[jeltz25]

This wouldn't have happened if Peking didn't want it to.

China can talk all they want about it being unacceptable and going through the motions of talk and negotiations, but anyone with any common sense knows who's side China is on and what their ultimate goals are.

Now, I'm not saying that they're celebrating in Zhongnanhai but if this was something that they felt that strongly about it wouldn't have happened.

The bottom line is that China is ok with this and implicitly approves and we should plan accordingly.

[NewLand]

The bottom line is that China is ok with this and implicitly approves and we should plan accordingly.

I agree. China, and Russia, are waging 'proxy war' against us thru Iran, Iraq, NK. Their strategy, I believe, is to have these little guys wear us down, and hope for an opening.

[Williams]

China doesn't want the possible negative consequences. A US attack leading to war and refugees into China. A nuclear armed Japan.

BUT if those consequences aren't real, China does not need to worry. My question is "What are we prepared to do?" Either this is "unacceptable" as everyone said, or now it is acceptable. All I keep hearing is "The UN, The UN, The UN." We have our own national interests, don't we?