[Marxism] Re: What will be effect of N Korea nuclear test?

[dwalters@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

According to http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/, Venezuela has joined the world's
nations in condeming N.Korea's nuclear test.

At anyrate...on Fred's contribution, I think there is actually, little the US
can do to N. Korea short of an attack of some sort which carries risks even the
US doesn't want to take. Any "embargo" on N.Korea will be useless since they
have very little trade, no loans, no foreign exchange, nothing that anything
the world wants that would somehow effect N. Korea's already destroyed economy.

Most supplies come in by way of China and we know the Chinese, as Fred correctly
points out, does what is in the interests of the Chinese when it comes to their
own back yard. I suspect that any real fight between the US/S.Korea on one side
would be against the 2 million strong N.Korean army on the other. That N.Korea
may have a f"anatical popular base of support when it defends sovereignty" is
probably wholly irrelevant since it's a starving population, basically
*demobilized* by it's own gov't policies. I really don't think, however, the US
would be THAT stupid to get into a shooting war with a country that is suspected
of having more than the one nuke it tested yesterday.

David


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