[Thud]

Train wrecks are rarely the result of deliberate action but they happen. I can see this particular train wreck coming. It will be a Greek tragedy of the Delian variety:

For the Strong Do What They Will
And the Weak Endure What They Must

That's why I've been using an analogy of a blind giant who likes to tap dance. Subtlety has never been an American style. We go for brute force. The conscience which inhibited excesses is now merely a policy choice of the current administration rather than an enforceable requirement of the American people.

I fear what we will do to ourselves in our wrath, not what our enemies might do to us. Or we'll do to them.

The Turks are merely clueless by-standers who can't conceive of how things have changed and what will happen in their area. They, and the South Koreans will find out right quick if the North Koreans attack any of our aircraft.

[Beck_isright]

I tend to think the North Koreans will get a display of the modern nuclear arsenal they only dreamed of. Sadly, even though many hundreds of thousands will die worldwide, it might be a lesson that needs to be re-learned.