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2. The problem is feeding them just enables their government to spend more on weapons

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 04:13 PM

Apr 2017

That's already why the people are starving. Their leadership spends virtually all of their GDP on developing weapons to threaten their neighbors with.

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Does the world have a fundamental duty to save others from human rights abuses? [View all] Calculating Apr 2017 OP

Being a citizen of NK must be hell on earth. Jim__ Apr 2017 #1

The problem is feeding them just enables their government to spend more on weapons Calculating Apr 2017 #2

When Bill Clinton was president, NK agreed to IAEA inspections. Jim__ Apr 2017 #4

Yes, I believe we owe each other than much at least. alarimer Apr 2017 #3