Sanctions doubts grow as North Korea warns of 'gift packages' for U.S.

[Bill]

of course they have nukes as part of their strategic arsenal..Much like Russia has tactical battlefield nukes to make up for force inferiority

I was looking at the actual placement of NK's artillery - and a good part won't reach Seoul.
Again not to down play shelling on Seoul; but these numbers of 550k/millions assume a nuclear war.

You can be sure we have plans to be able to take out their defenses..but again this doesn't mean we just start a war.
Neither does it mean we simply accept a NK with ICBM weapons that can strike the US.
lil Kim cannot be assumed to be a rational actor-his extreme bellicosity(as compared to rump's bellicosity) belies any indication of a thoughtful foe

Peronally I would not consider the current American ruler that rational or capable either.......

I don't see any mention of BIG RED CHINAin your "assumptions"?? If the school yard bully fires first, which I assume he is itching to do, to win his first war you are going to need to change those assumptions........