Comments on: No nukes on brother Koreans

By: Paul H.

Paul H. — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:43:15 +0000

Interesting, I didn’t realize DPRK had felt
it necesssary since the beginning to maintain
a facade of multi-party unity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.....Fatherland

I see East Germany (former German Democratic Republic) felt it necessary to do the same:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.....Germany%29

Fascinating, as Mr Spock used to say. Undoubtedly due to the presence in both cases of a significant non-Communist rival state, thus the appearance of a multi-party state was necessary (unlike, say, in the newly Bolshevik USSR or Mao’s PRC).

By: Paul H.

Paul H. — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:39:37 +0000

Here’s a “Popular Front” that actually
governed (pre WWII France, Third Republic):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.....8France%29

By: Paul H.

Paul H. — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:48:59 +0000

“…Can anyone name one organization with “Front”
in its name that has ever been anything
besides an untrustworthy reactionary
political fringe group?”

Here’s one from pre WWII France (Third
Republic), they actually governed for a couple
of years so they can’t be realistically called
“fringe”:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.....8France%29

By: mateomiguel

mateomiguel — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:17:28 +0000

North Korea’s Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland has proven itself as a reliable and trustworthy authority on the policies of the North Korean regime in the past. Why would it lie now?

Actually this is the first I’ve ever heard of it. Can anyone name one organization with “Front” in its name that has ever been anything besides an untrustworthy reactionary political fringe group?

By: LivingnKorea

LivingnKorea — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:14:34 +0000

Gee! I am sure going to sleep better tonight………..not.