daughterjudy19 @ 07/22/2009 10:12:22 AM

            Your a smart one. The county didnt fall in debt as soon as the president came into office. That has happened over a period of years hunny. Don't blame Obama for the country's debt. If your going to find stupid reasons like that not to like him, go back in your whole and think harder, but dont hurt yourself.

            • Posted By: cpounds23 @ 07/22/2009 10:34:07 AM

              I wasn't referring to what was already there, just what he has added since November! All the promises of jobs and financial stability that should have come with this stability package, and yet look where we are! Don't insult the intelligence of someone when you don't know! It's a waste of my time!

              • Posted By: Hagbard Celine @ 07/23/2009 5:07:28 PM

                He wasn't president til January, genius. LOL.

              • Posted By: iced45 @ 07/22/2009 2:20:47 PM

                Since November? Might want to go back and check your calendar, he took office at the end of January, just like all presidents do. Good to see you obviously know what you are talking about.

            • Posted By: Chelle Belden @ 07/22/2009 11:10:34 AM

              "If your going to find stupid reasons like that not to like him, go back in your WHOLE and think harder, but dont hurt yourself." I would not belittle anyone's opinion or intelligence when replying to another members comments. P.S. The WHOLE I believe you are referring to is spelled HOLE!

        • Posted By: hlgns763 @ 07/22/2009 5:27:55 PM

          couple of corrections needed here...

          unemployment has seen over 10%, yet, and to speculate otherwise or to present a percentage the way you did as truth is wrong.

          as for abortion.... let me ask you... what was the republican administration/congress/senate doing about it when they were in power? and republicans have had a majority in the both congress and the senate AND the supreme court more than democrats over the last 50 years. they have done nothing to try to reverse the decision to keep abortion legal.

          so, maybe its time to look at the party that you continually vote for and support, and figure out whats wrong with them, instead of trying to blame obama for "the killing of babies".... like the man has a party every time theres an abortion or something....

          absurd...

          • Posted By: pastafarian777 @ 07/23/2009 1:52:03 AM

            Also, wasn't it Barack Obama who got a girl pregnant and then had his father arrange for her to get an abortion--even though it wasn't legal in that particular state at the time? Oh, wait, no. That wasn't Barack Obama. That was Geroge W. Bush! Class, can we say hypocrite? But I forget, that was just one of his "youthful indescressions", before he found Jeebus.

        • Posted By: pastafarian777 @ 07/22/2009 12:17:43 PM

          For a minute there, I was afraid that no one was going to bring the totally irrelevant topic of abortion into this conversation, but I should have known better. I swear to god we could be talking about potato chips, and some idiot like cpound is going to bring up abortion.

    • Posted By: Hagbard Celine @ 07/23/2009 5:06:43 PM

      "Is Obama really an American and why doesn't anyone care? "

      Your hat.

      It needs more tinfoil.

    • Posted By: asif3300 @ 07/22/2009 10:42:37 AM

      That is a ridiculous comment to make. If you really feel that way than why do you let your government run your life. Lets see the American government controls everything you do, they control what they show you and how you percieve it, so in essence how are they much different than the N. Koreans? Please answer me that! The American government is responsible for millions of innocent deaths just because of their greed and need for things like oil and money. The only difference is that America has successfully convinced its people that they are free, when really no offense but you are just as much of a slave to the government in America as people are in N. Korea, its just they have brain washed you enough for you to think what they are doing is right. Millions in America live under the poverty line while your Presidents and higher up celebrities live with billions of dollars? How is that any different than N. Korea? Jus that you think you are free, my friend that is the only difference!

      • Posted By: hlgns763 @ 07/22/2009 4:16:08 PM

        my friend, the difference between North Korea and the United States is simple, and easily contradicts your statement.

        yes we have millions below the poverty line, but no one is stopping them from making they're own lives better but themselves. therein liies the difference between the 2 countries.

    • Posted By: daughterjudy19 @ 07/22/2009 10:07:47 AM

      Yes, Obama is an American stupid. Just like the people that come here everyday from other countries and make this their home. I'll give you a little tip, if someone has citizenship, they are American. I am pretty sure Obama would not have made it this far if he was not (in the words of you) a TRUE American. Now you are just insulting the intelligence of the American people.

