tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147417.post114947795341587093..comments2023-04-14T05:46:15.904-04:00Comments on GW North Korea: Is N Korea following the footsteps of China?Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07842044872387705911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147417.post-1149684787272617332006-06-07T08:53:00.000-04:002006-06-07T08:53:00.000-04:00While China turns a friendly shoulder to the US an...While China turns a friendly shoulder to the US and it's allies it is also increasing it's military strength at an alarming rate. It is a well known fact that they understate their military spending each year. In the near future they will have a blue water navy. Do not forget that they are a Communist government. Just because they have opened up their markets does not mean that they have the same ideals as we do. They suppress in thier people every freedom that we hold dear. They adjusted thier economy profile just to increase their own military might and thusly their status as a world power. If the same is done with North Korea then the free world would only only be shoring up the strength of our enemies whether anyone wants to beleive it or not. The best thing for North Korea is a regime change to a truely democratic country and not one in name only. If I may quote the words of Ronald Reagan “No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147417.post-1149683422970693472006-06-07T08:30:00.000-04:002006-06-07T08:30:00.000-04:00I suppose you could say that acts of economic inte...I suppose you could say that acts of economic integration, such as the Kaesong industrial complex, will "smoothen" the transition.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that the South Korean government is doing all it can to prop up the Northern regime. They are willing to let millions of people, who are constitutionally considered citizens of their country, suffer brutality and death under one of the most oppressive regimes in recent history. <BR/><BR/>The South Korean reunification ministry's goal isn't to reunify with the North, it is to prevent it. By ignoring all wrongs North of the DMZ and giving economic aid to the North Korean regime they are prolonging its existence. Reunification would be an economic disaster for South Korea, and the South Korean government is determined to prevent it, regardless of the human costs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com