Michael Haas,The Diplomat
do no mistake: after more than two decades of tedious maneuvering that have led many of our best experts to surrender to a false sense of eternal recurrence and essential stability, the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula is now hurtling towards an actual showdown. A year or two from now, or the DPRK will be either an established (whether not formally accepted) nuclear power with a small but largely undisputed intercontinental capability,an active clash zone, or conceivably and with no unnecessary drama intended an irradiated wasteland, or the likes of which the world has never seen...
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