Why is North Korean disarming? They have nothing to lose and knows US wouldnt attack?

Question

NK knows just like the rest of the world that US is bogged down with 2 very unpopular wars and knows US would never attack NK....so why is NK caving in and disarming? someone explain please

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Answer 1

They're not disarming. They are giving up their nuclear weapons ambitions. If warfare broke out on the peninsula, North Korea would have only a 30 day supply of fuel (or less) for their military vehicles and armored units. The pipeline from Russia was shut down when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. The North Koreans had to scramble and move a lot of coal to their power generating stations to use as fuel for generating electricity. It didn't work. There's a classic satellite photo of the Korean peninsula which shows only a few lights in and around Pyongyang, while South Korea is lit up like a Christmas display. The nuclear reactor at Yongbyon was supposed to close that energy gap. But, it's an ME-250 graphite-cooled reactor. Just like the one which sat at Chernobyl in the Ukraine.
Their people are starving. Even the elite military guards at the Pamunjon Truce Site are beginning to look like members of the Nicole Richie anorexia club. They saw the aftermath of Libya's Khadaffi giving up his nuclear ambitions. Aid and contracts flowed in to Tripoli. If Kim Jung Il didn't follow suit, he would have spent a lot of time looking over his shoulder to see if some general was going to put a bullet into that head below the brillo pad hairdo. Even the most ardent worshiper of Kim's late father has come to realize that "Ju Che" (Self Reliance) is a charade when the country doesn't have the materials and resources to practice such an economic philosphy.

Answer 2

Disarming, where did you hear that? North Korea has a very large standing army and the most fortified border on the planet, perhaps you've heard of the DMZ?

North Korea is dismantling their nuclear program, due to sanctions and the possibility of more sanctions.

The economy of North Korea is best described as in terminal decline, with out aid from surrounding nations the country would collapse. Which is a situation that needs to be avoided, because as bad as their government is, no government would lead to massive uncontrolled weapons and technology transfer to rouge nations.

Answer 3

North Korea is the crappiest nation on the face of the planet, do you think they can afford any more economic sanctions? No, and the Chonger could be wising up to that. Not to mention, the US doesn't need to have a full war to defeat North Korea, a couple of B-2s could fly in, obliterate all nuclear and ICBM facilities and leave.

Not to mention, Dubyas almost out of office, if I was in his shoes I'd be tieing up my axis of evil with a couple of grandeous F-you North Korea and Iran.

Answer 4

Ha-ha you think NK could do anything but annoy the world...Wow never been to Korea have you
I’m not even going to answer your question because its asinine but i will take 2 points

Answer 5

They can't afford the sanctions. With all the things going wrong in China with the lead paint incidents, Korea is next to snap up the market and they don't want to lose the opportunity, so they're avoiding sanctions at all costs.

Answer 6

It were wise of them to make that sacrifce for the good of mankind in the creation of peace on earth goodwill to men on planet earth.
After that we try to help them solve their misery in saving their little ones which they were not even aware of what went wrong out there for the good of mankind.
Decode this lyrics " Who will save the world"
The mystery of the misery on the survival and advancement of living human kind being expose by the mystery of us-911.
While they were not even aware of the mess of their own creation in own backyards.
Once the mess in Iraq is cleared will know what went wrong out there.

Answer 7

straight forward: they're hungry. Being the unusual-guy-out between international locations has fee them. Their all of us is ravenous and that's the super hurdle to being waiting to import nutrients and generate a splash greater commerce. it is no longer approximately no count if or no longer they might have palms or no longer, there is not any component in having nukes if tens of millions starve to dying. they decide for nutrients, and that they decide for commerce, and that they decide for greater advantageous family members with South Korea, plus their substantial lifeline, China, has positioned alot of rigidity on them to cooperate.

Answer 8

Have you ever seen the movie "The Mouse that Roared"? Look it up.

Answer 9

They our stalling for time like Iraq did.