[TigerLikesRooster]

There is indeed suspicion that one of the reasons N. Korea created the current crisis is to rain on China's parade. N. Koreans are not happy that S. Korea and China are getting closer, while N. Korea is left out in the cold. If this crisis drags along, S. Korean President may not be able to go to China.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[tanuki]

Maybe also, Kim or his people sense that if they go to Beijing, they’re not coming back.

[Trueblackman]

I often tell people that China views North Korea as a bad a** child and believe me if little Kim was to act with their blessing, he would disappear quickly. South Korea is one of China’s largest in Asia partners and another Korean War will never happen under the Kims as the World would wake up to Chinese Tanks and Troops in in the North Korean Capital, if they even thought about attacking the South.

[nathanbedford]

I frankly do not understand what is going on here.

I accept the idea that North Korea exists at the suffrage of China and ultimately must do China's bidding. The fact that North Korea has nuclear weapons and the fact that Korea has a potential population bomb that it might inflict on China if Korea implodes, does not alter the essential balance of power between the two nations. Why then would the Korean regime risk rupturing relations with a neighbor to whom it is so desperately dependent?

I am aware that North Korea has been even more bellicose than usual with South Korea and it makes it even more puzzling why North Korea would choose to send a diplomatic rebuff to China on the eve of potential hostilities, no matter how limited when the potential for escalation is so real.

We have approximately 28,000 American troops in a very vulnerable position along the DMZ and after about sixty-two years one would think that the South Koreans, one of the world's leading economies and one of the world's technological enterprises, could defend themselves. People like Donald Trump are now asking why are we paying for the defense of a country which is taking our money by selling is televisions?

To make matters even more complicated, China is increasingly bellicose raising the issue of the defense of the region against China similar to the questions concerning our exposure in cost in defending Korea: when will the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, even Vietnam step up?

It is worth noting that this parade scheduled in China is a slap in the face of Japan and a lie historically. The Chinese Communists contributed relatively little to the defeat of Japan in China which should go to the Kuomintang yet they are crediting themselves by this parade. Nothing seems to fit together in the region, yet it has the look of a potential stack of dominoes.

One might ask the same questions in your concerning our NATO partners.

[SampleMan]

a huge military parade next month marking China's victory over Japan in World War II, a diplomatic source said Monday.

Say what? More like "managed to hold out", while we kicked the Japanese' butts.

[SevenofNine]

I think China need control their Pit Bull North Korea