Well, he's learned the DC game well, obviously.
I don’t believe the predictions about the EMP or a presumptive North Korean attack on the United States. Nine out of ten Americans dead? Sure, that’s the premise of “One Second After.” Maybe it’ll be that way. Maybe not.
My concern is the unexpected and unpredictable consequences of those actions. If history is any guide, it’s that once something like war is initiated, there will be events that very few people foresee. Attacking the United States with a nuclear weapon in any form could produce any result from a Carthage-style elimination to the creation of a worldwide Pax Americana empire. Who the hell knows? Certainly not me. I think the fear of an unpredictable result is the thing holding people back, and Kim enjoys playing the role of the rouge madman.
Good to read this article, though, as a way for me to see what the prognosticators are thinking about at the current time.