maybe this would be of interest Photographic Evidence that ÂgNo. 1ÂÂ Written on Top of Rust: http://willyloman.wordpress.com/201...ic-evidence-that-no-1-written-on-top-of-rust/ Direct link (in korean): http://willyloman.wordpress.com/201...e-cheonan-we-are-being-lied-to/#comment-17198 Don't get me wrong I don't like north korea at all for all sorts of reasons... but it seems odd to me they would have the guts to blow up a South korean ship...
US going to war or sending its ally to war over the ship accident will be a mistake of equal proportions to attacking Iraq in 2003. Obama is ten times more balanced minded than his predecessor and cool thinking should prevail.
During the cold war, mainland China was also an American ally, culminating in Nixon's historical visit. Mao always perceived the USSR as a greater threat and declassified data shows the USSR actually had far greater military plans for strikes against china than the USA. The result was the formation of a tacit strategic anti-Soviet alliance between China and the United States.
Henry Kinsinger said something like, Western world got more communists (Chinese) than the USSR block. History is full of irony, that is why it is called High-story (hi-story).