Originally Posted by MontyB

Well my personal opinion is that we should sit back let them dance off the cliff and keep a hacksaw handy to cut the chain while they are hanging there.

North Korea has pushed the boundaries long enough it is time we stopped allowing them to hold the world to ransom and accepted the consequences now rather than later when they will only be worse.




Tell me will placating them for another 12 months make the situation any better how about 10 years from now will there be less people in Seoul for them to shell?

I am sorry but I believe it is time to end this nonsense where some inconsequential sh*thole holds the region to ransom because it is too paranoid to fix its problems.

This right here is all I am saying... I believe we should stop this circle of appeasing NK. It is complete blackmail with what they are doing. I believe we shouldn't give no aide at all no more to them to see how long their regime last. I think we should tell them to either put up or shut up and ignore their silly chants and threats.

I don't think the North Korean leadership read Thomas Schelling's book "The Strategy of Conflict". The only thing they are interested in is staying in power and have wealth and luxury. They are very corrupt and rule with an iron fist. They also are very affraid to lose that lifestyle. That's why they bark and threat at anyone who points a finger at them. It has worked since the 50's. Such "leaders" also need a big army, secret service and frightening police force. The Generals are pampered so they have also a lot to lose if they fall into disfavor.

For decades China backed the NK regime. But they start to get the jitters because SK is getting sick of the threats and said enough is enough. China wants a status quo. NK functions as a buffer to SK democracy. If a conflict erupts they have to choose sides.

So offer China half of North Korea to help sort it out, they are territory mad so would probably go for it and they get a crappy piece of dirt as a buffer from the west.

Maybe so, maybe offer China some more legistration free banking in the U.S. or something to make it worth their while.

Offer them something better that N.K. offer, and they just may not refuse.

Hell maybe even co occupation and rebuilding, I am talking infrastructure not military force delpoyments this time either.

Of course I do feel a little naive about thinking for a moment of how well appeasment works...

If the North Korean problem is ever to be solved, it will be when China says that it has had enough and China cannot afford to let North Korea run wild forever.

Very Much agreed.

This would require China having something that benifits them more than the support of N.K.

As time goes on this may become more of a reality.