I learn something new every day

[jamned]

An American ship, The Pueblo, surrendered to North Korea 40 years ago...and in peacetime no less

I wonder what would've happened had Johnson actually acted on the suggestion to use a nuke.

Edit: quoted so non nyt members can read

Comments

[xd_melchior]

It's a locked article, and I seemed to have forgotten that handy site with lists of logins. =x

[jamned]

hmm..i have to be logged in to view the article. I'll quote it in the original then.

[arichi]

For future reference, bugmenot.com (I think)

[quirkyfemme]

kristof is one of my favorite columnists

so is this woman

Her columns are like reading wikipedia

[jamned]

I didn't feel like the article really drove the point home, though I agree with her stance. I actually thought that Kristof's article was like a wikipedia one.

[arichi]

Wonderful article. Amazingly, the way to peace with such folk has been known since Smith's book back in 1776.

[jamned]

do you mean to trade with them or introduce capitalism? =D

Who decided that North Korea shouldn't trade with (most of) the outside world?

[arichi]

Trade with them, of course. This doesn't require any cooperation on the park of North Korea's government, just accept what they are willing to send and make it legal (here) for US Businessmen to conduct business in North Korea. No diplomats, etc, needed.

Capitalism, of course, is the opposite of war ; it is growing in China, which is the only nominally communist country to have an immigration problem (no word yet if North Koreans who immigrate to China are allowed to play for the Baltimore Orioles).

I don't know who decided that North Korea shouldn't trade with the outside world. If that decision was made here, we can reverse it. If the decision was made there, the best we can hope for is my first paragraph.

[jamned]

What happens if they don't want to send anything to America?

I read another of this journalist's editorials. He was allowed to go to North Korea for a visit, but inside the country he wasn't allowed to exchange currency. He could only get some North Korean currency from someone on the street who gave it to him as "something for his kids". From this I induce (deduce?) that it's probably illegal to do business with America on their side.