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Agreed. I think there is one $50,000 question noone’s asking here. What will China do?

Yes, she can sit back and do nothing. Might suit her interests fine. But here comes a few issues with that.

1. All of this is happening uncomfortably close to China’s industrial heartland (Manchuria)

2. The refugee traffic from North Korea will be massive, and the Chinese aren’t going to want 2.5 million potential refugees camped out on their border because of this.

3. The Chinese aren’t going to want the economic and physical destruction that a war will bring to South Korea. She’s an important trading partner. China is South Korea’s #1 export market as of 2010.

4. If little Kim uses chem or bugs, that stuff can drift with the wind...prevailing winds are towards Japan, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility that some of it drifts into China.

In short, the Chinese have a LOT of reasons to end any NK plans before they start. Why they don’t is an interesting speculation?

What you need to get interested in is why NK is acting out. This is more important than anything.

I say let them behave the way they want, now tell us why?

If they are pulling a “Hitler” then they shall get a “Hitler”.