North Korean leader reported to be in China

Platapus · 08-27-10, 03:25 PM

The last thing China wants is a war. They are making too much money to risk it. This is why I am in favour of trading with everyone. There is nothing like a profit to ease cultural differences.

Economics make strange bedfellows $$$$$$$

Takeda Shingen · 08-27-10, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

The last thing China wants is a war. They are making too much money to risk it. This is why I am in favour of trading with everyone. There is nothing like a profit to ease cultural differences.

Economics make strange bedfellows $$$$$$$

^^ This. China does one thing only: What is good for China. Screwing us over in trade is a whole lot more profitable than shooting at us, so don't look for Chinese armies on the Korean Penninsula anytime soon.

Besides, to entertain the doomsday scenario, if China were to fight a war with the US it would almost certainly be over Taiwan, not Korea.

Jimbuna · 08-27-10, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

^^ This. China does one thing only: What is good for China. Screwing us over in trade is a whole lot more profitable than shooting at us, so don't look for Chinese armies on the Korean Penninsula anytime soon.

Besides, to entertain the doomsday scenario, if China were to fight a war with the US it would almost certainly be over Taiwan, not Korea.

Precisely

Gerald · 08-27-10, 04:39 PM

CHANGCHUN, China (AP) -- North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il reportedly met top Chinese leaders on Friday in an apparent bid for Beijing's diplomatic and financial support for a succession plan involving his third and youngest son, who is said to be traveling with him.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08...n-speculation/

Note;Published August 27, 2010

Platapus · 08-27-10, 04:44 PM

that actually makes a lot of sense.

08-27-10, 04:52 PM

Is this why Jimmy Carter entered and left NK so easily? Or was it his 1978 speach about our inordinate fear of communism? Like Obama's speach about Islam being misunderstood?

The Carter failure analogy narative continues.

TLAM Strike · 08-27-10, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by The Third Man

Is this why Jimmy Carter entered and left NK so easily? Or was it his 1978 speach about our inordinate fear of communism?

According to the current constitution of the DPRK, North Korea is not a communist state.

08-27-10, 03:25 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,391 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The last thing China wants is a war. They are making too much money to risk it. This is why I am in favour of trading with everyone. There is nothing like a profit to ease cultural differences. Economics make strange bedfellows $$$$$$$ __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-27-10, 04:39 PM	#4
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Kim Jong Il's trip spurs succession speculation CHANGCHUN, China (AP) -- North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il reportedly met top Chinese leaders on Friday in an apparent bid for Beijing's diplomatic and financial support for a succession plan involving his third and youngest son, who is said to be traveling with him. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08...n-speculation/ Note;Published August 27, 2010 __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

08-27-10, 04:44 PM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,391 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	that actually makes a lot of sense. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-27-10, 04:52 PM	#6
The Third Man Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Is this why Jimmy Carter entered and left NK so easily? Or was it his 1978 speach about our inordinate fear of communism? Like Obama's speach about Islam being misunderstood? The Carter failure analogy narative continues.