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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (8283)	8/14/2006 7:36:18 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217737

<<Tell me what interest China has in S. Korea and Japan being put in a position of having to develop a deterrent nuclear force?>> ... none, but any fool must recognize that as long as some nations have the nuke, then the trend, inevitably, will be that all will desire it, many will work on it, and some more will obtain it. China trades with N.Korea, and there are Koreans living on both sides of the border. Should China cease to trade with N.Korea for reasons other than commerce, that is a hostile act, and unless one is ready to attack, one must delay any and all hostile acts until when one is ready to attack. In the case of N.Korea, it is not threatening China. It is a lice in the hairs of S.Korea, Japan, and USA. That is all it is. As to <<behavior threatens to create repercussions that lead other nations to take actions that ALSO harm China's interests>> ... so what? so how would matters different if N.Korea is no more? Without N.Korea, S.Korea, Japan, USA will be at yet another one of China's borders. History has a bad track record about that situation, and history is definitely not dead. IMO, reunification of the Koreas is actually a desirable state of affairs if done under S.Korea, but my guess is that it is more welcomed in Beijing than Tokyo, because history is not dead.