      • Posted By: asif3300 @ 07/22/2009 10:47:41 AM

        To be honest you can love OBAMA all you want, and I have nothing against him. But at the end of the day he is a mere politician, and why wouldnt he be. A politician will do anything or say anything to get in power. My friend it sounds like you have never been in American politics ( I have!) In politics you have to do and say a lot of things that would not be considered moral just to get on top. Obama maybe the best politician but at the end of the day he is a politician, he is not a human advocates lawyer or anything like that. As well most of his plans for the economy and his plan to shut down Guantanamo Bay have either been delayed or failed. Why? Because there are powers higher than him that control what he gets to do and say, powers like Saudis and Israelis. They control the funding that the US has so obviously you can not dissapoint your funders otherwise you will have a broke country with poverty case in point N. Korea. Why are they so poor even with Gold because they were not willing to comply to everything the Russians told them. And or because their main funders the Soviets went broke themselves.

  • Posted By: nelsonoah @ 07/22/2009 12:37:16 PM

    Just a quick question to anyone who wants to fill me in. What's the big deal with our nation's debt? As far as I know, we've been in debt since I've been alive, yet we've always been considered the "world power". It doesn't appear to me that the nation's debt really means too much.

    • Posted By: hlgns763 @ 07/22/2009 4:23:27 PM

      thats something ive been pondering more and more lately....

      we hav always had national debt, the world no longer relies on gold/silver/precious metals and rocks anymore to judge wealth. to me, as of late, it has just become numbers that are completely meaningless, and as the years go on a trillion dollars will one day be chump change. personally, the manipulation of some made up "value" of currency is the best way to control a population, if one were so inlclined to do so.

      mankind needs an exchange/barter system to obtain goods and services on large and small scales... thats the only thing that money is, a literally ficticious, yet real, thing of "value". and as a way to have checks and balances within nations and to have the ability to track how much was spent/saved/lost ect.

      in the end, its green paper that costs more to print than what its face value is.

      one could say that hypothetically we could never ACTUALLY go bankrupt at all....


      money is completely pointless in many respects, but completely needed.

  • Posted By: nelsonoah @ 07/22/2009 11:00:59 AM

    Fellow Republicans: Can you, just for a moment, think of Mr. Obama for what he is? An American who graciously stepped into a position with a problem that was more than likely impossible to instantly fix, like so many of you seem to have expected. We all know that we were well on our way to a deep economic downturn well before Mr. Obama stepped into office. Did we all forget that Mr. Bush had an approval rating of 30% or less during his last 2 or 3 years in office? Obviously he wasn't doing the job America wanted him to do. If there was a simple solution to the problems faced by America, I'm sure somebody would have come up with it by now. Mr. Obama is striving day in and day out to bring America back to power. If you can't see Mr. Obama for whom he really is (maybe because his skin isn't white and you've never realized that color doesn't matter, or you actually believe a terrorist/socialist somehow tricked our entire country into believing in him), try picturing him wearing a Ronald Reagan mask. If you can somehow find the power to "hear" Mr. Obama instead of "seeing" him, maybe you can realize that he's one of us. He wants American to return to being the world power just as mush as you and I.

    Try and find something to love besides your money and ammo, like standing up for our country and president. Stop spending all your time thinking of new ways to bash Mr. Obama about his polices and taxes and get out there and help our economy. We need to get back to our roots and enjoy knowing that we can live and be happy without being millionaires.

    And before you reply to this and start bashing me for being a "NOBAMA" lover, like so many of you like to put it, remember that I too am a registered Republican. There are certain ideas that he has that I don't fully agree with, but that's no different than with Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II. Mr. Obama isn't getting impeached and he's not going to give up and quit. We have a new president with ideas different to those that DIDN'T work the past 8 years.

    Why not be happy the stock market stopped crashing and is actually on its way up? Was every layed off worker supposed to get his or her job back a month after Mr. Obama stepped into office? We all knew and still know that it will take time to recover from what's happened to our country in the past 10 years. Be realistic and realize that things are on the up, whether you want to admit that it's taken an African-AMERICAN Democrat to make it happen or not.

    • Posted By: Bobs1234 @ 07/22/2009 11:24:19 AM

      the country is not on the rise u idiot it is running into the ground. obama wants to spend 7 trillion dollars do u have any idea how much green that is??? o were in a reccesion so lets cut more jobs and spend more money great idea dip ***. o and on tiop of that this health care reform is absurd Canadians have it and hate it. it has never worked ever and yet we are adopting it, to make things worse obama said he wont ever participate in it. That means this shitty health care is good enough for us slobs but not for him what an ass. Everyone get ur heads out of ur behinds and realize what is going on here, its getting worse and worse everyday WAKE UPPPPP!!!!

      • Posted By: bbposada @ 07/22/2009 12:36:53 PM

        nelson,
        I consider myself a moderate democrat...fiscally conservative and more socially liberal (but without having to spend on everything to fix something)....anyhow....that was a great post.
        If there were more Republicans like you out there, i would consider switching sides. I never hated BUsh when got into office...but his decisions turned me off to the conservative base...one mistake after another.

