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I'm empathetic to China's position... having a war that close the homeland is bad for business. They have some difficult decisions ahead of them. [If someone was threatening Canada or Mexico, we'd probably intervene for purely geo-political reasons, for example]

What I don't understand is Russia's alliance, I'm hoping someone can explain. NK seems a lot less of geo-political importance for Russia than it is for China.

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Russia's position is "Nk is sonovabitch, but it trolls US, let's support it"

I'd be more inclined to think of it as an "enemy of my enemy is my friend" kind of a relationship. The USSR has historically supported North Korea as well, so the expectation and past relationships at various levels are still going to be there regardless of what the Russian government looks like these days.

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