Tao Urges Non-reaction to North Korean Provocation
Tensions are mounting along the DMZ between North and South Korea now that the latter has determined that a North Korean submarine took out one of its warships with a torpedo.
This is an act of war, without question. But no act could be more ripe for non-reaction than this one.
One has to wonder, why would North Korea risk such a blatant provocation? Is it, perhaps, that the regime in Pyongyang feels vulnerable and has concluded that all out war is the only way to sustain itself? (If I may go on record here, I predict that this is in fact the case.)
From the South Korean perspective, what's done is done. More bloodshed won't bring back their lost sailors. They have only to do nothing but hold their ground to determine North Korea's true agenda.
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