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N. Korea:[No. 331] Flood of Reports to Central Party "People on the Verge of Starvation Death"
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| 02/16/10
Posted on 02/17/2010 7:04:18 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: Texas resident
That’s why I’m stocking up as much as I can. Zero will have us just like NK in a year or so
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posted on
02/17/2010 8:00:24 PM PST
by
Quickgun
(As a former fetus, I'm opposed to abortion. Pray for Obama,Psalms109:8)
To: TigerLikesRooster
>>Enough potential here to credibly destabilize the regime.<<
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Starving the Ukraine at the tune of millions didn’t destabilize Stalin’s regime. It only grew stronger.
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posted on
02/17/2010 8:08:18 PM PST
by
353FMG
(Save the Planet -- Eliminate Socialism)
To: TigerLikesRooster
So, is cannibalism going to play a part in this starvation?
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posted on
02/17/2010 8:11:17 PM PST
by
calex59
To: bigheadfred
The only light at night in this giant socialist prison in in Kim il ChiaPet's palace complex.
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posted on
02/17/2010 8:13:39 PM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
They, the people of North Korea, deserve our prayers.
Thanks for the post.
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posted on
02/17/2010 8:47:21 PM PST
by
Wuli
To: 353FMG
The famine in 90’s may have some parallels with Ukrainian famine in 30’s. This is the second wave of starvation. I hazard to guess that, if another famine visited Ukraine some 10 years later after the initial one in 30’s, Ukrainians would have been less likely to sit around and wait for their death.
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posted on
02/17/2010 8:59:32 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
In a sense, communism and socialism are cannibalism.
Large parts of the human population feeds off of other parts - even to the point of death. Socialism just kills the food source slower than cannibalism.
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posted on
02/18/2010 7:18:23 AM PST
by
helpfulresearcher
(Bipartisanship: The PC Term for Collaboration with the Enemy)
To: helpfulresearcher
Socialism just kills the food source slower than cannibalism. And provides myriad of measly excuses for their failure.:-)
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posted on
02/18/2010 7:21:04 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
“...Ukrainians would have been less likely to sit around and wait for their death.”
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Yeah sure. They would all have grabbed pitchforks, shovels and axes and marched to Moscow where they would have been welcomed by Stalin with cannon, tanks, infantry and airial assault. Lots of luck.
Most Americans have no idea what a totalitarian government can do to its people. Have you noticed what Saddam Hussein did to his people, and Ayatollah Khomeini to his? And let’s not forget Mao and Pol Pot.
This ain’t 1776 no moh where the heaviest weapon was a musket. In order to liberate a nation, it will take a foreign force willing to do so. See WWII.
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posted on
02/18/2010 11:55:13 AM PST
by
353FMG
(Save the Planet -- Eliminate Socialism)
To: 353FMG
N. Korean regime has been undergoing significant decay since mid-90's. State control is failing not because of lack of brute force. Corruption is rampant among party officials and military. Security agents are also into it. Lure of money eroded state control to the point that the regime started to fear that the market commands more allegiance form people than the regime itself. Hence, the hasty currency reform, which failed miserably, causing another bout of serious starvation.
On top of it, regular military is in real decay, too. Everybody, civilians or military, has been experiencing acute food shortage, if not outright starvation.
Besides, if you have some seed of internal power struggle inside the regime and immediate neighbors trying hard to interfere and influence the political outcome, things are pretty fluid.
This is not the regime in its youth. It lasted for some 60 years and now badly eroded. Brutal repression has been in effect throughout its entire history. Still now it wears out, and barely standing.
Famine always create serious political complications. There should be enough fanatics who are loyal to the regime in order to ensure regime survival. Such loyalty is now gone.
Tanks worked their magic in N. Korea's past. Before 90's, there were some mass uprisings in provinces which were put down by tanks and troops. They don't have enough fuel for tanks. Most soldiers are malnourished and spend most of their time to find something to eat.
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posted on
02/18/2010 10:14:50 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
“Markets were abolished without addressing the problem of ration system, which is a badly ill-timed decision. Hasty implementation without (proper) preparation led to starvation death of urban workers.” <<<
The leaders should be shot.
My heart aches for all the citizens caught up in this disaster.
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posted on
02/19/2010 6:19:45 AM PST
by
nw_arizona_granny
( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Sadly, the Chinese Central Communist Party (CCP) is missing a real opportunity to take a step up on the world stage. They can push Kim Jong Il out, install a (-nother?) puppet of their choosing, and look like a new beacon of liberty and hope. They are clearly the primary ascendantpower in the world right now. The positive PR from rescuing several million souls from starvation at the hands of their own leader would go a long way towards helping the Left-leaning global media ignore some of China's other less-than-savory actions.
It's a tragic day when the CCP pays more attention to George Washington's admonitions to stay out of foreign affairs than our own leaders... even more tragic for a few million North Koreans.
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:01:22 AM PST
by
nw_arizona_granny
( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
To: TigerLikesRooster
You did a lot of research on this subject. Thanks for sharing the info. The North has suffered tremendously during and after the Korean War — I hope that the end of their suffering is in sight.
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posted on
02/19/2010 11:40:12 AM PST
by
353FMG
(Save the Planet -- Eliminate Socialism)
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