Even a US ‘Surgical Strike’ Against North Korea Could Lead to Full-Scale War | Experts agree there is no ‘limited’ military option
Even administration officials readily admit that a full-scale war with North Korea is “ a war we don’ t wan t.” After almost 70 years of armistice, North Korea has retaliatory capabilities that would devastate South Korea, killing millions, and the large US military contingent in South Korea would be sitting ducks.
At the same time, the Trump Administration is eager to play up their readiness for war, and belief that they have myriad military options, which is raising concerns about the possibility of a limited engagement, or some sort of surgical strike.
Experts, however, seem virtually unanimous in their opinion that a limited military exchang e wouldn’ t be limited for long, with North Korean retaliation likely in the case of any attack, with the situation progressively escalating into the full-scale war.
