That, of course, begs the question why are our American servicemen within range? Why are they not moved back far enough to get away from the artillery which might contain chemical or biological even if they remain exposed to atomic attack? The American army is being used as a tripwire?
A tripwire against a desperate and deranged nuclear power? Hello?
Let's switch our thinking around entirely:
All the pundits tell us that the key to solving the Korean crisis is to encourage China to control their puppet and tell China that they should do so if for no other reason than they want to prevent a spillover of millions North Korean refugees into their country in the event of war. But suppose the pundits have it exactly backwards; suppose the Chinese are already pulling the strings and are using the North Koreans to push back the Japanese and intimidate them. Do not forget that the Chinese and the Japanese have been at each other's diplomatic throats over oil and other minerals in offshore islands.
Further, the Chinese can hope to so intimidate the Japanese that they pry them away from the Americans. When Obama begs the Chinese to do the right thing and control North Korea, they can exact a price.
In the Orient things are not always as they appear.
