China Must Step Up On N. Korea
By Bradley Blakeman
Newsmax.com
It is about time that America and the world’s
community of nations holds China responsible for the
illegal and provocative behavior and actions of
North Korea.
For too long, China has ignored its responsibility
for North Korea — leaving America and other
non-Asian nations to be the foil for North Korea and
China’s bad behavior.
Why is it our responsibility to police and
discipline China’s problem?
America has let itself be foolishly drug into every
provocation and skirmish that North Korea has
plotted as China sits back and laughs at us.
The fact is that North Korea could not exist as a
nation without the support and protection of their
Chinese Communist comrades.
China is North Korea’s most important ally. China is
their food supplier, largest trading partner, arms
dealer, energy suppler and political
supporter/enabler.
China has propped up and sustained the rogue regime
of Kim Jong-Il — and now his son — while providing
“protection” for them. China has run interference
for North Korea — preventing and thwarting sanctions
and other international pressure. The PRC fears a
regime change more that any mischief North Korea has
created — or will create.
North Korea’s bad behavior has been beneficial to
China at times because it has preoccupied the United
States and caused us to look foolish through our
inablilty to have any positive influence on serious
situations.
The six-party talks have become laughable with
nothing to show for any “negotiations.” The U.S. has
no business taking part. There should be one-party
orders given by China to North Korea to live up to
international treaty and law.
If tomorrow China were to exert its own political,
economic, and military influence over North Korea,
rest assured that the country’s behavior would take
a dramatic turn for the better.
If China knew that the U.S. and the West would be
holding it responsible for North Korea we would see
a dramatic change. China needs to know that they
endanger their relationship with other nations by
their inaction and ignorance of North Korea.
China has put up with North Korea’s bad behavior
because selfishly it would rather have an
unpredictable country it can trust than a country it
cannot “control.” North Korea allows China to focus
on building a navy that can dominate the waters of
Asia and beyond rather than having to protect its
own northeastern border.
In addition, the Chinese are paranoid that a regime
change in Pyongyang would trigger chaos on the
border resulting in millions of North Koreans
flooding into China.
How is it possible that China would allow North
Korea to engage in missile tests and the
proliferation of nuclear weaponry if they were not
in cahoots?
North Korea cannot even provide for its people yet
it has the resources to invest in weapons without
the threat of a clear and present danger to justify
such behavior.
Enough is enough. Now is the time to hold China
accountable and responsible for North Korea in all
respects.
China must pay the consequences in equal proportion
to any illegal or immoral acts perpetrated or
threatened by its North Korean ally.
Bradley A. Blakeman served as deputy
assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001-04.
He is currently a professor of Politics and Public
Policy at Georgetown University and a frequent
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