11.29.06
U.S. To Kim: “No iPod For You!”
U.S. bans sale of iPods to North Korea
This really reads like an Onion article.
Is the crux of our North Korea really to annoy Kim Jong Il into submission? And do we really think that he won’t be able to obtain iPods, Jet Skis, et. al. on the sly?
If countries can evade sanctions on friggin’ nuclear materials, I suspect North Korea will be able to sneak in a few bottles of Hennessy.
All this isn’t to say that there’s any harm to trying (other than potentially pissing Kim off even more, which seems pretty irrelevant anyway given current attitudes); I just really hope there’s more to our policy than restricting toys.