        Good post. This country would be much better if both sides would be more willing to work with one another to achieve one goal. America's success.

    • Posted By: Bobs1234 @ 07/22/2009 11:24:13 AM

      the country is not on the rise u idiot it is running into the ground. obama wants to spend 7 trillion dollars do u have any idea how much green that is??? o were in a reccesion so lets cut more jobs and spend more money great idea dip ***. o and on tiop of that this health care reform is absurd Canadians have it and hate it. it has never worked ever and yet we are adopting it, to make things worse obama said he wont ever participate in it. That means this shitty health care is good enough for us slobs but not for him what an ass. Everyone get ur heads out of ur behinds and realize what is going on here, its getting worse and worse everyday WAKE UPPPPP!!!!

      • Posted By: ipledgeallegiancetotheflag @ 07/22/2009 11:47:38 AM

        Dear Bobs1234,
        Although I respect freedom of speech, I don't really see how bashing another persons comment helps this thread. I mean everyone has their own opinion, but it is comments like yours that really do not help a healthy conversation. I feel many additional readers could take more from your words had you mentioned your own suggestions on what should be done to better our country, rather than continue absolutely nothing. Would you agree that in order for our nation to be GREAT again, it will require the participation of all Americans to stand UNITED, instead of in constant disagreement?
        The United States is and will always be the greatest nation on earth, but it requires leaders to set examples. This includes you and me.

  • Posted By: bbposada @ 07/22/2009 12:33:34 PM

    <<Bush didn't ruin anything, Obama has gotten the U.S. in 10 times the debt since taking office and his first year isn't up yet. >>

    You are a pathetic little lemming. Follow anything and everything the Republican base hand feeds you. Bush didn't ruin anything ? Iraq was a complete success....Katrina was handled PERFECTLY....Federal government expansion and power grew to unprecedented heights during his administration.....Bush got into his prestigious universities ONLY off his family name, not trhu merits....Obama inherrited a disaster of a stiatuion where HE felt spending was the only way to alleviate the lack of capital flow and limit job losses.....i don't agree with EVERYTHING Obama proposes or supports but i will gladly take him over the failed philosophies McCain would have proposed. Too bad you can't turn off the Rush Limbaugh for one second to understand this.

  • Posted By: bensnewsweek @ 07/22/2009 12:32:07 PM

    My Three Sons

    North Korea's First Family Isn't Like You and Me. (Or anyone, really.)

    Did I miss something here ? Benjamin Franklin once said " We the proud people bound to this new land of freedom truly we are forever thankful and forever work together for a brighter future." If your Republican, Democrats, Revolutionist, or just don't believe in government one thing still remains true for us all. That is we are just significant to the bigger picture that make this world our home. From all the ignorant comments and the well educated ones we all need to get our head out of the gutter. We represent FREEDOM be proud that we live in a country that you can openly express your views regardless if they are right or wrong. Also accept the truth that man is good at only one thing and thats killing each other. Now this article is about a bigger picture than your own personal agenda. N. Korea has the power like most nations to end life on a grand scale. Now for all the lives lost over one man's agenda or a groups agenda do you think the bigger picture even matter to these individuals to even stop and think how this will affect my world ? Maybe we should all put aside or personal agenda, our differences, our arguments, our hate, and say to yourself how I'm I affecting the world. "Out of many one people" is the motto behind many nations it is as simple as to say America is out of many one people this nation was built, founded, defended, and we are made up by many one people that called themselves not Americans, but what Americans mean "people of freedom." This article has a lot of confusion about it, but it was written to inform, make known, and to help us keep in mind of what I call the bigger picture. How will this affect our world, our freedom, our future, our home on what we know as earth ?

  • Posted By: bbposada @ 07/22/2009 12:29:47 PM

    <<If it weren't for the christian conservative republicans, you wouldn't have the freedom today sit there and spew stupidity out of your mouth.>>

    Wow you are an idiot.

  • Posted By: christileann @ 07/22/2009 12:09:31 PM

    As far as all the "republicans" this and "democrats" that goes, here is what I have noticed. Republicans make a HUGE deal out of any little thing democrats or President Obama do that will make them look foolish. They go on and on about it for weeks, even months. Most of the time it is something very insignificant. This is very childish. Democrats on the other hand, will LIE about the same incident!! Which really does make them look foolish. Also, can someone tell me why Democrats are so full of HATRED!? When I have asked questions of Democrats to get thier point of view on something or seen them on TV being asked certain questions, you can see thier face twist up and the nastiness comes spewing out...it is lijke nothing I have seen before. Pure hatred and nastiness. Just an observation.

