15-Feb-13 WV-Economists shocked at shrinkage of eurozone

[John]

15-Feb-13 World View -- Economists shocked at severe shrinkage of eurozone economy


S. Korea unveils cruise missile that can strike anywhere in N. Korea

** 15-Feb-13 World View -- Economists shocked at severe shrinkage of eurozone economy
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi ... 15#e130215



Contents:
Russia's mass arrest of St. Petersburg Muslims raises specter of blowback
Economists shocked at severe shrinkage of eurozone economy
S. Korea unveils cruise missile that can strike anywhere in N. Korea


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Russia, St. Petersburg,
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, North Caucasus,
eurozone, France, Germany, Alan Greenspan,
North Korea, South Korea

[Reality Check]

But with North Korea becoming a nuclear weapons state, and with neither China nor the United Nations able to take any meaningful counter-steps, some experts believe that the focus will have to change to find ways to prevent it from transferring technology or weapons to other rogue states or to terrorist groups. (It's hard for me to see how this new focus will be any more successful than the old focus.)

This reminds me of the line of reasoning regarding Iran's nuclear program where it was often stated in the West that the Mullahs wanted to negotiate away their nuclear program, but the people would not let them.

Then the Iranian people revolted against the Mullah lead dictatorship, which required a brutal armed crushing of the anti-government protests by the Mullahs' militia and the Revolutionary Guard. After that, this line of reasoning was no longer popular in the West.

The concept that China's government wants to restrain North Korea, but has no power to reign in North Korea, is more rationalization by some in the West.

China could reverse North Korea's policy by merely slowing down the trains that deliver North Korea's basic staples from China.

The simplest explanation is usually the correct one. North Korea behaves this way because it's only supporter capable of keeping the North Korean regime in power, wants North Korea to behave this way.