Korea - not going to end well

[doc]

The "problem" is where the People's Republic of China stands on this matter. If the Chinese leave the North Koreans to fend for themselves, any military conflict will be over by lunchtime. If China stands with North Korea, as it did in the 1950s UN Police Action, different story. Massively different story.

Would 1080 help ?

[Pixie]

Huntington's chorea never ends well

[Hitcher]

Huntington's chorea never ends well

As my ex-Uncle could attest.

[Street Gerbil]

Back to the original subj. nothing will happen whatsoever. The only player who can push N. Korea sufficiently is USA, but current administration won't dare because China support NK and Chinese own the US debt.

[Hans]

The WATCHCON level has now been raised to 2. Bad juju.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WATCHCON

[Hitcher]

The only player who can push N. Korea sufficiently is USA

Don't underestimate the resolve of either the South Koreans or the Japanese.

[davereid]

Don't underestimate the resolve of either the South Koreans or the Japanese.

This may be the tipping point for Japan's Domestic Defence Force to re-equip militarily.

Or to be more precise, to change Japanese policy to allow it to be involved in a war that is not directly for self defence within its own territory.

While China flexes its muscles, the US remains its biggest customer, and the US is still the biggest, if somewhat aging and overweight man on the street. The US is still more important to China than China is to the US.

[Swoop]

This may be the tipping point for Japan's Domestic Defence Force to re-equip militarily.

You do realise that Japan has built the first of two aircraft carriers? These are the first since their last one went to the bottom during WW2. This is against their own laws, but they are calling it a "helicopter carrier" class of vessel to get around that small issue.

[spacemonkey]

Best bit of analysis I've read on it so far is by a fella I used to do Surf rescue with.....
http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2010/05/...orean-madness/

While lacking the fun factor for the hardliners of a shoot the shit outta the buggers approach, financially for the south Koreans to win would be a bit of an own goal as then they'd be the ones stuck with looking after 20 million starvin NK's.

[Hitcher]

Or to be more precise, to change Japanese policy to allow it to be involved in a war that is not directly for self defence within its own territory.

Any act of aggression by Japan against North Korea would be solely for "self defence within its own territory". Open Google Maps. Have a look and see where Japan is in relation to North Korea if you don't believe me.

[Elysium]

Can't wait till South Korea cranks this babay up again.

[spacemonkey]

What the fuck is that????????

[peasea]

What the fuck is that????????

Looks like a dusty wine cellar.

[Elysium]

That my friends is part of South Koreas anti North Korea propaganda system stationed in the DMZ. That thing blasts anti North Korean music, speechs, tells the north how great the south is etc...

[peasea]

That my friends is part of South Koreas anti North Korea propaganda system stationed in the DMZ. That thing blasts anti North Korean music, speechs, tells the north how great the south is etc...

Well, how about the powers that be hand all the transcripts of all the problems that North and South Korea have to the writers of South Park and get a new script for reading over that lovely PA system. Then let the DMZ 'have it' at full volume. Peace will follow shortly thereafter, I'm sure.