[wtc911]

The U.S. could turn that place into molten slag and I doubt Kim Dung Ill is insane enough to take the gamble.

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Anyone who thinks that PRC would sit still while the US uses nuclear weapons at its doorstep is not thinking past square one.

[Paul_Denton]

Well we could also flatten the PRC too. 20 ICBMs versus 7,000 ICBMs makes for a very one sided nuclear exhange.

[RightWhale]

Any use of nukes by the US in N Korea would be with prior approval of the PRC. It would be a last resort if the Chinese Army is somehow destroyed on the way to N Korea.