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There were already some heavy tensions in that area preceeding WWI - that was used largely as justification for something that was already planned.
My point is, N. Korea has been isolationist for the past 60 years - basically since its inception as a country. They gain nothing by this and the world as a whole objects to what they are doing.
Who are they capable of launching a nuclear attack against?
N. Korea - the US blasts the fuck out of them, Russia and China tell the US not to respond with nukes. They don't.
Russia - China and Russia blast the fuck out of them.
China - Russia and China blast the fuck out of them.
I will grant that there may be some diplomatic posturing once Kim Jong Il is killed about who should control N Korea and what is done with it, but the US is hardly in a position to engage in yet another armed conflict at this stage.
I'll also add the Bush is in Texas right now saying "I fucking told you so" to the world.
- indeed NK geopolitics cannot be compared to that of early 20th century Europe.Corvo2
- Yet you are forgetting that Japan and China have banged each other head's before.Corvo2
- Japan - China is a valid point, yes. I didn't factor Japan into the equation.flashbender