Lacking the military wherewithal to defeat the South, Kim's regime is simply trying to extend its miserable existence through extortion.
by Stuart Koehl
Long, long piece in the Weekly Standard that suggests that the last thing the Norks will do is to go to war. Mr. Koehl also posits that we and the SKors are close to having a solution for all the Nork military options. Kimmie's bellicose threats, in that context, are more useful for keeping the current regime in power and not about attacking and beating South Korea.
I'm not so sure about that -- Nork artillery could rain a true 'sea of fire' down on Seoul and suburbs for a good couple days if the Norks wanted to do that. Ten thousand artillery tubes firing two rounds a minute for two days could ruin the city. It's becoming clear that the Nork army is a hollow shell that couldn't march south past the first big-box grocery store without coming to a halt. But we shouldn't sit back smugly and think that we can ignore the poofy-haired varmint. |
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