NORTH KOREA'S NUKES

Why hasn't there been a thread about this yet?

China's decision is the fulcrum in this situation. They can threaten to stop propping up the regime and exert a certain amount of control over it. But both Kim Jong Il and China know that Kim is the kind of guy to fire off a nuke if there is little chance of him living the rest of his life in opulent splendour.

If they keep on propping up it's regime undoubtedly Kim will try to maintain his leverage.

I think China should use what influence it has to integrate North Korea and China and to encourage Kim to open up his economy. China will do all the work preventing foreigners from disgruntling his military whilst Kim can make a little money on the side. The reasonning being, sure he has nukes, but he wants the same thing as everyone else. So why not show him the benefits of making his populace more valuable.

The shit here is that three countries: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, all have the required amount of plutonium and technology build a nuclear arsenal too within one year and if one of them decides to do so after deciding that North Korea has gone too far, you all know what is gonna happen. There's gonna be a big ass nuke race in Eastern Asia that will only lead to more and more firepower and tensions between the countries. North Korea's leaders gotta realize that they aren't going anywhere except their own doom with their people dying of starvation and whole country falling apart.

Also, you can't blame China. What's gonna happen if North Korea falls or the people give up? Ok, there's gonna be 15 million new North Koreans rushing over the border to China! And they ain't got no food for their families so they will be like Vikings roaming over the towns in Northern China, not much for the police to do either when theres millions of Koreans running around.