Republicans love war- Bush gave us Iraqi disaster- Trump will give us Korean nuclear war

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14. Im looking at perspective mostly of civilian casualties

As with any war, the civilians get the brunt of the death and carnage. Historically speaking, it averages that for every soldier killed, 9-10 civilians were killed in war during the 20th century.

Here is a sobering article I found about the North Korean artillery capabilities:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/10/02/why-the-north-korean-artillery-factor-makes-military-action-extremely-risky-infographic/amp/

In the event of an air assault, I think NK would retaliate in the only real manner they can - artillery barrage on the south. Given that the center of Seoul is only 35 miles nearly south of the DMZ, it would be safe to bet that thousands of people could die in a retaliatory artillery barrage.

I believe China would be a stabilizing force in the area. If I’m not mistaken, they are North Korea’s primary trading partner and the closest thing to an ally they got. China wouldn’t want to do to much to piss off its primary market for its manufactured goods (the US) so they would urge restraint from NK.

I think a nuclear weapon is much more useful as a threat than actually used. Other than as a last resort or a death throw of their regime, I don’t believe they’d actually use one.