We're at War with a Nuclear Power

[jordan179]

The MSM has utterly missed the important development in the North Korean Crisis, namely this ...

... North Korea has declared the truce ended.

Maybe Journalism Majors don't study history or international law. When a truce which ended a war which never ended by treaty (as was the case in the Korean War, 1950-53) is ended, that means the war has

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[jordan179]

As others point out, actually touching the match to the fuse means things get Very Uncomfortable Indeed for North Korean leadership. But that might not be enough to hold Kim and whoever back. They already seem irrational and thus cannot be counted upon to act rationally at all times.

Exactly. Rationally, Kim should be deterred by our superior military might. But Kim may not realize the extent to which he is outmatched, or the degree to which China may have little appetite for losing men, material and money to rescue him from the trouble he's starting. Kim is told by everyone that he's a man-god, and after many years in power, he may believe his own propaganda.

The image I keep getting is of a kid that gets placated by screaming and acting out. "I make a fuss, I get goodies. I make a bigger fuss, I get more goodies." Eventually the kid gets so greedy he makes too big a fuss and this time he doesn't get more goodies, he gets what he should have gotten all along, only big-time.

And this is why it's been such a mistake for America and South Korea to keep appeasing Kim. If we'd stood firm and at a minimum cut off all aid the first time he broke treaties, the crisis we're having now would probably never have developed in the first place.