Not only does it fuel a growing communist military machine at home, but it's heavily invested in Iraq and the ugly slave state of Sudan -- both on the State Department list of terrorist regimes.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: China cashes in

As ailing dictator Kim Jong Il uses his brinksmanship to secure a smooth transfer of control over his malnourished slave state to his son ahead of his death, it seems as though no one in the West has a clue what to do about North Korea.

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