Wednesday, December 7, 2005

And all hope for political reform was lost

If North Korea really does have oil and it really can use it to, um, lubricate the gears of the economy, the fat cats in Pyongyang will have no reason to reform anything. Look at most of the allies the U.S. has in the Middle East, where democratic reforms are about as likely as snow in the Sahara.

4 comments:

  1. But if they do have oil then America will cease to bother them about Democracy. As long as they can access it that is.

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  2. San Nakji wrote:
    But if they do have oil then America will cease to bother them about Democracy. As long as they can access it that is.

    That was sort of my point with the last sentence.

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  3. Sorry, read it differently... Was thinking of your human rights' post a while back

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