(August 11, 2017 at 10:26 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: There is nothing we can afford to give up that china would think is adaquate compensation for their giving up North Korea. That being said, if we launch surgical strikes against North Korea, or really bomb the stuffing out of North Korea, as in the case of retaliation against their strike against Guam, The Chinese won't shoot at us.
They don't mind if we take out North Korean nukes so long as Kim's government survives.
If North Korea invade South Korea in retaliation and it turns into a land war, where it is all or nothing for Kim, and losing mean South Korea/the IS topple Kim's regime, then they will get directly involved.
Sounds nice but get that in writing first. I think you are living in a utopia. 45 doesn't simply want to take out nukes.
And again, as soon as we fire, NK WILL fire any other weapons at south Korea and that WILL start a ground war.
NK has countless short range rockets and tanks and jets they can use against SK.
You are delusional if you think we take out just the nukes that wont trigger a ground war.