1. Well if the Chinese factor prevents them removing the N Korean government, why is Kim so worried about what are little more than exercises?
2. I agree, they are there to contain N Korea, as in, preventing them from invading the South - AGAIN!
3. a lot like Kim's missile launches, right?
4. If the UN has them under sanctions, they really have to be terrible, because the UN hardly ever does anything against tyrants and dictators.
5. No, but it's hardly genocide - people die in war all the time. And you don't get to start the war and then complain about how many of your people were killed during it.
6. Wouldn't you expect your strongest ally to support you when you were constantly threatened by a belligerent tyrant, right on your doorstep? I know I would, which kind of explains the bases in Japan and S Korea, being that they are the ones most threatened by Kim.
I feel much safer having US bases around the world than I would having N Korean ones (or Chinese or Russian, for that matter)