m**c
发帖数: 7349 | 1 What to do? Diplomacy now has even less to offer. Any appeals the North may
make to America for the normalisation of ties have only one aim: the
withdrawal of America’s 28,000 troops from South Korea.
And so pre-emptive strikes against North Korea are being talked about. South
Korea recently said it would hit first if it believed the North was about
to throw a punch. In Washington, some think-tankers now discuss, with
surprising acceptance, the merits of attacking North Korean nuclear
facilities—or even taking out Mr Kim himself.
It is far from clear how such out-of-the-blue strikes might succeed. And
they would involve a huge risk of retaliation. With cosmopolitan Seoul just
60km (40 miles) south of the demilitarised zone, it is hard to see South
Korea giving approval.
Without it, an American strike would rupture the alliance. So forget pre-
emption too. |
|
