Given the past history of how that panned out in other countries, maybe it is actually naive to think bombing will solve anything, no ? Also, maybe neither the

Given the past history of how that panned out in other countries, maybe it is actually naive to think bombing will solve anything, no ? Also, maybe neither the US, S Korea or China want to see a collapse of the region with all refugees that would ensue ? Comparison with east germany is out of touch IMO: difference between south and north korea are much, much wider (not to diminish East Germany shortcomings, but most of its population was not dying from hunger AFAIK), and whereas German reunification happened after Soviet collapse, China is not about to collapse. Also, West Germany was the top economy of western Europe, and much bigger in population than East Germany (14 millions vs ~ 60 millions in 1990, whereas N Korea is around 25 millions for 45 in South Korea).