“U.S. policy for dealing with the North Korean situation is inadequate because it focuses on North Korea in isolation as a rogue state, and naively seeks help from the Russians and Chinese to solve the problem. The North Korea situation and any future nuclear incident, wherever it occurs, must be seen against the background of Sino-Soviet ‘convergence’ strategy: the interaction of Russian and Chinese policy and the moves they make to derive strategic gains from critical situations should be closely studied.” — KGB Defector Major Anatoliy Golitsyn, “The Perestroika Deception”, March 1989, p. 46.
Today Michael Ledeen wrote something similar, that he is afraid that this is a distraction of sorts, to make us focus on N Korea. At such times, he advises, it would be well to look at the NORK’s allies, and see who stands to gain what.
Now 2 Nork subs are unaccounted for.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-03/two-north-korean-submarines-disappeared