Kim Jong-un feeds uncle to pack of starving dogs

[OngBonga]

I think the solution is to impose harsh economic sanctions on them so their government struggles to function and their people starve. They will be forced to choose between feeding their people and maintaining military capability. If they choose the former, then they become weak enough to topple, and if they choose the latter, it's a propaganda victory for the West and they remain isolated.

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I think the solution is to impose harsh economic sanctions on them so their government struggles to function and their people starve. They will be forced to choose between feeding their people and maintaining military capability. If they choose the former, then they become weak enough to topple, and if they choose the latter, it's a propaganda victory for the West and they remain isolated.

Sure, sure, but China likes having the buffer. Even though they aren't fond of the crazy, they've gotta take what they can get, because a regime change in N. Korea is likely to not go well for China. Once the cult of personality spell is lifted, and wall of isolation is breached, there's not much reason to think the communist ideology of the current regime, the thing which unites the two countries, will have much influence. Also, if shit ever went down, China can count on N. Korea to bring the noise. And so, here we are, harsh economic sanctions from the west, while China, ever aware of what a crazy town it is, trickles just enough assistance to keep up the status quo.