re: #852 realwest

My first cousin (RIP) was with the US Marines at Chosun Reservoir and would second your comment - except that he was a machine gunner, not a tanker.
But he also said that those Chinese won largely because our weapons froze from constant firing and that ammo was a major problem.
Whether we like it or not (and I certainly don’t) it would appear that this administration is going to be content to let the NORKS strike first - the Trillion dollar question is whether or not the Chinese would fight along side them.
And I’d bet that they wouldn’t. A Starving NORK, with nukes and a Million men under arms on THEIR border, can’t make the Chinese particularly comfortable, especially with a psychotic in charge of NORK and the son of psychotic waiting in the wings.

Agreed, again. China has far more reason to stay neutral. They need to trade with us, and they don’t need the Norks.