today

Just as those in the West, who kowtow to greed and extravagance by purchasing Chinese goods, while Chinese money leads to the continued deaths, torture and persecution of the Tamils in Sri Lanka should know better, so too has North Korean greed at least temporarily apparently saved the world from yet another nuclear holocaust - according to refugees.

"All Kim Jong-il thinks about is himself and because of that, he won't start a war," said Cho, a North Korean defector, echoing the comments of several others.

IMO: Kim Jong-il is sick and will probably soon die. What about those who succeed him ? May they not find that a hard line suits their interests ? Greed is not good.