Putin and commies at the Kremlin keep NK proped up because it's a living breathing flashback of the good ol' days and is one of their proxy war fronts against the US and western europe. Putin must get all weepy when he watches videos of this:
20 posted on 07/08/2006 7:35:57 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
Putin stages massive military marches every year on the anniversary of the end of WWII in europe. And all of the marchers are decked out in '80s Soviet uniforms.
27 posted on 07/08/2006 9:00:49 PM PDT by Thunder90