Exactly. Trump is on exactly the right path. Get everyone to make statements condemning the DPRK’s missile and nuclear testings and as many countries as possible to impose sanctions, under the grounds of getting the DPRK to admit that it’s willing to consider disarming, wherein they can go to the negotiating table. If the DPRK refuses to admit being willing to disarm, or refuses to reach a disarmament deal in negotiations, then the US can attack with some degree of “we tried everything we could” cover. Meanwhile, the US can move that time to continue to move more assets into the theater.
Three carrier groups en route. One mistral (for whatever that’s worth... but more planes is more planes). Heavy augmentation of US ground forces. All of the ROK forces. Our troops will have what they need to do this effectively, to keep safe, quickly push the DPRK out of range of the south and away from their tunnels, and intercept the ballistic threat and coastal threats. The opening wave will be historic in scale - attacks across the DPRK from a huge number of assets all arriving simultaneously.
Thank God that Trump is president. Can you imagine if Clinton had been in charge of seeing us through this?
Trouble is we’re not going to get N.Korea to disarm......at Best China and Russia will get Kim to agree to ‘refrain’ from advancing their nuclear programs ...then ol Kim will sit down and make demands just as before...and the nation leaders will continue to appease him til the next time....round and round we go..AGAIN!
The only other option is to take out the facilities we know about....and hope that the China and Russian troops and military on Kims borders will stand back while we do so....and we have to have South Korea’s ok to do that...
(Note: The fly in the ointment could also be if S. Korea saw opportunity then to invade with their troops...while we are bombing the facilities. If that happens there will be war...Russia and China will not stand back for that at all.)