Kim Jong Un has been rattling his sabre for years. He believes his nuclear program gives his regime legitimacy in the world, he wants to flex like the big boys, so he spouts off at the biggest bully on the block. Meanwhile the vast majority of his subjects languish in ignorance, poverty and starvation. All would soon face a grim fate if the regime fell. I think I see people overestimating their chances.
For all the endless bluster that comes out of NK, I'm sure even Fatboy Kim is aware that his regime would quickly come to an end if he used his nukes on any US territory or ally. The threat is mainly to South Korea, who very frankly, should be worried.
Is there anyone who DOESN'T think the US would obliterate North Korea if they launched nuclear weapons at us? With Trump in the WH? C'mon.
Think about it, NK has roughly 1.2 million men in its army, not one with combat experience. Not one. They are completely surrounded and boxed in geographically. A shooting gallery. They have zero capability to deploy their forces off their peninsula. Near-zero air power. Their entire inventory of conventional warmaking equipment is outdated hand-me-downs from other countries, mostly old Chinese gear.
I would remind my fellow Americans, we put down the world's 4th largest standing army --Iraq, who were better equipped-- in six weeks, on their home field, 25 years ago, without nukes.
Does anyone still think there is a scenario that NK will fare any better?
