China Once Again Pushing for Freeze to US-ROK Military Exercises
CNN has a long article published advocating for a freeze deal with North Korea by suspending US-ROK military exercises. As I have long said suspending or degrading the US-ROK alliance is a long term goal of China. Suspending the upcoming UFG military exercises will only invite more belligerent behavior by North Korea by rewarding bad behavior and further advance China’s strategic goal of ending the US-ROK alliance:
In an editorial Tuesday, nationalistic state-run tabloid Global Times said South Korea should “act as a buffer” between the US and North Korea and urged Seoul to halt the upcoming joint military exercise.The dual freeze approach put forward by China and Russia often “gets a bad rap” in Washington because of who backs it, said Delury. “But it’s a way for both sides to take a step back, lower the temperature (and) explore a diplomatic option.”Zhao said such a freeze could “have prevented North Korea from fast advancing their missile programs, especially from acquiring an ICBM capability so quickly.”However, Pinkston described such a deal as a “completely asymmetric,” pointing out that regular military exercises held by North Korea and China would not be covered by it. [CNN]
You can read more at the link, but what I think the US should do is say they would sign up for a freeze deal if the punishment for non-compliance by North Korea is the authorization of preemptive strikes to take out their nuclear and missile programs. The North Koreans would never sign up for such a deal because like past agreements they fully intend to violate it at a time of their choosing. However, offering this condition shows the US attempted to negotiate and the North Koreans were the ones that would not agree to a deal.
Screw china. They had to step in in 1950 and created the mess we have now.
rok act as a buffer? prc doesn’t realize that rok is the catalyst of u.s./dprk tension?!