The latest North Korean drama...

[Major Robert Dump]

I swear to effing god if I resign to inactive and then move to the Marianas, and that crazy effer attacks Guam or the CNMI, well won't that be a fitting end for me, especially if I get recalled.

[Major Robert Dump]

I think China and Russia may disagree with your strategy.

They have made it fairly clear that they take NKs side even when NK is in the wrong.

On one hand, China holds a lot of US debt and can hold that over the Presidents head.

On the other hand, you occasionally hear about a person being murdered, and it turns out they were killed by someone who owed them money... catch my drift? One of the easiest ways for the US to eliminate its deficit is to eliminate the loan. BOOYAH

Just not in Guam pls KTHNX

[Tellos Athenaios]

From a foreign policy perspective the safe thing to do is to kick the can down the road some more: do what we're already doing and let someone else clean up the mess. Kinda like Vietnam.

[Papewaio]

China is the designated driver on this, so let them look after their power drunk friend.

Of course if China does flex it's military might to remove Kim 3.0 then they will probably either annex the country or bankrupt South Korea by returning to sender.

[Montmorency]

or bankrupt South Korea by returning to sender.

On the other hand, South Korea's power might wax at the expense of Chinese exports, as northern Korea becomes an industrial powerhouse of labor most cheap, fueled by the direct investment of a rich nation. Of course, that wouldn't last forever, but the windfall might well pay off the costs of rapid integration and development - and again, certainly to China's disadvantage.

So

From a foreign policy perspective the safe thing to do is to kick the can down the road some more

[Fragony]

Doubt China is very happy with the glorious puppet of the military. Nothing is going to happen, China doesn't want US soldiers at their borders and vica versa for South-Korea, North-Korea is a buffer, nothing more.

[Ronin]

yes "imminent"...they are just looking for a big enough slingshot to launch those bombs....hold please.

[Sarmatian]

Doubt China is very happy with the glorious puppet of the military. Nothing is going to happen, China doesn't want US soldiers at their borders and vica versa for South-Korea, North-Korea is a buffer, nothing more.

I believe this is a crux of the issue and the reason why China tolerates NK.