Would you agree on a pre-emptive strike against North Korea?

[Azuren]

Soundwave said:

theprof00 said:
China actually depends on the US and South Korea and Japan for a huge amount of manufacturing purchases. While we owe them a lot of money, we're not exactly enemies, but more like two rivals who mutually benefit from each other.
NK threatens that ecosystem, and let's be fair, China would rather just own that territory in order to claim more of the sea.
It's in China's best interest to take out NK. US could never invade because it wouldn't only be bad for retaliation to nearby Allies, but it would be a highly contested point and strengthen tensions in the area.
Therefore, the best move is to convince China to just take it in a business move orchestrated by the US and Chinese governments.
China has once recently condemned nk for these arms races, I don't think it will be long before they do something.

China will never let a unified NATO-US Korea sit on their doorstep. 

And US will never agree to just hand over North Korea to China, which would encourage China to take over other disputed areas of South Asia. 

Don't confuse things like "friendship" ... there is no real "friendship" in geopolitics, there is only power. 

China and US need each and are "friendly" to each, but friendly in that "girls who go to high school together, smile in each other's faces and then as soon as they turn around talk massive shit about them and would secretly love nothing more than to see the other get hit by a bus" type of thing. 

I dunno, he had a pretty surprised look on his face in the last episode.