Comments on: China nixes North Korean missile resolution http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/2006/07/11/china-nixes-north-korean-missile-resolution/ Think Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:01:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Moonage http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/2006/07/11/china-nixes-north-korean-missile-resolution/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 Moonage Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:01:18 +0000 http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/2006/07/11/china-nixes-north-korean-missile-resolution/#comment-1098 I agree 100%. As unpolitically correct as it sounds, the fact is that once the power of nuclear weapons was proven in 1945, they have never been used even during military conflicts. Mutually assured destruction seems to be more effective than negotiation with nothing to bring to the table. If China's not too concerned about North Korea having nukes, then let's put some in Japan and South Korea pointed right at North Korea. We've got plenty to spare here and won't even have to make new ones. But, my bottom line is outside of North Koera, we've got the Iran issue as well. So long as a rogue state has one ally on the UN permanent security council, the UN will do nothing tangible to resolve a serious world threat. If an organization is to be a world police, they have to have the ability to make their own decisions. The UN veto power totally neuters any potential teh UN might have. The next world police agency can not be neutered that way. I agree 100%. As unpolitically correct as it sounds, the fact is that once the power of nuclear weapons was proven in 1945, they have never been used even during military conflicts. Mutually assured destruction seems to be more effective than negotiation with nothing to bring to the table. If China’s not too concerned about North Korea having nukes, then let’s put some in Japan and South Korea pointed right at North Korea. We’ve got plenty to spare here and won’t even have to make new ones.

But, my bottom line is outside of North Koera, we’ve got the Iran issue as well. So long as a rogue state has one ally on the UN permanent security council, the UN will do nothing tangible to resolve a serious world threat.

If an organization is to be a world police, they have to have the ability to make their own decisions. The UN veto power totally neuters any potential teh UN might have. The next world police agency can not be neutered that way.

]]> By: mw http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/2006/07/11/china-nixes-north-korean-missile-resolution/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 mw Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:25:07 +0000 http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/2006/07/11/china-nixes-north-korean-missile-resolution/#comment-1097 NK is a client state of China. If China is not on board, there is not a thing that the UN, the six party talks, or the US can do about it - short of direct unilateral military action. Any sanctions are meaningless unless China is doing the sanctioning. Virtually all of NK resources come through China. I agree with you on Japan. They are the key to the puzzle. The one thing that China does not want is a nuclear Japan. I say we go ahead and arm them, or encourage them to arm themselves. Give them whatever technology they need. China might have second thoughts about North Korea nukes, if the price of permitting them are a couple of hundred nukes in Japan. - mw NK is a client state of China. If China is not on board, there is not a thing that the UN, the six party talks, or the US can do about it - short of direct unilateral military action. Any sanctions are meaningless unless China is doing the sanctioning. Virtually all of NK resources come through China.

I agree with you on Japan. They are the key to the puzzle. The one thing that China does not want is a nuclear Japan. I say we go ahead and arm them, or encourage them to arm themselves. Give them whatever technology they need. China might have second thoughts about North Korea nukes, if the price of permitting them are a couple of hundred nukes in Japan. - mw

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