Well as I took the time to try to find some facts here they are.
Last year the US alone gave N. Korea 155,000 tons of gain and other food stuffs. The US was also one of the largest supporters of shipping oil to the N. Koreans.
Now the oil shipments are off. And the US contribution of food has been reduced to 40,000 tons.
Japan has also cut off most aid. And even the S. Koreans have reduced their aid to the north.
China is the only other real source supporting the N. Korean goverment. They have not reduced their aid, but have not increased it either. Nor can the Chinese very well afford to replace the reductions of the other 3 nations.
They were starving before. With these reductions a desperate situation is going to become untenable. The N. Koreans have become a nation of beggars, living on the donated foods and oil of others. Without these donations they can't continue, the county will collapse.
The solution is to stop underwritting a goverment of extortionists. With draw ALL aid until they agree to the requirments set out for them to EARN further aid. No matter what threats they utter, no more help for them while they threaten others.
No need to attack them. Just make it clear they will be struck hard if they try using force aginst anyone else.
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