We almost had the Second (and last) Korean War in 1994. That was when the NK's nuclear program rang alarm bells in D.C., Seoul, and Tokyo for the first time. There was talk of preemptive strikes, evacuating all non-essential U.S. citizens from South Korea, federalizing Guard and Reserve units to support up to 400,000 troops headed to the ROK, that sort of thing. Then Jimmy Carter did some freelance diplomacy, the "Agreed Framework" and all that-which the NKs violated as soon as the ink was dry, etc., etc. The Clinton Administration was upset with a former President doing this sort of thing, and some (inside and outside the Administration) felt the only thing Jimmy Carter was trying to do was get the Nobel Prize for being able to defuse a crisis before the air turned to lead.
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Treat everyone you meet with kindness and respect, but always have a plan to kill them.
Old USMC Adage
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