It's interesting. I had written up a few potential objections that I ended up cutting from my post. This was one of them: "The first objection is that South Ko

It's interesting. I had written up a few potential objections that I ended up cutting from my post. This was one of them: "The first objection is that South Korea is right there, and thus is conceivably within range of a nuclear strike. In particular Seoul is directly next to the border with the North. However, there are already more than two thousand North Korean heavy artillery pieces ready to shell the metropolis at any time. The damage to Seoul is going to be significant under any military intervention scenario. But if action is not taken, the threat from North Korea will become permanent."