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North Korea regularly takes a "few shots" at South Korea and China. Their soldiers either skirmish with border soldiers or in the case of China, downright raid the border towns and shoot up the place.
It's amazing to me how much patience the world community, especially China and SK have for NKs shenanigans. This is called enabling. Lil Kim isn't just playing diplomatic chicken (which he is winning), he is going as far as he is can get away with. Lil Kim's bluster has real consequences. He routinely crosses the line and the world just redraws it.
It's gonna come down to some kind of head. China will have to finally reveal what cards they have and we'll see just how much influence they have.
In temrs of succession, the generals are all loyal to Kim's father. There are three sons: one who is totally retarded, another is a bastard and considered incompetent and the one slated for succession is a real loony toon. He is considered to be more hardline and "cruel" than his father so the next regime does not bode well.
It's truly sad that we have so little intel on them. Our own irrational fear of our Asian American population has stalled any development and cultivation of assets in NK, China, and the Middle East.
Diplomacy has to be backed up by credible threats of action (military or otherwise) in order to work. Kim has the upperhand, he calls the bluff everytime and now Iran will also.
Rockogre, Godzilla has not posted in awhile. He may be on hiatus, send him a PM or something. Actually a lot of people haven't posted in awhile too.
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