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Author Topic: Additional CIA japes [DPRK Thread]  (Read 553795 times)

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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #570 on: April 02, 2013, 07:22:22 am »

I'm with MH on this. I think it's more propable that China will just barge into NK, flip the current regime over and put a puppet there to ensure the peace is back.
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #571 on: April 02, 2013, 07:25:13 am »

It might be a move to set up a safety net of sorts, if they expect NK to get stomped it's reasonable to expect a large number of refugees/deserters.

Atleast that's what I hope it is, China can't be this crazy to actually go trough with this BFF stuff they have with NK.

E: Or what the ninjas suggest.
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #572 on: April 02, 2013, 08:02:53 am »

I think it's just a show of force.
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #573 on: April 02, 2013, 09:52:51 am »

Well, RT and Washington Times aren't worth spit as sources (no offense Haspen, I wouldn't necessarily expect you to know that). But yeah, there does seem to be a heightened alert status for PRC forces in that region. That could just as well be in response to increased US and Japanese activity in the region as well.

Interesting times indeed.  :-\
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #574 on: April 02, 2013, 10:15:12 am »

I'm with MH on this. I think it's more propable that China will just barge into NK, flip the current regime over and put a puppet there to ensure the peace is back.
A Chinese puppet in NK and a American puppet (note: I don't really believe this) in SK: What a puppet show!
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #575 on: April 02, 2013, 10:37:00 am »

I'm with MH on this. I think it's more propable that China will just barge into NK, flip the current regime over and put a puppet there to ensure the peace is back.
A Chinese puppet in NK and a American puppet (note: I don't really believe this) in SK: What a puppet show!
Bear in mind that while the people are terrified of their Immortal God-King-President, he is *their* Immortal God-King-President. Installing a puppet is going to be tricky even for the Chinese. One possibility would be installing Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-il's eldest son who was passed over in the succession and who lives either in Beijing or Macau.
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #576 on: April 02, 2013, 10:38:38 am »

Very interesting idea.
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #577 on: April 02, 2013, 10:42:31 am »

Wouldn't be terrible either. Whlie he is reportedly a drunk and a gambler, he's also apparently a reformist and has dared to make comments to the effect of "hey, maybe we should try to run North Korea a little more like other countries". So he's not totally batshit crazy.
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #578 on: April 02, 2013, 10:46:55 am »

I'd be willing to take the job.

"Oh, hey, China and US, I know you said to do that thing, and we're totally going to, but it's going to have to wait until I spread around all this food."
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #579 on: April 02, 2013, 01:46:44 pm »

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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #580 on: April 02, 2013, 01:50:10 pm »

Chinese puppetry is really the best possible scenario for everyone involved.
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #581 on: April 02, 2013, 06:31:36 pm »

Kim Jong Un must really hate his life.
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #582 on: April 02, 2013, 06:32:48 pm »

Doubt it. He can get almost anything he wants second-hand through China.
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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #583 on: April 02, 2013, 06:37:52 pm »

Doubt it. He can get almost anything he wants second-hand through China.
But can he buy a child's laugh?

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Re: Nothing Normal Never Happens In North Korea
« Reply #584 on: April 02, 2013, 06:39:26 pm »

Doubt it. He can get almost anything he wants second-hand through China.
But can he buy a child's laugh?

Easy. Hand one some food and he's pretty well set for that.

Which is really only sad in context, since I can make my Niece laugh with candy pretty easily and she's far from starving.
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