The Korean Dilemma

George Friedman writes about foreign affairs at a website called GeoPoliticalFutures. His topic today is the tensions on the Korean peninsula. His conclusion is bracing:

A very coldblooded analysis places the destruction of North Korea’s nuclear capability as the logical choice strategically for the U.S. The case can be made that protecting the U.S. from nuclear attack must take precedence for an American president over the fate of Seoul. It’s all logical and coldblooded, but among the more unsavory choices I have seen.

As Friedman points out, we might well end up with the totality of Korea - North and South - hating us.