China won't Intervene if U.S. Attacks N. Korea(progress??)

Seoul Shinmun ^ | 03/25/05 | Lee Un-do

[TigerLikesRooster]

For now, China to N. Korea, "I will keep your lifeline open, but won't help you if Yanks are mad enough to kill you." Seems China steps back a bit, after the recent round of tough diplomatic moves by U.S.. I am sure there are more maneuvers to come. I suspect things are beginning to head in the right direction. Mid-East, S. Korea, Taiwan, and China are to be placed in the right places, before finishing off N. Korea, which can be either overt or covert.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[nuconvert]

Sounds Good to Me!

[Anglo]

In other words...leave Taiwan to us, and we'll let you take out N Korea!

Nice people..(Sarcasm)

[thoughtomator]

Send in the Marines! Let's kick some butt and save the millions of starving North Koreans!

[Steel Wolf]

He added, "China twice lost Taiwan because of its attempt to intervene Korean peninsula. It shouldn't repeat the same mistake again," suggesting that its Korean policy is closely related to its Taiwan policy.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Don't expect to get any 'help' from us on Taiwan. Not that we would anyway, but considering what a lousy, half hearted effort you've made on North Korea, you'd be crazy to think we'd be willing to see that as a fair trade.

In another few months, Iraq will have died down, and the focus will start shifting back to East Asia.

[Fee]

Wal Mart talks, and China listens.

[MarkT]

Hmmmm, be careful - this sounds like a dis-information effort by the Chicoms - they state that because of the passage of time, they will turn a blind eye to the destruction of N. Korea; that does not sound like them - the last thing they want is a democratic and unified Korea on their southern border. They are worried because they are increasingly surrounded by democracies.

However, it does sound like a sales pitch to the world (and the libs in the US) that since China is "willing to do that to N. Korea", the US should be willing to abandon Taiwan. China needs to take control of Taiwan before N. Korea implodes becasue when N. Korea implodes, there goes the leverage China needs to take over Taiwan.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #8

You raise a good point. It is better for China to make a deal now when N. Korea is still alive and can be a viable bargaining chip. It is a step in a right direction. However, we are not at the destination yet.:)

[OXENinFLA]

So Ronery....

[sonofagun]

Wal Mart talks, and China listens.

Bump

[Jeff Head]

"All warfare is deception."

I smell a rat here, either a quid pro qou on Taiwan (which I do not believe Bush would do), or a sucker punch. If we have to go in to N. Korea...despite these flowery words, we'd better go in prepared to deal with China as well.

[JesseHousman]

If we move on North Korea, China will move on Taiwan.

We should be moving on North Korea as well as the cancers that are maturing in our own hemisphere.

[hflynn]

Lee Un-do reporting from Washington D.C.] An official from Chinese Foreign Ministry disclosed on (Mar.) 23rd((U.S.) local time) that China will not intervene militarily (in N. Korea) even if the diplomatic efforts to resolve N. Korean nuclear problem fails and U.S. mounts military attacks on N. Korea.

It's very nice of China to say they won't intervene in a scenario that will never occur. I'm more interested in what China will do in a more realistic possibility, North Korea invades South Korea.

[Jeff Head]

Agreed. See my post 12.

[wtc911]

Does anyone remember WW2 and the German-Russian MNA Pacts?

[EQAndyBuzz]

No one is touching NK. They are set to implode on their own.

If China attacks Taiwan, kiss Beiging and most of Chinas manufacturing capabilities goodbye in a retaliatory missile strike. China cannot afford that.

[Gucho]

[Paulus]

yeah sure, why not. After all it's only money and lives.

[processing please hold]

So, can I read this as you (America)can have North Korea, and we'll (China)take Tawain?