[quote=briansd1]I don’t see why we should blame the Chinese.

If we want to fix the Korean situation to our liking, then we need to do what we need to do. If we don’t have the means, then tough luck for us.

The Chinese will do what is good for them, unless we make it worthwhile for them to help us. Simple as that.

Foreign policy is based on tit for tat relationships of equals (or a semblance of it). We need to treat others like we want to be treated. Under Bush, America wanted to go it alone, so we should shouldn’t be surprised if other countries are now telling us “you want to fix it, then you do it; nobody is stopping you, but don’t expect us to help. And if you break it, you own it.”

In diplomacy, it takes years, if not decades, to make admends for perceived wrongs and breach of protocol.[/quote]

Geez briansd, this isn’t about the United States, for crying out loud!

This is about the people of the Republic of Korea who have been subjected to a violent premeditated attack. This is about the long-suffering people of North Korea. And it’s about the constant selfish meddling of the Chinese government that keeps the South in fear and the North in poverty and chaos.

It’s about my grandparents and their young children, who fled North Korea through those same disputed waters in 1946, and were saved by the hospitality of those same islanders when their boat broke down. None of them ever saw their home in the north again … except for my uncle, who had to flee through those waters again when the few survivors of his unit retreated from the north in late 1950.

So treat others as they would want to be treated, and think about those who truly bear the burden of the Korean situation before glibly brushing it off as another George W. Bush gaffe.