War With Korea? How Likely?

During the height of the Cold War;  people were terrified.  They assumed that Moscow would be dropping bombs and people were building ‘Fall Out Shelters’.

I had a history teacher who told us all to calm down.

“The Soviet Union has just as much to lose as the United States.  There will never be a war…”

Well; there wasn’t.

As I grew up I learned something that is very simple, yet very deep;  “When you ain’t got nothing you got nothing to lose.”

If you look at the world, Korea has nothing.   It is a backwards locked up dictatorship where there is famine and death.   It’s biggest export are potatoes.

Korea has nothing to lose.

Running off his mouth and acting as if he is some kind of Great Leader is how Kim Jong Un behaves.  He makes threats, he spends money on weapons, and relies on China to survive.

In usual situations, for example, if America had a usual President, his threats and bluster would be treated as a little dog barking from behind a gate.   But America doesn’t have a usual President.

For Donald Trump to make an attack on North Korea, taking out as much of its weaponry as quickly as possible does not seem far fetched.

Why would China damage itself to ‘defend’ a useless dependency like North Korea?   There is no benefit received, there is nothing to show for all the money it has spent to maintain Korea.

If America does have the power it claims, the weaponry it brags about, it is very likely that North Korea could be neutralised fairly quickly and only minor damage done, (if any) to South Korea and Japan.

Considering the trade agreements between America and South Korea and Japan, there is no reason for those countries to feel aggrieved or angry to get rid of a horrible Northern neighbour.

I would not be surprised if there was an attack.