That's it -- that's the end of this little tempest. China just responded "In the event of hostilities, China will stay neutral." DPRK's big brother just said, "Huh? Nope. [shove.] You brought this on -- you handle it yourself." Somebody change Fat Boy Un's panties. China wins; U.S. wins; Japan, Guam, South Pacific win; DPRK wins[!] -- hell the *world* wins. Market gains 0.6% on Monday, and again on Tuesday. Wednesday open at 2470.
We get this officially, or is this still the global times?...I saw that this morning, but they just reiterated mutual defense agreements.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/0...lity-unless-us-strikes-north-korea-first.html China pledges neutrality - unless US strikes North Korea first By Lukas Mikelionis Published August 11, 2017 Fox News China’s government says it would remain neutral if North Korea attacks the United States, but warned it would defend its Asian neighbor if the U.S. strikes first and tries to overthrow Kim Jong Un’s regime, Chinese state media said Friday. “If the U.S. and South Korea carry out strikes and try to overthrow the North Korean regime, and change the political pattern of the Korean Peninsula, China will prevent them from doing so,” reported the Global Times, a daily Chinese newspaper controlled by the Communist Party.
Okay so, who can tell me the difference between World Events and Politics? C'mon now! Not hard! Anybody! You there, in the back -- go ahead -- speak up. Who wants the Gold Star?
Politics is human interaction regarding things if perceived value. World news is human interaction regarding things if perceived importance. Anyone else think Jong-Un is more savvy than the media portrays him?
since everyone says he is a madman I suspect he is not a madman at all. Group think is almost always a problem. When it comes from leaders its most likely propaganda. I think he saw that Obama gave Iran 150 billion and he wants some. But... I don't think we know that he would not launch nukes on his neighbors or the US. He might if he thought he had reasons.
We have no business in South Korea. The Korean War was nearly 70 years ago, South Korea has ten times the population of the north and its economy is vastly bigger. They can defend themselves. A rational deal would be that the north gives up its nuke program in exchange for us pulling out of the South. They will never agree to it however, and the neo cons/war mongers here would go nuts over the loss of US "leadership." Our fallback position will be to tell China we will regard an attack from NK as an attack from China and respond accordingly. China created this problem, they profited from it and now they have to pay the price.