The stategy I have been pushing for some time is:
1) Remove US forces from South Korea. They hate us and our troops do no good there.
2) Impose a naval cordon sanitaire around North Korea. All ships entering and leaving get stopped and thouroughly searched. We find evidence of proliferation, we strike the nuclear sites.
3) If the the Norks attack South Korea, too bad. The South Koreans should have thought of the consequences before using us as a bad guy for domestic political considerations.
Our strategic goal is to prevent proliferation. It is not to protect South Korea.
Oh, yes, and Japan should go nuclear. We’ll veto any UN sanctions.





