ROFLMAO.
No, I dont think so. The South Koreans are as much responsible for this as the North. This might have been solved decades ago had the South had more skin in the game rather than relying on the US to do everything.
Why your logic mandates US involvement astonishes me and I cant disagree more...the same country which has never had an effective China policy until now: The US.
China and SK could have solved this on their own had it not deteriorated to this level, partly due to ineffective US policies. When the US meddles, it usually turns to shit and now we nearly have a shitstorm.
“Deciding this,” as you write, was a time that long ago passed...
You completely mischaracterized what I was saying. I was cautioning any rapid unilateral decision making on this. Like it or not we have a mutual defense treaty with South Korea so we are “involved”. Those past policies you cite, well they are in the past and are part of the dynamic that have brought us to this condition. Do you have any way of undoing them, perhaps a “hot tub time machine”?
Yes bad decisions were made in the past and they effectively “decided something”, we will see if bad decisions continue.
I will try to continue to amuse you.