tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post115988292412440087..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Amaterasu, guide us!MTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-1159916894620113152006-10-04T08:08:00.000+09:002006-10-04T08:08:00.000+09:00Eric - The best solution for dealing with a psycho...Eric - The best solution for dealing with a psychopathic entity is to put a huge distance between yourself and it. <BR/><BR/>Moving the Japanese islands further away from North Korea is likely to be prohibitively expensive, however.<BR/><BR/>The decidedly less desirable and more uncertain course is to encircle the entity with unfriendly yet not-quite-antagonistic forces. Patience and unity among all robs the pathological of its strongest weapons--1) a sense of panic in one player which leads to that player to accept any compromise so long as it reduces a threat, even if only temporarily and 2)the pitting of outside forces against one another.<BR/><BR/>The DPRK government freaked out when China joined Japan in voting for the UN Security Council sanctions resolution after the July missile launches. The leadership must have nearly had a coronary when one of its base assumptions--that without a pledge to abandon visits to Yasukuni, Japan's prime minister will not meet with the leaders of China and South Korea --seemed to fall apart this week.MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-1159901372919528252006-10-04T03:49:00.000+09:002006-10-04T03:49:00.000+09:00Your right! Maybe the US and allies should give h...Your right! Maybe the US and allies should give humanitarian aid and financial incentives to North Korea. This should convince N. Korea to stop testing. Opps, we already tried that and failed. What would you suggest as an alternative plan of action?<BR/>-EricAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com