I expect an apology from every talking head that belittled Bernie after the debate re North Korea.

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40. North Korea has nukes to use them for extortion.

They extort the foreign aid that keeps their people alive.

What happens if countries start refusing?

Either the country collapses, or North Korea has to make good on its threat. From Kim's position, he's dead in both scenarios. So why not hurt his enemies on the way out? Might as well get something in return for his death.

And seriously. Russian invasion? It isn't 1968 anymore. For example, this:

Russia is a different story. They HAVE an expeditionary force, and quite a good one. They have plenty of transport and logistics. They ALSO have the brains to draw America into a war far from the US mainland, which would enable them to cut our supply lines. Look back in history: one of the Nazis' most successful tactics during World War II was to use submarines to sink our supply ships.

...has the minor problem that Russia hasn't been able to afford to keep the vast majority of its submarine forces operable. Kinda hard to interdict those supply ships when you don't have a way to get to them.