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A war with North Korea would stop the proliferation of weapons by North Korea
Parker 3 (Randall, 2003 July 16, http://www.parapundit.com/archives/001489.html)KFC
Kaplan thinks that the North Koreans are ready to deal. More likely they are just stalling for time while they develop nuclear weapons. Once they have a lot of nukes Kim Jong-il probably figures he will be able to deter a US attack, extort a lot more aid from South Korea and Japan, and even earn a large amount of revenue by selling nuclear weapons to Middle Eastern governments and terrorist groups. From his standpoint becoming a nuclear power probably looks far more attractive than trying to strike a deal with the United States for aid in exchange for not developing nukes. Does Kaplan think that North Korea is going to hand over its processed plutonium, processed uranium, and uranium enrichment centrifuges? If they agreed to do so how would we know that they are not cheating? We'd probably find out that they cheated when an American city suddenly got vaporized. Short of air strikes or full scale war what else can the United States do about North Korea? I've previous posted (here and here) on the Proliferation Security Initiative. While the goal of that initiative might seem to be to stop the sale of WMD by North Korea by interception of WMD shipments it is unlikely to be able to accomplish that directly. A nuclear weapon or weapons grade bomb material would be so small that ways to smuggle it past ships and aircraft enforcing a partial blocakde would likely be found. However, that does not mean that the Proliferation Security Initiative has no value. If it has the effect of reducing illicit drug and missile sales then it will reduce the revenue that the regime receives. It will also demonstrate to the Chinese the seriousness with which the US treats the developing threat posed by North Korea. The other remaining option that gets far too little attention is to attempt to reach the North Korean people with news about the outside world and ideas that they know little about. I've posted an assortment of suggestions on how this might be accomplished. Also see this post for more on that idea. We will some day pay a high price to take out the North Korean regime. The big question is whether we will be willing to pay that price before an American city is nuked.
North Korea War Solves Heg
A war between the US and North Korea would reentrance US heg
Galtung 98 (Johan, dr hc mult, Professor of Peace Studies Dir., October 13, 1998, http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/New_World_Order/US_Hegemony.html)KFC
The exceptions were wars of self-defense or miliary obligations from the League Covenant, the Monroe doctrine or alliance obligations - similar to the UN Charter Article 2(4), with exceptions. Both valid international law, with holes. The three dictatorships were above the law and the League. They brushed all resolutions aside, lifted by their visions of a New Order: Neuordnung/Nuovo Ordine/dai-to-a. Their propaganda was as massive as the NATO propaganda with its insulting "apologies" for "collateral damage" that so obviously was intended by those on top from the very beginning. (The world did not have Internet at the time, that helps today). But the power was on the side of those "above the law" because of a criterion of their own choice - although there was probably more popular will behind what those dictatorships did than for the sneaky action by the "democracies"). The dictatorships followed up what they started: the Second world war. The USA, using NATO-AMPO-TIAP, is probably tempted to do the same, starting with North Korea and Colombia(?), to implement their New World Order. Unfortunately, this kind of politics is accompanied by a general attitude of self-righteousness and self-appointment. To the present President, William Jefferson Clinton, America has become the world's "indispensable nation". Since JCS has been drawn upon to show the political/military tradition enacted, it is worth pointing out that to one recent Chairman of the JCS, Colin Powell, "America was created by divine providence to bring order to the world", and to his successor, John Shalikashvili, the USA is nothing less than a "global nation with global interests". To such a nation world hegemony is not a right. It is a duty to be "international police force", whether others agree or not.
***JAPAN***
Japan-South Korea Relations Solve Asian Instability
Strong Japan- South Korea relations ensure Asian stability
DPJ 99 [Democratic Party of Japan, June, http://www.dpj.or.jp/english/policy/security.html]
Relations with the Republic of Korea are becoming closer, particularly in the economic field. While President Kim Dae Jung's visit to Japan in 1998 saw progress in Japan-ROK relations, sincere efforts need to be made to strengthen these ties further, building deeper relations of trust. Economic interdependence between the two countries should be deepened, while we should also accelerate cultural and regional exchange. It will be also important that both Japan and the ROK promote mutual exchange and dialogue on security issues. Such topics, the shape of security in Northeast Asia once the Korean Peninsula has stabilized should be discussed. In order to resolve the territorial issues between the two countries so that these do not flare up into major problems in the future, consideration should be given to the creation of some kind of consultative framework that includes third-party international institutions.
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