Indeed.
The Left likes to approach these situations in two phases:
1) They are not a threat to us right now, so we should do nothing. Let sleeping dogs lie. You can’t just attack someone with no reason.
2) OMG! They have operational weapons! They are a threat! We must be cautious! We can’t do anything or else they will kill us all! Let’s give them what ever they want!
Let’s hope we can be smarter than that.
The left has a 3rd option. They can scream “Everything was fine until Trump came along... now look what he’s done!”
THE key is to totally reject sanctions. Totally reject Chinese help. Totally employ nuclear preemption to a level there will be no recovery by the NORKS. It must be total and complete and the Chinese must be hit and hit hard if they blink wrong. We have this multi billion dollar military, we need to get it out of the garage and drive it around NOW!!!
You forgot #3: The Left makes a silly movie that simultaneously lampoons the insane dictator AND the US leaders’ response to the crisis. Old tradition going back to “Dr. Strangelove”.