Posted on Jul 6, 2017
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Until China fully commits to getting the little crazy man under control, this is going to be the norm. North Korea cannot strike the United States, if they try, we can intercept their missiles, and the counter strike would devastate them. If they strike South Korea, they may have more success with the first strike, but again they would be devastated by the counter strike. China cannot afford to see the United States on a war footing in Korea, it would be horrible for their economy. As China is about the only country left that is trading with North Korea, they need to step up. Nobody wants to see a nuclear war, even if the strikes are localized to the region, the effects would be felt globally. This is a bad situation. The problem is that we cannot do anything about it. North Korea wants to negotiate for eased trade sanctions. We don't negotiate with terrorists. We cannot impose tougher sanctions because we are not trading with them as it is. We could launch a military strike against mini stay puft, but that could make him a martyr which we don't need. So back to square one. China needs to put a leash on their chihuahua.
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THe US being on a war footing on the Korean Peninsula wooed not bother the Chines at all.,. It might interfere with the huge tourist trade between South Korea and mainline China though.
The South Korean do not expect China top stop NK, nobody does but the US. In fact Americans seem to be more frighted by the Norks than South Korea, China or Japan. My wife watched both South Korean news and US news and says that the south is pretty calm and more nervous of irrational reaction from Washington than Pyongyang.
The South Korean do not expect China top stop NK, nobody does but the US. In fact Americans seem to be more frighted by the Norks than South Korea, China or Japan. My wife watched both South Korean news and US news and says that the south is pretty calm and more nervous of irrational reaction from Washington than Pyongyang.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
1stSgt Nelson Kerr That is legitimate point. Anything that takes the focus off politics as usual in DC is good for them, bad for us. I just think that lil kim is batshit crazy, the idea of a crazy person with unilateral control of nuclear weapons is disconcerting.
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SSG Edward Tilton
Low cost imports are driving down wages and leaving Americans on Unemloyment. No loss there
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
PO3 Steven Sherrill - Batshit crazy men with control of nukes is nothing new. Mao and Stalin were far more murderously crazy with death toll larger than NKs population and we lived though them.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
SSG Edward Tilton - You don not care if allied civilians and US troops die en-mass, and i bet you think of yourself as a Christian
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
SSG Edward Tilton pissed they may be, but the last thing we need is a trade war with China over North Korea. China losing access to the largest consumer economy in the world is bad for them. The U.S. losing low cost imports from China would be bad for us. I don't necessarily think it will come to that, but in the current global setting anything is possible.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
SSG Edward Tilton - China has never done anything about it before and without going to war with us can do nothing about it this time. A trade war would destabilize China far more than it would hurt the US and the Chinese know it.
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