tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post8326563802789336372..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Obama Blinksmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-35629249397040631252009-06-27T10:45:50.714-07:002009-06-27T10:45:50.714-07:00In all fairness, there's not much that can be ...In all fairness, there's not much that can be done. The UN Resolution requires the permission of the flag nation to perform an inspection, a clause that was added to ensure the Chinese and Russians wouldn't veto it. One wrong move here and not only would you have a war that could drag not just North and South Korea, but the US, China, and Japan as well.<br /><br />Personally, I think the real pressure is on China. The Chinese know that that North Korea isn't worth risking war with the US and Japan (North Korean belligerence could be used by Japan to justify rearmament), but at the same time China needs North Korea as a proxy. They have every incentive to eventually rein in Pyongyang.<br /><br />As for the ship of small arms to Burma, North Korea isn't exactly Saddam's Iraq where we practically expected unconditional surrender before a single shot was fired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com