[shaggy eel]

,,, empires don't last and everyone has found that out, no matter what they're built on. China has embraced Capitalism without wanting to call it that. Their cashflow comes from a hand they don't want to bite... accordingly, the dispatched envoy to Pyongyang. The smart thing to do now is position some heat on a US base in Japan, that can be scrambled within fifteen minutes. A lazy sub or two off the coast as a "play ball with us or we'll stick the bat up your arse" move would be perfectly understandable too.

[Filibuster_60]

The pieces for a preemptive strike on NK have already moved into position. In fact our beefed-up air and naval presence is probably what makes NK so touchy.