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I really don't think Kim is smart enough to get the message unless it takes his head off. That's why I believe that assassination is the only effective answer and that it will be a boon to the people of North Korea as well as the rest of the world. China should smarten up and go along. Their "Mini-Me" is not doing them any favors.

the North Koreans are so Brainwashed and Isolated they have No idea or even a Grasp of Reality...

As far as I am concerned North Korea is nothing more than a political boogeyman to trot out when expedient. As I have said before allowing them to grab as much loose nuclear material as possible gives us an easy to follow paper trail as it were.
A command structure of nepotism and internal thought control that they operate is not very cohesive if the command structure is decapitated. They are basically required to worship the dear leader as a god. To me it is a great place to contain much mischief which might otherwise end up in more nefarious hands. What's the size of the country? Utah maybe? These people are not allowed to think independently....like liberals (difference being they aren't allowed to run off at the mouth).
Perhaps I am a bit jaded but North Korea seems like a great place to use in tandem with South Korea as a permanent almost bloodless military trainng facility. I could be wrong.
Gives us a great excuse to keep a large military force in close proximity to China though doesn't it?