I think we are more in NATO to keep them from going at each others throats and to keep the chins from exercising hegemony over that part of the pacific. I also think that the SK military would love the chance to go in and wipe out the NK army and kime. But the chins don’t want a unified Korea because that would put them between two strong economies.
North Korea is accusing the United States and South Korea of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of war if the two countries go ahead with planned military exercises this week. Tensions in the region remain high on Friday as sounds of artillery fire were heard in the North near the South Korean island that came under a deadly artillery attack from North Korea on Tuesday. VOA's Chris Simkins has more on the story. Just days after North Korea's artillery attack on South Korea's Yeonpyeong island, more artillery shell fire was heard coming from North Korea on Friday. A spokesman for the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said no projectiles landed on South Korean territory. Tensions remain high as the top U.S. commander in South, Korea General Walter Sharp, visited the island to survey the damage.
Obama could not be reached for comment.