dyno0919

candle_86
China wouldn't jeopardize their trade with the US to save North Korea though, if they defend North Korea we'd place embargo's on them, and cancel all outstanding debt owed, and they know it. And it wouldn't just be the US, it would be NATO and our pacific allies would stop trading with them as well the second China declared war on the US to defend North Korea. No China would stay out of it its in their best interests economically. And your right we aren't the world police, but the Korean War never ended, we like South Korea have been at war with the North since 1950, this is just a very long cease fire, its not like we are declaring war on them today, we did that 64 years go.

I think you're misplacing the advantage the US has over China. We would be hurt just as badly as China would be if ties were cut over North Korea. Imagine if the prices of everyday products we used tripled overnight to maintain margins while the world searched again for cheap labor. Relinquishing debts would neither be good for our global credit nor our own economy. I agree with you to an extent, but why do you think the world continues to put up with North Korea? Why does the world continue to allow them to violate basic human rights every day continually? It's not like anybody is afraid of them; we could easily overpower them (they don't even have working internet, the point of the OP). They have the world by the balls with political and geographical ties.