Xi Tells Trump About N Korea

It seems, by President Trump's account that North Korea can't be controlled by China.  This is a long discussion by the two of them, where Xi was said to recount the history of the countries and why it is more difficult to do than the President thought.  There must have been more to it than that, but the explanation seems reasonable enough on simple terms.  Yes, it is difficult, but China can and should be controlling North Korea because it is a creature of its own making.  As I said yesterday, China needs more time to solidify its control on the South China Sea and will stall by persuading North Korea to behave itself for a time.  That is the price with the New Administration in Washington.

I see this like the family who lived next door when I was first married and we were poor.  They had an unruly teenager who had been in trouble with the police and used to walk though my yard, peering into the house on the lower floor.  It scared my wife to death.  We got a fence but his problems with the police did not stop.  He ended up in a juvenile facility after we moved.  His father said the same thing Xi said about North Korea.  "I work two jobs to make ends meet.  My wife can't handle him."  I was sympathetic but wanted some accountability for stopping his actions and never got it.  The kid should have been in school.

History or not, North Korea can be controlled by China.  Syria can be controlled by Russia.  There are penalties for the kinds of actions they both create.  Ignoring their behavior has not worked, and it never will.  The U.S. Does not want to be the policeman of the world and shouldn't have to be.  But, the rest of the world ignores the activities that make these two countries places where barbarism and violation of international standards of behavior grow every day.  The people who created them need to take responsibility for training them.