freecounterpoint: It Glows When They Meet

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Hey, between the two they've cornered all the 'iums.

My Frontier Thesis said...: Moscow and Pyongyang had been in secret talks since 2002 over a plan for Russia to import the uranium and enrich it before selling it on as nuclear fuel to China and Vietnam.

After being so close during the Berlin Wall days, it's not surprising to see that they are still yuking it up. A more interesting question might be: which of the four are better at "influencing" how their subjects think? Or, which is better at taking care of dissent?; 12/03/2006 8:45 PM
Arelcao Akleos said...: NK is probably more systematically successful in stomping on domestic faces. As for those faces in foreign lands, Moscow has had brilliant success.; 12/03/2006 8:52 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...: Yes, you're probably right. I saw some footage taken in secret of a NK execution (in my best Borat voice), "some crazy guys tried to leave beautiful North Korea! They were caught and had to be shot!" They used bullets. Today, the Russians seem to be using Bond tactics, with the nuclear-laced food and all. Whatever happened to good old fashion potassium cyanide?; 12/03/2006 9:04 PM