Bah.
Getting a UN Security Council resolution authorizing force will not happen. Call Morty and make book on it.
If we wanted to impress upon the Norks that we’re serious, we’d let it “slip” that we’ve moved two boomers into the area so close that we could hit them with a depressed trajectory shot in minutes. Move a few attack subs into the area to insure their navy could be bottomed quickly if we want.
And then... don’t say a thing in public. Deny any questions about these movements. Wave a hand, dismiss it as press fantasy. And whatever we do, we do NOT go to the UN to complain or explain.
These morons we now seem to install in government need to re-learn TR’s dictum: Speak softly, carry a big stick.
Of course, this is all fantasy, what with the Ivy Leaguers in power. I’m sure we’ll go to the UN and talk, talk, talk, and talk some more. Blah, blah, blah. More jobs for ratchet-jawed purveyors of monkey doodle.
Actually, it is about this time that some NK sub should go missing.