why??!!
I don’t give a #### if NK’s want to send guys to die there too.
Why would that start WWIII?
Ukraine is NOT, for those here who forget, is NOT a NATO ally...or particularly useful in any sense of the word excpet for demonrat graft
Ukraine has blown up thousands of Russian tanks, hundreds of thousands of Russian infantrymen and depleted North Korean artillery and missile stocks. Seems pretty useful to me.
The South Koreans are fine with masses of North Korean soldiers goose stepping around in big plazas in NK. But the S. Koreans really DON’T want North Korean units getting battlefield experience in a modern (well, mostly modern) war. Recall that the Korean War never actually ended (esp. from the perspective of North Korea.)
There is also the issue of what is NK getting in return?
IIRC, SK intends to be the 4th biggest arms exporter on Earth by 2027, and at the rate they are going, one would have to think they will hit that target. They are also working closely with Poland. This is in addition to their own defense procurements.
This is what happens when the US backs out of or fails to meet its obligations, or fails to lead. The South Koreans reasonably fear they cannot depend on the US, so they are taking matters into their own hands*, well aware of how things went when China sent 1 million troops across the border, and the US forces in Korea were modest.
*That might sound great, to relieve the burden on the US, but then you end up with a world full of heavily armed, fearful if not antagonistic nations, and unstable alliances. IMO, many countries will eventually obtain nukes in quantity. Either way, that world WILL blow, the only question is the timing and the trigger.
Anyway, while I agree this is hardly something that would itself start WW3, it might move the pieces a tad closer together.