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Originally Posted by Raellus
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The PRC will, in my view, not be pleased and respond as they typically have in the past. The Foreign Ministry/Politburo will issue vague rhetoric with language such as "unhelpful inflammatory steps must be avoided to prevent misunderstanding or escalate tension" that has to be carefully interpreted.
In the past I would have said to watch for PRC military leaders to say much more inflammatory remarks such as what we saw in the 90's (Los Angeles and the Sea of Fire remark) but I suspect today any statements are very carefully vetted and controlled.
We also can't verbally slap the PRC too publicly-for diplomacy we need what little leverage they have over the DPRK for whatever little good it actually accomplishes
Candidly training 500 or so ROC personnel will help a bit as will the US military mission on the ground. To change the military calculus the ROC will need more Western hardware promptly.
Just my 2 cents.