Intersting Peter King was talking preemption in NK just yesterday... I think the US would strike any Nork ICBM on the pad if necessary, the sites are heavily defended but cruise missiles and B2s ought to be able to pull it off
If Beezle has the last word on whether we strike preemptively he won’t. Unless he can do it with plausible deniablity in case it action goes south.
Something like,
‘The President was at the seventeenth hole and cell phone reception is poor.’
‘Had he been able to communicate with the commanders he would have had them wait before attacking.’
OTOH if the strike went well it’s..
‘ The president was in the war room directing the strike.’
He leads from behind .