Originally posted by: gotey
Lets try this in a different light......
Iraq was invaded because everyone "thought" they had WMD and was a threat to the region
North Korea has confirmed WMD and is a definate threat to our best trading partner (Japan) and we do nothing
are either a direct threat to the United States? I think no
Do I support our leaders for going after terroists....of course
Do I support invading a country because daddy didnt finish the job the first time?.....nope
The problem here is that North Korea and China were at one time allies.
In a worst-case scenario, full-scale war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula. China could and "probably" would stay out of it. But the collateral damage to Chinese interests would be massive.
The United States, South Korea, and a peripherally involved Japan lending logistic support would win such a war, at the expense of possibly hundreds of thousands of casualties.
South Korean foreign investment, the bulk of which now flows to China, would be diverted to Korean reconstruction, as would substantial portions of other foreign investment now flowing to China. Instead of having two Korean quasi-allies, China would face a unified nation of uncertain allegiance. Japan almost inevitably would emerge as a major new regional military power.
China ultimately does NOT want NK to have nukes. But the way a war would play out in such an area is a major difference than the war in Iraq.
China has been key in talking down NK, which has helped.
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