Sounds like an Obama clone runs S.Korea.
Russia and China will of course come down on N.K. like a helium balloon.
What would you do were you South Korea's president? What action would you take that would make you NOT be an Obama clone? I ask because it seems some have cogent solutions to a situation that is actually very tricky.
Obviously North Korea did it. No questions about that.
Obviously South Korea cannot just sit and look pretty. No questions about that.
The question is what does it do? Probably strongly worded letters and reduction in food and oil aid. Sadly.
That is, unless someone comes up with a way to neutralize the between 10,000 to 20,000 tube and missile artillery pieces that are aimed at Seoul, South Korea. Come up with a way to neutralize that arty, and PyongYang is a paper tiger (even with its nuclear devices ...the main issue is not the nukes, but rather the artillery). Without a way to neutralize the artillery barrage that could reduce Seoul to smouldering ruins, North Korea can act the fool knowing nothing much will happen.
Obviously there are ways around that ...the first being the use of tactical nuclear weapons (will not happen with the Obama administration, and would also NOT have happened with the Bush 2, Clinton, Bush 1, and even Reagan administrations ....even going back further. Thus it is not an Obama specific problem. American servicemen have lost their heads to axes at the DMZ with nothing happening). The second way would be for China to talk down their rabid lap-dog (problem is China can be quite nebulous at times ...it is in their best interest for them to put PyongYang on a leash, making lil' Kim know who is boss, but Beijing also seems to like having the N.K option where it serves as an irritant to the West). Thus, without the use of tactical nuclear weapons, or China telling its yapping mutt to shut the heck up, what solutions are available?
Personally I would thing a covert sinking of a N.Kom ship (hey, those darn exploding reefs can be a nuisance) is one, but I would like to know what solutions you have. Particularly regarding the arty. Thanks.