Someone will have to blink soon. Lets hope it isnt us or the allies. If we do, we will begin a trend of being blackmailed that may not be very reversible.
I hope some of the more brilliant minds in our government have an out of the box solution for this brewing mess.
500,,170mm Koksan SP guns,,200mlrs,,500+ SCUDS,,100 No-Dong 10,000 guns total,,est.500,000 rnds per hr for several hours,,70% of NK army within 100mi. of the border,,,,, est. 300,000 to 500,000 casualties first 90 days(military)
"If there is even so much as an interdiction, they will attack the south (Seoul)."
Have their been any reports of people leaving Seoul in anticipation of an attack?
you wrote:
"This puts the US and Japan in an untenable position. If there is even so much as an interdiction, they will attack the south (Seoul). So the compassion of peaceful nations is used for nuclear and economic negotiation, with a city of ten million people as the bargaining chip. Not to mention the global economic disruption that would result from evacuating from the 38th several clicks south. This is a lose-lose scenario for the US, Japan, and ROK. DPRK does not have much more to lose."
STOP THE POST(lol).
You are playing a fool's game here..the kind they want us to play.
How bout we don't play it for a change?
How bout we announce that we are pulling all of our troops completely OUT OF SK.
We are 'redeploying' our naval fleet off the coast of Japan or Tawain or both.
In other words:.....'we have our folks out...you make a move..and your toast'!!
How's THAT for diplo talk?
Who in the hell ever told you that the US would be 'required' to only move 'south' a few kilometers in the event of a big bang up with NK?
I have to wonder at this point what side of global reality you reside on?
Yup. So true.