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Old 01-10-2003, 09:18 AM  
Vendot
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> do you think that China is going to throw their entire
> economy into a massive tail spin by losing Most Favored
> Nation Trading status with the US and risk losing WTO
> membership and distancing themselves from Western
> Europe?

Dude..... do you really think they would give a fuck? In the event of a World War III it would be about survival. All economies would collapse because there could be no trade, infrastructure would be deleted and money would all be spent on recovery.

> Do you think that Russia can afford to be against anyone
> when they are broke, billions of dollars in debt with the
> World Bank, Internation Monetary Fund, Western
> Countries and totally dependant on the Dollar?

There is no fucking way you can determine the geo-political configuration of such a war in advance. Its feasible that in such circumstances they would ally with muslim nations who could solve their financial problems but again.... if it goes nuclear, no-one gives a fuck.

> In fact, right now, it is North Korea against the world in
> what is probably going to be the last great political move of
> a dying government.

I place great emphasis on the term "right now". Theres no fucking way you can determine how things will play out.

> I dont think that anyone should back down to nuclear
> threats from North Korea just because their Stalinist
> dictatorship is failing and they have no other leverage
> or influence in the world or region.

Not backing down = nuclear war. You cant invade Korea and not expect to be nuked. Its a sad fact that the nuclear option is a genie that has been loosed from the bottle and theres no going back.

> China and Russia do not need to "support the US".... but
> you cannot prove in any possible way that they are
> supporting North Korea right now.

I never said I could prove that but I can promise you, if it comes down to the World War III there is no fucking way that China or Russia would support the US. They fucking hate too much about western culture & ideology not to mention the fact that democracy by its nature threatens their own regimes. China also has a major beef with the US over Taiwan.

> North Korea is finding itself very alone and isolated in
> the world right now. the only place they have support is
> on GFY. not that it is a great surprise.

Who's fucking supporting them? Im just a realist.
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