On North Korea

  The best policy is to continue the path that had already been taken. Forty five sailors were killed during the Ming Submarine incident. Two marines and two civilians were killed in the most recent shelling. The united states and South Korea respond with saber rattling in the Yellow Sea. But neither have the courage to attack North Korea as a result of these incidents because they are fully aware of the irreparable consequences from such a move. So ignoring these two is largely inconsequential.

 North Korea could shell out Seoul and occupy it. And the consequences involving war with China still remain just as great.

 If South Korea thinks it has the military capacity to fight North Korea. Just out of curiosity, it might be interesting for China to even sit back and watch. China did not fight the Korean War until the united states invaded North Korea.

  And I am personally interested in knowing whether South Korea even has the military means to win a war with the North. Chinese can choose to intervene after the united states gets involved. There has not been a war between two conventional forces in a very long time. Not where armies drive opposing armies out of chess board like spaces.