North Korea vows nuclear retaliation for USA-SO.KO. military drills

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mrstickball said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Maybe he's harmless for the West, but he's even worse than Stalin for his people, he's slowly starving them to death, and not being intelligent as his father, and even less than Stalin, there is a higher risk that he tries something extremely stupid and disastrous. And South Korea is close, even a preemptive nuking would mean decennia of increased tumour rates also in the South (besides killing poor innocent Northern people that have no guilt for having been born in a tragic and ridiculous dictatorship).

So killing Kim now, then sending international aid, is the best solution to save his people.

Aid is not the best solution. The food simply goes to his army, while the people starve.

The best solution is engagement with his people. South Korean propoganda has a great policy 'Come And See'. I think working with China to pressure them to become more capitalistic would be better, too. China may be authoritarian, but they don't let their people starve like the DPRK does.

Formalized, real trade would do wonders for North Korea, just like Cuba. When the well-fed westerners flood in, the people will realize that good 'ol Kim Jong Il is a turd.

Problem is when S.Korea tried to do pretty much that (have real trade) N.Korea made it politically untenable for them to continue doing so.