Biggest blow was backstabbing of Qaddafi. No recovering from that.
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Replying to @orsoraggiante
Lol pretty sure you know the whole sordid saga - Libya giving up WMD program and Qaddafi getting sodomized and bombed as a reward.
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Replying to @i_contemplate_
Oh, that. Yes. Although the disarmament and bombing were not quite related, still proves the Indian general's observation from 1990 right
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that you do not go to war with the US without nuclear weapons. Highlights the need for insurance, something others won't forget
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And now it's impossible to dissuade paranoiacs like Jong Un that there is ANY game theoretic scenario where he could give up power and live.
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Well...we can give him the example of Assad. As long as you have a loyal P-5 patron, you're fine even without nukes. But I doubt Kim trusts
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China that much. Closest relations, but still plenty of bad blood there...
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Right but they already have nukes! Not the greatest ones, but enough. Why won't they at least liberalize the economy?
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Not sure how helpful it would be - just look at the sanctions they are under. No one left to trade with!
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But an autarkic yet 'free' domestic market is better than the current controls at least? Plus there's plenty of smuggling over the Yalu
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