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Originally Posted by aZooZa  I agree, but the beauty of it is as a summation of sentiment with the barest minimum of verbiage -- i.e. it 'does what it says on the tin' and in six letters to boot.  |
A major flaw of such oversimplification is that, by "creating" a public enemy, one loses sight of the complexity of Realpolitik. For instance, some naively think that China would aggresively back the North Korean Kim regime (like they did in the 1950s), not knowing that circumstances now are VERY different from those back then (with e.g. South Korea now being one of their BIGGEST foreign investors).
Again, if any foreign country is to intervene (not counting South Korea), it would be China, which shares a common border with North Korea, and any instability there would prompt a HUGE influx of refugees. (For those who know NOTHING about Korea and Asia, there are MILLIONS of Korean descent living in China right now, at least partly a result of the turmoil in the area during the first half of the last century.)
More importantly, most sensible minds would not dare to relive that ugly chapter of killing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians during the second US invasion of Iraq. Getting rid of the Kim (FYI: Kim, NOT Jong-il, is the family name) regime is one thing, waging an all out war against North Korea won't even get the nods of most South Koreans.
Yes, the real world is complicated.
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Originally Posted by Raider If members like myself had access to the button, this World would be a much safer place.  |
Yeah, I'm sure the world would be much safer when we all play with clubs and stones, AFTER people like you gained access to that button AND PRESSED IT. LOL!