America and Japan Remain Tough on Pyongyang

America and Japan remain steadfast in their opposition to a toning down of words of a draft resolution before the United Nations Security Council, with most of their criticism being directed toward North Korean ally China. China, says the U.S., has the most sway over Pyongyang and therefore must show North Korea how serious its actions are and how dismayed even North Korea?s best friend is. It is believed by many that China was deeply disappointed when Kim Jong-Il, North Korea?s reclusive dictator, launched the missiles.

China had previously urged the Stalinist dictatorship of the northern half of the Korean Peninsula to not to test launch anything. Anyway, both the U.S. and Japan insist on sanctions being levied against North Korea, but Russia and China, in positions similar to those they hold on dealing with the Islamic Republic of Iran (also a North Korean ally), have remained against them for some time? though Moscow, which also has close ties to Pyongyang, has expressed its displeasure at North Korean brinkmanship.

Fears connected with allowing North Korea to keep its missile systems and nuclear arsenal tend toward the opinion that such leniency will lead to the spread of nuclear weapons throughout Asia, with South Korea and Japan possibly investing money to research and build their own nuclear weapon deterrents to counter that of North Korea?s. As for U.S.-Japan cooperation in the crisis, the American Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said to reporters, ?We want to very much keep focused on staying together, and I would assess the U.S.-Japanese cooperation in this regard as truly excellent.?

                                 

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