  • Posted By: South @ 07/22/2009 11:46:22 AM

    Not sure what the big deal is about him .... but in the meantime look at these videos ...you'll really find this stuff different from what you have ever seen before.
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  • Posted By: Dragonspirit75 @ 07/22/2009 11:45:29 AM

    I just love stupid Comments Republicans make about Obama about how bad a president he is or how they don't like what he has done. I get dozens of emails from republicans saying they don't like what president Obama is running the country even going so far as to blame him for bills that passed when Bush was in office, bills that Bush never vetoed lmao. These people I would like to call shameful unamerican like republicans they don't try to work with Obama all the want to do is be on the attack and accuse of crap he didn't even do. These republicans don't give him enough time to see if he can turn things around they started attacking him since he got into office its very very stupid. From what I have seen the economy is back on the right path so what in the world are these stupid people complaining about. What do you want Bush back in office, if I remember correctly he was in office when we got in to this mess. And now these stupid people are blaming Obama for this mess what idiots. And here is the kicker I am a repuplican and see how stupid and shameful these other republicans are.

  • Posted By: sabretooth2009 @ 07/22/2009 11:20:49 AM

    Good Job nelsonoah! thats the best comment I've read all morning! The policies of the past have undeniably been shown to NOT WORK. Why don't you rebel flag waving, right to bare arms supporting, Sarah "The Idiot quitter" Palin loving ,race hating bigots allow the current administration a swing at it, huh? It's not like you have a choice anyway. Us liberal pansies had to wait out the last eight years while America was being taken back to the Stone Age by these Republican Neanderthals the least you can do is allow the government a chance to see if this new course works out.

    • Posted By: nelsonoah @ 07/22/2009 11:34:27 AM

      Thank you, and my point exactly. Something new needed to be tried, so let's give it more than a 6 month chance.

  • Posted By: Freddy-da-Freeloader @ 07/22/2009 11:22:15 AM

    If it were not so pathetic, it would be very funny to read these antagonistic, combative, posts from semi-illiterate morons who are super confident of their bogus facts and figures. Obama's heading into lame duck status. The house of representatives has gotten the message that putting the country into socialist bankruptcy is very unpopular with the folks back home. The Pelosi / Reid self-serving rejects know that their jobs are on the line next year when unemployment is running over 12% and the national dept is running at additional trillions of worthless dollars (go blame that on George Bush, one of our worst presidents). Woe be unto us for electing "the One." The 'People' get the government they deserve. The Republicrats have finally begun to destroy our prosperity and way of life. Eight years of an idiot president and now a foreign-born socialist with Muslim / radical leanings. God bless America.

  • Posted By: Hogan_Gene @ 07/22/2009 10:11:03 AM

    I woulden't be a bit surprised if the military leaders do not take over when Kim dies, possibly before. Myanmar military leaders have profited from the wealth of the coun try for years and it appears that N. Korea is ripe for a similar type of "govrnment".

  • Posted By: asif3300 @ 07/22/2009 10:10:48 AM

    The main reason why there is little information on North Korea because to be honest right now the US could care less about that region. I mean the main thing on their mind is oil, and gold well that they have countries in africa, and the middle east is filled with gold. To be honest the Soviets are not much of a threat anymore, I mean Russia can barely keep its economy going so how is N. Korea even a threat. They declared war on Iraq and Afghanistan and Iraq so quickly yet N. Korea showed them hey we are making nukes yet they stand to do nothing. Iran right now is all over the news but there is little evidence of their nukes. North Korea openly says they want nukes but yet the US military does nothing! Stands to show you that this is all a game of politics no matter what US president is in charge.

  • Posted By: asif3300 @ 07/22/2009 10:03:41 AM

    You never know I think this new leader of North Korea might bring prosperous korea.

  • Posted By: daughterjudy19 @ 07/22/2009 9:57:28 AM

    MICHAELIX learn how to spell before you call anyone a monkey. If you have problems with who is in power, why not become a leader yourself. I can imagine you being the George Bush type. ILLITERATE!

  • Posted By: Publix357 @ 07/22/2009 9:55:05 AM

    Cheers to bensnewsweek, for getting this thread back on track

  • Posted By: bensnewsweek @ 07/22/2009 9:49:02 AM

    This article shows you how little we know about what we call intelligence about North Korea. What we do know is how unstable it has become much to the shock of the world this has already been predicted during the late 80's with the fall of the Soviet Union. If history teaches us any lessons is that a nation ran by military might in turn will destroy itself. For what little time Kim Jong iL has he knows that strength is nothing without support. For that he will need to mole his son into a public icon. For all the miss informed intelligence former president had it was clear that the North Koreans need to be address with the aid of Russia and China hope that still reminds an important agenda for the current administration.

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