South Korea is telling the United States to chill out and stop attempting to escalate with China, because if North Korea wants to they can obliterate Seoul with conventional weapons that they already have aimed at them. All Kim has to do is push a button.
Of course, then the US military would bomb the North into oblivion, but it wouldn’t do much to fix the millions of dead in Seoul. Furthermore, destroying South Korea would create a massive global economic problem.
More likely than actually pushing the button, however, Kim can use the leverage he has in his ability to completely obliterate Seoul for other purposes. And given the threats coming from the United States, it isn’t really unreasonable for him to do so.
The interesting thing is: American allies are increasingly getting nervous, seeing the US as a mad dog. The reasonable tone of both China and Russia no doubt makes a lot of these people wish they were on the other side of this conflict.
>South Korea is telling the United States to chill out and stop attempting to escalate with China, because if North Korea wants to they can obliterate Seoul with conventional weapons that they already have aimed at them. All Kim has to do is push a button.
>Of course, then the US military would bomb the North into oblivion, but it wouldn’t do much to fix the millions of dead in Seoul. Furthermore, destroying South Korea would create a massive global economic problem.
>More likely than actually pushing the button, however, Kim can use the leverage he has in his ability to completely obliterate Seoul for other purposes. And given the threats coming from the United States, it isn’t really unreasonable for him to do so.
>The interesting thing is: American allies are increasingly getting nervous, seeing the US as a mad dog. The reasonable tone of both China and Russia no doubt makes a lot of these people wish they were on the other side of this conflict.
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