North Korea: 2012-2016

[Fuchs]

Like certain other strategies occasionally proposed on SWJ, your suggestion relies on the assumption that the people on the other side of the picture will react as you say they will. Of course in the imaginary world that works very well. In the real world it does not: the other guy rarely cooperates.

You think of China as a nation, I think of it as a huge group of people. People follow certain psychological defects and limitations. It is possible to exert influence on them, and it's being done all the time.

Right now, you and I are certainly under influence of political manipulation. Because we're humans, and not impervious to manipulation AND because people exist who understand how to manipulate people.

The ground rules for doing it are actually rather simple, albeit manifold.

You still haven't told us who "you" are supposed to be. Who do you expect to undertake this effort?

Actually, I did. You could read more carefully.
Oh, wait. You even quoted the part where I wrote it!

Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
it's a piece of cake (for the Western great powers) to turn North Korea into their (edit: China's) responsibility and their problem.

So I guess you just don't want to understand.