Can you predict the outcomes of sanctions on N. Korea?

Question

As you heard, Bush and Austrailia and Japan is pressing sactions on North Korea. Bush said the talk is failed.

Can you predict the outcomes of the sanctions?

Do you believe N. Korea will abanden its program, or will they be more aggressive? Or will they not take any action to buy some time?

If none of the above, what else can you think of?

I get what BeachBum said.

It is true that NK is highty phobic about the American invasion (especially from the example of the Iraq invasion).

But I do not see it as taking counter-stance against the American aggression.

I think, the NK has been doing its typical bluff so that they can maitain their ruining state.

Can you elaborate more on your opinion?

Answer 1

All of your suggestions are possible. Korea is an industrial nation and quite possibly if it is in their best interest (financially) they can be persuaded to slow, modify or stop the programs causing the worlds concern. I honestly do not know.

Answer 2

Sanctions will have little affect on N.Korea but N.Korea will refuse to stop its nuclear weapons program irregardless of those sanctions.

The reason is because N.Korea is notorious for being isolationist, which is not necessarily a bad thing. It just means they don't like to be told what to do so they make sure they don't need anybody else.

Honestly, can you blame N.Korea for restarting its nuclear program? I don't.
Let's take a look at why:
- Dec. 2001 Bush removes the USA from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. That is long range nuclear weapons.
- Jan. 2002 Bush addresses the nation and to the world announces N.Korea, Iran and Iraq are on his axis of evil.
- 2003, Bush, ignoring the UN and the world, invades one of those on his axis of evil, Iraq.
- 2003 N. Korea announces it will remove itself from the NPT, nuclear proliferation treaty.... the treaty requires a 3 month notice of which they did
- 2004 N. Korea announces he has restarted its nuclear weapons program and will be testing in the near future.

So you see, N. Korea is not really doing anything but preparing itself against aggressive actions made by the USA.

Answer 3

They will do the exact same thing this country would do if in the same posistion. They would not back down or stop any program. They are idiots for trying to press any sanctions. All this will do is cause more "unstableness" and the stock brokers to bid up the price of crude so that the prices of gas go up again!

Answer 4

There will be no santions because the UN has no cahonas and the way the rest of the world likes to stab us in the back we should just come back home and let them deal with something for a change

Answer 5

Silly question.

DPRK is completely unpredictable (to Western modes of thought). Full of surprises.

I like surprises, btw.