What to do about North Korea? We can't fight them without writing off the millions of people living in Seoul, a city an hour's drive from the DMZ that will be annhilated within minutes of the commencement of war. But we can't negotiate with them because we can't trust them nor can we submit to blackmail. But if we don't do something, they are likely to sell off some nukes or the material needed to build them, which isn't really a cool thing.
Why not just buy him off? Kim Jung Il surely would capitulate to a kind of clemency or absolution that gives him freedom from persecution to go along with, say, 10 billion dollars and an island to live on somewhere. Hell, we could even offer to sell him arms so he can train and run a private army (albeit no one to fight with, as we'd preclude a navy and long-range missiles). We'd recoup most of the money we give him in arms sales.
Stock the island with old movies and nubile whores and let him play god. Sure beats the alternatives.
Posted by Nutrimentia at May 13, 2003 11:23 AM | TrackBack