That’s assuming that those 30,000 Americans are just going to sit around with their collective thumbs up their asses.
Yes, NK has all sorts of nasty artillery along the NK/SK border. And yes, if all hell breaks loose a lot of people will be caught in the middle.
To capitulate to a totalitarian madman is unacceptable.
Make the message to NK clear: Do something stupid, and we will wipe you off of the map, consequences be damned.
I concur. Let them strike first and then strike mercilessly. End of NK problem forever, and Russia & China will take notice as well. I’ll bet even the Middle East will start shaking in their collective boots.
“Thats assuming that those 30,000 Americans are just going to sit around with their collective thumbs up their asses.”
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Think “Pearl Harbor”. Has nothing to do with the ability to retaliate in the aftermath.
“Make the message to NK clear: Do something stupid, and we will wipe you off of the map, consequences be damned.”
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I believe that’s what Trump is doing, making use of the carrot of Kim’s survival and the stick of the alternative.