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To: TobagoJack who wrote (26779)	1/3/2003 9:49:53 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

It is becoming hard and harder to justify those USD300billion of "defense" spending.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (26779)	1/3/2003 10:17:41 PM
From: Jim Fleming	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

re N. Korea If I were China I would play my cards to be in a position to move on N.Korea as a deterrence to the terrorist threat from the "axis of evil". Then they could ask the U.S.to withdraw as part of a reunification package. They would kill two big birds with one stone, an unstable and dangerous N. Korea and a major U.S.military presence too close for comfort in the present world. Jim

To: TobagoJack who wrote (26779)	1/4/2003 10:23:23 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 74559

Sam, let’s talk, shall we? Clinton was specifically invited to go to N. Korea to talk but sent Ms. Albright instead. Since Russian aid has ended, N. Korea is in very bad economic shape. Its leadership is in a conundrum: Do we open up, let a little bit of globalization in, start the slow path to market economy, and make things a bit better for our populace--but in the process rejecting every bit of ideology we've ever stood for--or do we keep the reins tight and suffer, the populace be damned? In the meantime, the Colossus to the North of NK sets the example, which is ignored.