Glock Glocker:
How will Japan fit into this deal?
Japan's interests and ours coincide nicely in this case. Japan has "awakened" to the North Korean threat because of two issues. First, the North Koreans were stupid enough to "test-fire" medium-range ballistic missile into Japanese airspace "in an effort to launch a satellite." Second, the Japanese public finally found out what happened to their abductees. So the public sentiment has turned sharply against North Korea.
If we do hit NK, do you think it'll only be a limited strike on their nuclear facilities, which will also serve as a warning, or do you think we'll put troops in and insist on a regime change?
My guess would be neither. North Korea will continue to remain a bizzarro state, occassionally issuing forth threatening, menacing rhetoric but little else (okay, maybe an infiltration or two into ROK). The Middle East has Syria, East Asia has North Korea.
Although it might take 50 years with the horrific state of NK's economy, the unification of the two will seriously change the balance of power in the region.
As I wrote before, most South Koreans do not want reunification. Too costly, too disruptive to their prosperity.
Lennyjoe:
They want a sunshine policy, well I have one for em. They can see the sunshine on my backside when I leave this place.
Hang in there, the a*******s notwithstanding. As for the "Sunshine Policy," it is actually not very popular in ROK, which is, again, why the conservative (coincidentally pro-American) candidate was doing rather well during the presidential campaign until the ruling government took advantage of the tragedy to incite a cheap, cynical anti-Americanism.
As for the college student types that are always protesting against something, now that there is no military "fascist" government to protest against, the leftists college students in Korea find Americans an ideal target of their protests - much more so (much more "romantic") than lower school tuition and other more realistic goals.
