It is my opinion that the U.S. should form a coalition with Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. If anyones attacks any of us, it is an attack on all of us. That would stop Red China's childish postering....maybe North Koreas also?
We are not really in a position to deal with them.
It would take China's focus off of Taiwan.
North Korea is communist anyways, at least we know how to deal with the Chicoms.
On interpretation of North Korea's vehement anti-American militarism is that is a cover for protecting itself from the real enemy, China.
If North Korea did'nt exist(let's assume the peninsula is united),the Japanese would be slugging it out with the South Koreans real nasty,despite Washington's influence.South Koreans still blame the Japanese invasion(1910) as the rootcause of partition & also can't forget the atrocities committed by Japanese forces.This combined with the present economic rivalry makes the possibility of these 2 cooperating against China very remote.Various opinion polls over the past 4-5 years have seen South Korea's affluent youth respond in manner which goes pretty much like"We'd rather by killed in a North Korean attack rather than team up with the Yankees & Japs to kill our Brethren"-hope that convinces you of the problem on that front.South Korea is among the biggest investors in China-LG,Hyundai & Samsung all make big profits there & China is now their biggest trading partner-do you think that the S.Koreans are foolish enough to fight a potentially disastrous war with a nuclear power over a punny island??seems unlikely.