This post is meant to re-assure those of you that hate war that there will be no strike on North Korea.

This is in keeping with out previous posts:
Korea "war" forecast - no war will happen
There will be no strike on North Korea in the next three days

Let's go over these arguments:

Korea is still a client state of China. Kim Jong-Un, 김정, will not act against direct instructions of the Chinese government.

It is being too aggressive to think that China's goal is the destabilization of America. Instead, the Chinese goal is to weaken America in the Far East in those areas where America may interfere with China's goals.

China is not interested in a war with America!

In fact, after Trump's negotiations with China last month, China is more on board with America's interests than it has been since Reagan.

That does not mean they are allies.

Ignore the headlines

The "bloody nose" attack being bandied about by Trump and company is nothing more than showmanship. China needs a reason to work behind the scenes in North Korea, and Trump can not be seen as "weak" in dealing with a nuclear threat.

From or last post:

America will either back down from statements made, such as the "fire and fury" statement which was not followed up on, or China will step in and "defuse" a situation they in reality have control over.

This Council of Foreign Relations backgrounder on North Korea's dependence on China is good read, even if it does come from a neoliberal perspective.

So relax, war does not start here.

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