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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Dec 18, 2011 23:30:25 GMT -5
Woah. That was... sudden. I'm not one to celebrate people's deaths, so I'll just say this: I'm not particularly saddened by the news.
I wish I could say that I'm hopeful for the nation's future, but we're almost certainly looking at a "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" situation here.
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Dec 18, 2011 23:31:55 GMT -5
I didn't even know he was... ill.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Dec 18, 2011 23:32:52 GMT -5
^^ Fuuuuuck, how did I miss that one?
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Dec 18, 2011 23:33:39 GMT -5
It was too painful, even for you?
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Post by Mantorok on Dec 19, 2011 0:01:21 GMT -5
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Post by the sandman on Dec 19, 2011 0:12:09 GMT -5
my first response was holy shit, the implications of this could be huge. Not really. Kim Jong Il was largely ignored and irrelevant on the world stage. He ruled over a nation with no strategic resources, location, or significance. True, they did appear to have rudimentary nuclear weapons, but without any way to mass produce them and with utterly no manner of delivery system other than Federal Express, their "nuclear capability" was a joke. (After all, we're talking about a nation without access to such basic technologies as e-mail, stable concrete, irrigation, reliable electricity, and indoor plumbing. Large portions of the nation did not yet have access to the technology of having floors made of anything other than dirt.) With Kim Jong Il's asshole son already in place to seize control, day to day life in North Korea will most likely either stay precisely as it is or drift even worse as Lil' Kim proves what a big, tough man he is.
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Post by stormwarden on Dec 19, 2011 0:22:05 GMT -5
If his successor is worse, then I'm concerned about the big picture. I'm concerned he might try to do something drastic. I don't know enough about the guy to make any judgments, so I'll hold off, but my suspicion is that the ruler's the puppet and the NK military the puppeteer. Forgive me if I'm not entirely enthusiastic just yet.
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kzn02
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Post by kzn02 on Dec 19, 2011 0:34:28 GMT -5
And not a single thing of value was lost. Though it's possible something may become worse.
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Post by Her3tiK on Dec 19, 2011 0:52:00 GMT -5
Kinda hoping the new guy takes a swing at China. The reaction would be hirarious. </insensitive>
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Post by anti-nonsense on Dec 19, 2011 1:17:23 GMT -5
Kinda hoping the new guy takes a swing at China. The reaction would be hirarious. </insensitive> i hope that does not happen because it would make things worse for the N. Korean public, mind you things are already pretty horrible for them, but still, we don't want to see them become worse.
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Khris
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Post by Khris on Dec 19, 2011 1:20:21 GMT -5
If that does happen i expect china to be like "Bitch who you think you talking to" then promptly kick ass
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Post by Meshakhad on Dec 19, 2011 1:36:55 GMT -5
It is not a good sign when being taken over by the People's Republic of China would be a GOOD thing.
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Post by stormwarden on Dec 19, 2011 2:05:55 GMT -5
China would rather avoid that. Think of the logistical nightmare of updating a 1950's infrastructure to the modern standard, to say nothing of the scope of the humanitarian crisis. Not saying it doesn't need to be done, it does. However, NK has been left to stew for so long that the whole situation would take a global response not seen since the Marshall plan to get a handle on.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Dec 19, 2011 3:57:24 GMT -5
Personally I'd rather South Korea take the north rather than China. For obvious reasons.
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Post by ironbite on Dec 19, 2011 6:29:24 GMT -5
They just might at this point. Just come boiling over the DMZ and take the country. And China wouldn't do shit due to how much of a nightmare North Korea's been for them.
Ironbite-be interesting to see what happens.
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