Quote Originally Posted by Ron Humphrey View Post
lets just say they (NK) started it and it gets finished the Chinese would do exactly , ?what?


Especially considering as you so notably pointed out-



as to


Although its not new does it necessarily change the underlying approaches necessary to deal with it?

These are honest questions, just trying to understand your overarching, things suck so just accept it premise
(or am I misrepresenting your position?)
I'm sure the Chinese have given NK clear parameters within to work when it comes to such "incidents".

Suddenly this incident (with a handful of dead) becomes the biggest incident since the ceasefire. So what was the sinking of a naval ship with all hands?

So where is the red line? Is there a red line? Or is it a matter of (as I suspect) that whenever an incident happens the call will be for "restraint" and not to do anything that could lead to an escalation.

This situation is only manageable if the US/SK do nothing.