How many millions of North Koreans, South Koreans, Japanese and or Americans will die in this nuclear confrontation?
We all know this is coming. We just don't know when. That's All!
And unfortunately that might not be the end of it. What will China do when North Korea nukes someone?
What will the country nuked do when North Korea nukes them? What will the North Korean and South Korean and Japanese and American and Chinese Armies, Navies and Air Forces do?
All these are unknowns at present.
The only thing for sure is North Korea will nuke someone else first and then it will be a chain reaction into hell for the whole world with millions of people dying of nuclear radiation just like after Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all the civilians who sacrificed themselves at Chernobyl and Fukushima and other meltdowns around the world.
However, this also presupposes that Kim Jong Un is suicidal and when push comes to shove I don't think he is. Otherwise, he would have let China kill him long before now and not just have killed his brother with VX Nerve Gas agent to prevent China from replacing him with his brother which they wanted to do before he was killed.
But, the other side of it is his relatives may force him to nuke someone. This also likely is true!
US and North Korea set for 'head-on collision,' China warns
US and North Korea set for 'head-on collision', China warns
Story highlights
- China tells US and North Korea to strike a deal to end the nuclear standoff
- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson due to visit the region from March 15
(CNN)The
United States and North Korea are set for a "head-on collision" with
neither side willing to give way, China's top diplomat has warned.
In
a week of heightened tensions in the region, Foreign Minister Wang Yi
cautioned the US in unusually frank language against the deployment of a
controversial missile defense system in South Korea. The system is
vehemently opposed by China.
But he also had strong words for North Korea, saying Pyonyang should suspend its nuclear weapons program.
"The
two sides are like two accelerating trains coming towards each other,"
Wang told reporters in Beijing. "The question is, are the two sides
really ready for a head-on collision?"
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a press conference in Beijing on March 8.
China's stern warning came in the week that North Korea launched four ballistic missiles and the US deployed the first components of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system (THAAD) in South Korea.
A report in China's state news agency Xinhua said the deployment of THAAD could kick off an "arms race"
in the region. "More missile shields of one side inevitably bring more
nuclear missiles of the opposing side that can break through the missile
shield," the article said, suggesting China could accelerate its
nuclear program.
Wang called on the
US and South Korea to ease tensions in the region by suspending annual
joint military exercises that antagonize North Korea, in exchange for
Pyongyang halting its nuclear program.
"Nuclear
weapons will not bring security," Wang said. "The use of force is no
solution. Talks deserve another chance and peace is still within our
grasp."
He
suggested China's role was to act as an early warning signal to avoid a
potentially catastrophic collision on the Korea peninsula.
"(China's) priority now is to flash the red light and to apply brakes on both trains," he said.
China anxious over THAAD
Wang's
press conference came a day after the US military revealed the
controversial missile defense system had arrived in South Korea.
Pictures
released by the United States showed the first pieces of the ballistic
missile defense technology being unloaded at Osan Air Base in South
Korea Monday night.
The missile defense system is intended to counter North Korean aggression, according to the US military, but China is strongly opposing its deployment.
Beijing
believes the missile system could be used to spy on their activities,
rather than monitoring incoming North Korean missiles, Mark Tokola of the Korean Economic Institute of America said.
On Wednesday, Wang said South Korea must "cease and desist" the deployment, which he described as undermining Chinese security.
Already China has expressed its displeasure through placing bans on South Korean artists and celebrities, while there have been reports of unofficial sanctions against the country's businesses.
China's language 'unusual'
Professor Steve Tsang, director of London's SOAS China Institute, said Wang's language during the briefing was "unusual."
"They
don't usually use this kind of language but it's not completely
surprising given that they are not really effectively able to constrain
or restrain what the North Koreans do and they're deeply unhappy about
the US deployment of THAAD to South Korea," he said.
North Korea ballistic missile launch
Tsang
said China was very concerned about how the situation on the Korean
Peninsula was developing. "If the Americans were seriously thinking
about some sort of preemptive strike to take out North Korea's nuclear
capabilities, it would be extremely messy ... China would have a huge
price to pay," he said.
Euan
Graham, director of the International Security Program at Sydney's Lowy
Institute, said he was "very skeptical" of Wang's hopes for brokering a
potential deal between North Korea and the US.
"To
me, it speaks of a more tactical (statement) -- China's lost the
initiative in the Korean Peninsula somewhat, not so much due to a
proactive US policy to the region ... but in the way that North Korea
has been throwing its weight around," he said.
Tillerson to visit China
US
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is heading to the region for talks
next week, which are likely to include how to defuse the situation in
North Korea.
Tillerson will touch down in Tokyo, Japan, on March 15 to begin his first east Asian tour since being sworn in. He'll then go to Seoul before making his final stop in Beijing on March 18.
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He'll
be the second senior member of the Trump administration to tour East
Asia since the new US president was inaugurated less than two months
ago.
Secretary of Defense James Mattis already visited Japan and South Korea in early February, to reiterate US support for their two regional allies.
Wang said he had met Tillerson before, describing him as "a good listener and a good communicator."
"I hope and believe we can establish a good working relationship," he said.
Graham
said the Trump administration's focus has been on East Asia compared to
the previous Obama administration's broader engagement with southeast
Asian countries.
"There was a
genuine and concerted attempt to engage in bilateral relations (with)
Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia ... we don't see that same
level of enthusiasm or engagement from this administration," he said.
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