With tensions between the United States and North Korea rising daily, political and financial observers are beginning to contemplate what an outright war between the two countries could mean and how it would play out.
Of course, they have the benefit of the prior Korean War from 1950 to 1953 to see its devastating impact on South Korea in terms of lives lost and economic dislocation, not to mention the loss of almost 34,000 American soldiers.
The difficulty lies in considering all the possible scenarios and their various permutations. Complicating matters is the fact that both sides now have nuclear weapons. Those means of mass destruction could, in fact, push the two adversaries into considering a diplomatic path to settle differences instead of all-out war.
The tough talk from both sides has unsettled financial markets a bit as analysts consider the impact not only in Southeast Asia, but globally.
On the next page, learn about the possible scenarios and how they could play out for the principal parties to the conflict: North Korea, South Korea and the United States.
Bob Zahn
Bob Zahn
We should have our subs take out their entire Navy, then blockade them. Stop all trade with China if they won’t blockade land rts.
They have threatened us for years and now we have a president with balls to call him out!
A .22 Bullet through one Man’s Temple would end this cheaply.
Ask Pumpkin boy.
Take out the leader. The people of North Korea hate him but are forced to act like they love him. Change the regime and this will all go away
Martin Lewis
The U.S. is not trying to topple a sovereignty. If so, he would be gone. Already. Think in terms of Hussein, Mubarak, Gadaffi. The issue the Kim family have been working tirelessly toward joining the nuclear club since Bill Clinton’s billions in 1994…it is a power trip. Now that Kim believes he has achieved his objective, he is trying to engage the USA, not the other way around. Kim has promised to bomb Guam. Trump’s objective is interception. If Kim does it, the consequences will be horrible for us all.
not “if”…when ane who.
we are bot waving tbe red circle flag nor the broken cross.hit your reset switch.