Where do you stand on a potential war with North Korea?

[nadinbrzezinski]

56. So you are telling me that

The armistice is a figment of everybody's imagination and that we are not at war with North Korea? You mean just because the kid took over from his dad?

Hate to point this out, but that is not how international relations work.

And I am not eager for the resumption of hostilities. I am sure neither is the High Command of the US military (the force is over stretched) or SK for that matter. The conservative calculation is at two million civilian casualties, and nations have issues absorbing those numbers.

I will repeat this. The US is not the one rattling swords by testing nukes, testing medium range missiles, walking away from the armistice and closing down the phone lines between Pyongyang and Seul, and threatening the US mainland with a nuclear strike...or rejecting the Blue House approach for actual informal talks.

That would be Pyongyang. Whether that is the kid wanting to play tough, or his military is a good question. One that s way above your or my pay grade, but I am sure a matter of debate with intel agencies around the world.

Before you mention the annual exercises, they are annual.

Yup, the mind boggles.