Would the United States really want to up the ante a second time? In short, deterrence works, and neither North Korea nor the rest of the world is in danger of forgetting that. North Korea poses almost no threat to South Korea as long as the United States-South Korea alliance remains ironclad. Politicians in the United States and South Korea may not want to admit that the North Korean nuclear arsenal is a reality, but Washington has a history of coming around. North Korea is in a class of its own.

Source: New York Times July 06, 2017 00:11 UTC