(China’s) Child’s Play
October 14th, 2006The UN has approved sanctions of Korea, and part of the sanctions call for the inspection of cargo ships leaving North Korea. Keep in mind that this is a UN Resolution and that means that it’ll inherently be weak.
The new draft resolution dropped or softened several provisions to placate China and Russia. It eliminated explicit mention of military enforcement of the sanctions; placed more limits on the kinds of cargo that could be inspected going in and out of North Korea; and dropped a blanket embargo on conventional weapons.
No surprise, but a big disappointment that these countries can’t understand the danger posed by their games. China keeps thinking that it can toe the line and they’re going to wind up flabbergasted when Kim Jung Il demonstrates that he is not their docile dog. He’s a pitbull with no respect or fear of the Chinese, and someday, they’ll understand that.