Regardless of who said what, who was a pompous blowhard, etc., etc., let me put this out there: China will pretty much just stand aside.
Really. With all the they have invested in America, it would be economic suicide for them to try anything. Oh, there'll be rhetoric for sure. Maybe even sanctions. Which would be rather... interesting if that happens.
The short version is that China is about as sick of North Korea's shit as we are. They're disruptive, and if there's one thing neat and orderly People's Republic of China fucking despises, it's disruptions. (This is why they fucking loved Obama - he was moderate and predictable.)
Now, if the USA were to invade the DPRK, well... It would largely be ignored, I think, aside from the usual political harumphing. Internally, the PRC will be screaming because they're losing the ONLY communist ally they have. But outwardly they'll be stuck and utterly dreading the idea of how many refuges are gonna be swarming over their border.
And then there's the issue of the 'brainwashing' the general populace has undergone. An insurgency is not only highly likely, but really all-but assured.
This means that if we do this, we need to do it right. Not like how we botched Afghanistan and Iraq.
That will mean treating prisoners and the dead with the utmost respect.
Going to local leaders for guidance.
Sourcing food and goods for relief efforts locally where possible.
And generally try to remain as impassive as possible, because these people have been taught from birth that we are the scum of the universe and that we can't really expect the initially warm welcome we got in Baghdad.
This is also probably going to mean getting the PRC involved in the mop-up/occupation. But the only way I see that happening is by allowing them to have oversight in the organization of the new government. Which, honestly, I don't really care myself. Those poor people have lived in hell for so long that anything the Chinese set up for them would be a godsend.
I have my doubts as to whether a Trump-led invasion of the DPRK would go well or not. But it's my hope that with "Mad Dog" Maddox at the helm certain mistakes will not be repeated.
Really. With all the they have invested in America, it would be economic suicide for them to try anything. Oh, there'll be rhetoric for sure. Maybe even sanctions. Which would be rather... interesting if that happens.
The short version is that China is about as sick of North Korea's shit as we are. They're disruptive, and if there's one thing neat and orderly People's Republic of China fucking despises, it's disruptions. (This is why they fucking loved Obama - he was moderate and predictable.)
Now, if the USA were to invade the DPRK, well... It would largely be ignored, I think, aside from the usual political harumphing. Internally, the PRC will be screaming because they're losing the ONLY communist ally they have. But outwardly they'll be stuck and utterly dreading the idea of how many refuges are gonna be swarming over their border.
And then there's the issue of the 'brainwashing' the general populace has undergone. An insurgency is not only highly likely, but really all-but assured.
This means that if we do this, we need to do it right. Not like how we botched Afghanistan and Iraq.
That will mean treating prisoners and the dead with the utmost respect.
Going to local leaders for guidance.
Sourcing food and goods for relief efforts locally where possible.
And generally try to remain as impassive as possible, because these people have been taught from birth that we are the scum of the universe and that we can't really expect the initially warm welcome we got in Baghdad.
This is also probably going to mean getting the PRC involved in the mop-up/occupation. But the only way I see that happening is by allowing them to have oversight in the organization of the new government. Which, honestly, I don't really care myself. Those poor people have lived in hell for so long that anything the Chinese set up for them would be a godsend.
I have my doubts as to whether a Trump-led invasion of the DPRK would go well or not. But it's my hope that with "Mad Dog" Maddox at the helm certain mistakes will not be repeated.