North Korea --- No need to explain -- they recently threatened to wipe the US off the face of the earth --- BUT if you take the time to read their official news source -- uh -- wow -- it really does make Fox look fair and balanced -- in fact it makes FOX and CNN look like the academia of broadcasting You might think we in the west are barraged with crap --- and we are -- BUT N Korea is the best of the best at spewing crap -- the very cream of the crop because as we all know in certain aspects of life --- some stuff floats -- cream and "other" things float Nonetheless --- China is their friend -- their traditional military and economic partner -- and many N Korean women end up marrying men in China because of a lack of females -- If you keep killing female babies it will sooner or later make for a boring Saturday night -- They come from N Korea The 2 American journalists wanted to expose that === human trafficking and sex slaves from N Korea to China --- They were arrested as traitors China tied the hands of the US -- You can not use military force to board those ships --- You must ask -- China put that in and refused to pass any legislation at all unless that was in it Why would China tie the hands of a minor nuclear power that is threatening and has been for a while various peoples with nuclear war China buys oil from Iran --- China has nuclear scientists working with Russian scientists to build a nuclear reactor in Iran --- Israel and the US have been implying they might bomb -- might invade --- might launch surgical strikes for a while now China buys oil from Iran in its own currency -- and a good portion of China's economy relies on Iranian oil --- and they are going to need more not less in the coming decades Iran is in turmoil -- the former Treasury secretary under Regan is screaming with piles of documents in hand -- This is a CIA covert operation -- His last 6 articles are about just that http://www.vdare.com/roberts/all_columns.htm Is there a connection between Iran China and N Korea ? Why did China tie the hands of the US ? Why has China and Russia been so quiet about N Korea ? Why has everyone forgotten about recent naval standoffs between US and Chinese ships ? What about China's increased worry that the US is a dead beat who can't pay?