North Korea is Not Going Quietly

At some point the world is going to say "enough" but that point does not seem to have come just yet.  Part of that may be in the fact that North Korea is not threatening to lob a nuclear weapon at Bonn, London, or Moscow.  If one lands in the U.S the leaders of those countries would be the first to say, "What was that?"  That will be quickly followed by condemnation of what is left of North Korea and the United States.

China certainly does not seem to be helping, which is no surprise to me, but seems to be to the press.  North Korea only exists because China wants it to.  South Korea was ready to cozy up the the North and establish some normal relations, but that will go by the wayside now.  China never did like the idea of a Korea that was joined, so this suits them.  So does the belcose North making threats towards the United States.  The Trump Administration can't do much about these threats and the Chinese are wondering what they will do.  They won't have to wonder long if this continues.  China says, "It wasn't me" while its proxy holds parades and makes threats.

So, that has led me to wonder what we can really do about all this bluster.  We could undermine the North's economy.  We could have talks with China about their wayward child.  We could run an aircraft carrier up their way.  We could have joint exercises with the South.  We could isolate them in the U.N.  Oh wait, we have already done those things and they are still testing missiles and promising to launch a nuclear war.  Let's do a blockade.  I'm sure the Chinese will cooperate....

The Chinese continue this charade because they know we can do nothing about it.  They make life difficult for the U.S while keeping up their island building and expanding trade in Asia.  Concentrate on those and see how long it takes them to get the North under control.