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I say put an economic siege on North Korea. Since they have no natural resources to think of, it will be just a matter of time before they give in. The Commies can build all the guns they want but that means nothing if the soldiers starve.

Japan and Europe (not nececessarily their governments, but their unsupervised private companies with key technologies being scouted out by North Korean agents at trade shows and then purchased/shipped through third countries), will get around it or look the other way.

This academic exercise of 'economic embargo' that the Administration is thinking about is only doomed to failure, IMHO. It will be as porous as the slices of Swiss cheese I snacked on earlier today. But let's let them try it for awhile at least until we can judge the results and move on to the next options....

The only things that will work w/ North Korea and Gen. Kim Jong il probably are as follows:

--Assassination/Coup d'etat and regime change by purely internal elements but supported to external forces

--A stream of N. Korean refugees into China into UNHCR refugee camps causing internal collapse in Pyongyang

--A propaganda campaign of hijacked N. Korea TV/Radio frequencies and balloon drops with leaflets/food to reach the people directly

--And finally, a strategic strike on N. Korean nuke plants and missile production/launch facilities, with probably a larger invasion war.

I think we got a Cold War brewin'...........

Yeah, after all our economic ebargoes on Cuba and Iraq have been so successful...

Scouts out! Cavalry Ho!