12-14-2017, 10:25 AM
(12-13-2017, 11:20 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: > The regime will not disarm under any circumstances. They're as
> insane as you are.
> No, you're incorrect. In the current situation, at the current
> time, all options lead to world war.
(12-13-2017, 11:30 AM)Cynic Hero 86 Wrote: > They would be compelled to do so (disarm) by force (i.e:
> war).
If North Korea were an isolated country then that might be true.
However, China will not permit North Korea's regime to fall. What
you're suggesting is a declaration of war on China.
(12-13-2017, 11:54 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: > You may not have liked Obama, but I could easily see him telling
> the Chinese, "If the DPRK should fire one missile over Chinese
> territory, then we will sit by while your armed forces liberate
> North Korea. OK, maybe our partners might want to annex Kaesong
> and its surroundings (Kaesong is a city south of the 38th parallel
> assigned to the DPRK in the ceasefire agreement).
I agree with you completely. That statement is so moronic, I
could easily see Obama and Kerry telling it to the Chinese.
(12-13-2017, 01:18 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: > You can't encircle a major island with air patrols. I think
> perhaps a more accurate translation would be "circumnavigation"
> patrols.
> I don't think the KMT's position is an actual shift, but rather a
> reaction to changing conditions on the mainland. Some kind of
> power sharing arrangement could have been possible with mainland
> leaders from Deng to Hua, but Xi is too autocratic to be willing
> to share power with the KMT in return for reunification.
Well, I'm just using the word that all the news stories are using.
It's very hard to distinguish perception from reality in the
differences between the DPP and KMT, particularly in view of the
vitriolic treatment that the DPP gets from China.
However, one of the documents that I referenced in my article
contains a detailed historical comparison of the DPP and KMT,
and seems to agree with what you're saying:
https://cpianalysis.org/2016/03/22/90972/
