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Re:The Secret History of Kim Jung Il -- written by one of hi... by nl on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @06:35PM (#3375686)
Saying NK is a PRC puppet is like saying South Korea is a US puppet.

China is glad NK exists as a buffer against the US zone of influence (South Korea, Japan, Taiwan), but NK causes China a lot of problems too (eg, there is a crystal-meth problem in the border zones because North Korea produces it as a medicine(!!)[1])

[1] http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/06/19/north-korea...

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Re:The Secret History of Kim Jung Il -- written by one of hi... by forensic on Wednesday December 21, 2011 @02:41AM (#3376747)
Geopolitically, South Korea is a puppet state of the American Empire. So is Japan.

Both countries invaded Iraq for oil at the command of George Bush II.

Both countries have ~30,000 imperial troops stationed there.

Both countries toe the imperial line on foreign policy.

Why can't Americans see their own Empire? The rest of the world does.

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