China and North Korea

According to the latest dispatches, the Chinese are aiming for a UN resolution to end the tension arising from the sinking by North Korea of a South Korean navy ship. the Chinese want a resolution that condemns the sinking but does not mention that it was North Korea that was responsible.

I hope that no one accepts this ridiculous resolution. Basically, China wants the rest of the world to give North Korea a pass for what it did. Why not? Just because the North Koreans committed a savage act of war and killed over 40 innocent South Korean sailors is no reason to sanction them. Next we will hear that sanctions against the North Koreans would be akin to war crimes. it is all just more BS.

The time has come for the USA to get together with Japan and South Korea and announce that there will be no commerce of any sort with the North Koreans. Indeed, there should be sanctions put in place that bar any company that trades with the North Koreans from doing business with the USA, Japan or South Korea. It would be nice if the European Union would join in this effort, but the three countries acting alone would be sufficient. Such a move would put China in the awkward position of either having its companies cut off from three of their four biggest foreign markets or else having to cut off trade with the North Koreans.

My guess is that the threat of such sanctions alone would be sufficient to get the Chinese on board to curtail North Korean aggression. Of course, given President Obama's view of the world, any strong action by the USA is out of the question. Most likely we will apologize for to the North Koreans for ever suspecting that they had a part in the sinking and maybe we will send them reparations as well. Obama has got to go.