North Korea's Kim Jong II Pushing Up Daisies

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Lotus

You are right about China's stake in NK. But China does not (yet) want NK as a colony so it often coddles NK to maintain an alliance. So the question becomes, how much destruction/nonsense will China put up with before China significantly intervenes?

I could see the army supporting an aggressive stance towards SK which might, w/out strong leadership from Jong-un, lead to NK going too far. Possibly even threatening to invade. At that point, it's as you say - What would China do?

As you said, crazy kid with nukes. I just don't see anything good coming of this.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I could see the army supporting an aggressive stance towards SK which might, w/out strong leadership from Jong-un, lead to NK going too far. Possibly even threatening to invade. At that point, it's as you say - What would China do?

As you said, crazy kid with nukes. I just don't see anything good coming of this.

you may be psychic -
North Korea Vows 'Special Actions' to Turn Seoul to 'Ashes' - Yahoo! News

(if threatening a form of fire which will consume the S. Korean leadership in three to 4 minutes counts as invading.)

You really start getting back to the concept of a pre-emptive strike if N. Korea even begins to look like they are contemplating an invasion/nuclear attack.