On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:59:12 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

under the Trump administration, would quickly put an end to it without
use of nuclear weapons.

... As long as China stayed out if it.
Been there, done that.



I don't think the crazy fat kid is on the Chinese president's Christmas
card list.


I have seen a lot of talking about that. China really likes having a
closed society, communist government on their southern border. They
certainly do not want to be backed up against a capitalist juggernaut
like the South.
I imagine they would be OK with a hybrid like Vietnam but that can
only happen if the north would be exposed to an American culture like
South Vietnam brought with them when they were "conquered".
Unfortunately South Korea may be too western for China, even if they
were assimilated into the north.
OTOH the Chinese did accept Hong Kong but that is a very isolated
place.

I am guessing the Chinese are very conflicted on this but they may
feel they have some implied treaty obligations if we attacked the
north. This is where I hope Trump or someone in the west can just make
a deal with the Chinese so we don't have to seek a military solution
because I do not see a "win" in it.