No more iPods for you!
By Michael J.W. Stickings
He may have the bomb -- he being North Korea's diminutive totalitarian Kim Jong Il -- but the U.S. is trying to make it harder for him to acquire some of his favourite luxury items, such as iPods, plasma TVs, Rolexes, and Harley Davidsons. All part of a U.N. sanctions effort that, according to the AP, "would be the first ever to curtail a specific category of goods not associated with military buildups or weapons designs, especially one so tailored to annoy a foreign leader".
He'll find his diversions elsewhere -- surely there are billions of iPods floating around in the black market -- but I suppose it's worth a shot. Maybe his insatiable materialism will bring him to the negotiating table.
He may have the bomb -- he being North Korea's diminutive totalitarian Kim Jong Il -- but the U.S. is trying to make it harder for him to acquire some of his favourite luxury items, such as iPods, plasma TVs, Rolexes, and Harley Davidsons. All part of a U.N. sanctions effort that, according to the AP, "would be the first ever to curtail a specific category of goods not associated with military buildups or weapons designs, especially one so tailored to annoy a foreign leader".
He'll find his diversions elsewhere -- surely there are billions of iPods floating around in the black market -- but I suppose it's worth a shot. Maybe his insatiable materialism will bring him to the negotiating table.
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