[BwanaNdege]

"Take out the artillery pointed at Seoul and be done with it."

North Korea has a ton of artillery at the DMZ, all either in defilade or in protected/tunneled positions.

[SamAdams76]

Seoul, with a metro area population of more than 25 MILLION sitting less than 50 miles away from the border, is North Korea's insurance policy - the only reason North Korea still exists.

Despite what the armchair generals here say, this is an intractable problem to deal with. If the U.S. pre-emptively attacks N. Korea and millions (or even thousands) in Seoul die or are injured as a result, it is unlikely those in charge will survive the backlash.

Only way to do this is to somehow neutralize the artillery at the DMZ or stage a successful coup that takes out Rocket Man.

[CMB_polarization]

Surely the US has polished a strategy over nearly half a century for taking them out quickly and efficiently.