China is not ready for a wider war. Most of their military technology improvements are just leaving the drawing boards and not really in full deployment. China does not want the North to be an American base. China will first bluff and bluster to scare Trump off. When that doesn’t work they will invade and take the little shrimp off the throne themselves. (The present approach is to create a fertile ground for the NK dictator to be removed by a coup. That hasn’t, thus far, worked and time is running out.)
China used NK as a tool. But times and the need for the tool have moved on. Now, that tool is a big eyesore and a huge potential problem. China needs to control the change or their border cities will be swamped with millions of starving and sick refugees.
Look for China to be the ground and the US and South Korea to be the air power.
Generally speaking, you and I are on the same page. Bottom line is that Kim has lost his “Attacking me is like attacking China” status. His days are numbered.
Old vulcan proverb: Only Nixon could go to china.
New proverb: Only Trump could take out NK. Imagine NK becoming “friendly” kind of like China is. It would be a small scale version of the Berlin wall coming down.
Yes...pretty much my thinking as well General. China’s the moving party when it comes to Kim.....and I do think it was China that did the recent missile explosion. They had sent their Top Nuclear Officials there just the day before the planned launch...and also China’s Military Officials were missing from the Celebrations they ALWAYS attend with Kim.