Comments on: Plan B: How to Disarm Kim Jong Il Without Bombing Him

By: Chopped

Chopped — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:31:22 +0000

Out of the blue, I read the book Escape From Camp 14, and then the one about the Long Road Home. If NK dissolved overnight, it couldn’t get much worse. The underground capitalism is already in place, and the world would freely give aid. And what better example do they have than SK, to show them how to rise up? The hardest part would be unravelling the generations of brainwashing. These people have been told that their leaders are gods. But the Japanese were able to accept that there Emperor wasn’t a god. Who knows. The Koreans as a whole seem to be a special group of people. It is very hard to accept that these things happen to humans today, and on such a grand scale. You who are trying to raise awareness to the cause should thank the NK leaders for launching rockets and acting like idiots. If they wanted to be left alone and remain a secret, they are going about it the wrong way. I truly hope that this wrong can be righted in our lifetime.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:15:31 +0000

Fred, It seems to me that the questions you ask could just as well apply to any decision we make about North Korea, from whether we give them cash to whether the President of South Korea makes a public display of mourning for Kim Jong Il.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:59:46 +0000

Dear Mr. Stanton,

A concrete plan, based on real-world experience, for a worthy goal, deserves respect. Respect entails listening, and effective listening entails asking questions.

The Kim family regime probably would recognize such measures as threatening their power and wealth. What would they do? Keeping in mind that they have only one tool at their disposal, namely violence.

Do they believe their own propaganda and think they could win a war? There is, after all, no advisor in their court with any incentive to be truthful.

Would China be capable of restraining them?

Could the KFR be persuaded to go quietly into the sunset by the morally appalling measure of buying them off? They could live well as billionaires in China, and without the constant tension of guarding against coup attempts.

Is the experience of police negotiators with hostage takers applicable? The KFR is holding their own population hostage.

By: sim cha

sim cha — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:55:20 +0000

as a korean living in europe, “thank you very much “for your interest on this north korea problem. this primitive , ignorant kim jong -il with this stupid Ju-che Idea should be brought to international court ! I heard he also is an phadopile too !
how I shame on myself as korean !!!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:47:25 +0000

Glans, yes, I see your points and just wish that Chinese and North Korean leaders would ask, at this crucial time for some advice. Is there such a hot-line for world leaders? I know not.

So, I wonder how much influence China has on N. Korean policy, and are they just as insecure,
apparently about the west.
My impression is they are now in the same boat on the nuclear issue.

Can China also say Yes? I will wish for that.

By: Glans

Glans — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:29:16 +0000

Dave, note that Hecker says we should combine the three nos with one yes, “our willingness to seriously address North Korea’s fundamental insecurity”. The root of North Korean insecurity is, however, North Korea’s own policies.

Hecker also says, “The greatest current vulnerabilities in enforcement appear to be in China. Beijing has not been willing to tighten sanctions on Pyongyang to denuclearize …”. He hopes that if we grant the one yes, China will help to shut down North Koreas nuclear exports and imports.

I think China should take strong measures to denuclearize North Korea regardless of anything the USA says or does. But the Chinese leaders ask for my advice even less often than they ask for Hecker’s.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:22:32 +0000

Just found this…

Redefining denuclearization in North Korea

By Siegfried S. Hecker | 20 December 2010

http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/redefining-denuclearization-north-korea-0

and three no’s has a nice ring to it!

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:03:54 +0000

I Believe Korean Reunification is so close…close…close enough to the time!!!

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