North Korea can do an immense amount of economic damage by
taking out most of the electronics manufacturing house of cards
with one or two bombs. (Seoul and effectively anywhere in Japan;
they could hit Taipei, too...)
Hmm, that raises an interesting point.
If North Korea were to (apparently) go nuts and hit Taipei, then
China would almost have to invade Taiwan, wouldn't they?
Just to "stabilize things?"
So, when / if the Chinese are ready to make their move toward
forced annexation of Taiwan, Kim Jong-Il could be the useful idiot
who allows them to get away with it without excessive international
condemnation or US interference. In such a scenario, the US will be
too busy invading and neutralizing Pyongyang to pay much attention
to anything happening between Taiwan and China. What's worse than a
land war in Asia? A land war in Asia on multiple fronts. Scary
stuff!
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