China and the Reunification of Korea

"There is nobody who on leaving this city does not possess greater
caution than when he arrived: by surrendering one's money to
others one learns how to preserve it, which is the only advantage
that foreigners derive from this city of enchantments."

------------Persian Letters. Letter 58, Montesquieu.


Two dinosaurs spawned by post World War 2 realignment sadly
outlive their purpose on this planet. One is NATO and the other
the partition of Korea. Wherever they roam one can see the tracks
of instability, rapacious economic policies and outdated cold-war era
militarism.

Most, if not all, Koreans desire reunification. There are only two
nations on this planet who'd attempt to stop this, Japan and The
United States. The first fears the economic competition. The latter
is not desirous of reunification because it renders their military
presence on the peninsula pointless.






We will always have flare ups and provocative war games between
North and South Korea as long as the US guards the parallel. It is in
the Pentagon's interest to have an enduring presence on the Yellow
Sea. The Failure of the latest G-20 meeting in Seoul has inspired
this artillery incident. Here it is apropos to recall the ballistic missile
fired from a Chinese Submarine just off the coast near Los Angeles......

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China could seize this moment and head a diplomatic effort towards a
foregone conclusion: The Reunification of Korea. With one stroke of a
pen they could cripple US hegemony in Asia and unite a prosperous
peninsula in their favor. They could also implement an Economic Aid
package involving US Bonds to ease the transition of the North into a
more open society.


South Korea needs to escape US control of their political system.
They need to stop being Japan, Jr..

With the US out of the Korean Peninsula East Asia could be free
to grow on its own terms. Fostering organic trade relations unfettered
by the strain of military alliances.