All this talk about what the military can and should do by the keyboard warriors would be funny with anybody but Trump sitting in the oval office. Unfortunately, Trump is as clueless as his acolytes, one can only hope that Mattis and Kelly will prevent him from doing something so stupid that millions will be slaughtered.
The simple fact is that NK has both nukes and ICBM's and there is nothing the US can do about it short of war in Asia.
Etc.
The post referenced above is a realistic look at what could POSSIBLY happen.
Everything montanajoe warns against actually COULD happen.
That's not the same as actually WOULD happen.
It's quite possible that Russia and China also dislike
the idea of a nuclear-armed lunatic state.
For years, I've seen North Korea as "China's pit bull."
China kept the NORKs around to do the dirty jobs
for which China doesn't want to be blamed.
But China may be changing their assessment.
China might now see North Korea as "too destabilizing."
And if there's anything China likes, it's stability!
It's been the centerpiece of Chinese culture for 5000 years!
Any time you look at the possible consequences of an action,
you also have to look at the possible consequences of NOT taking action.
In this case, the consequences of not taking action never get any better.
They only keep getting worse.
The lunatic just keeps becoming MORE powerful and MORE dangerous!
You and I are not in on the private conversations Mr. Trump has had
with numerous Chinese and Russian leaders.
What's been said in private among those folks
has A LOT to do with whether or not
the things that COULD happen
actually WOULD happen.