Not sure that any of that is really relevant other than from a completely cynical, western-centric point of view. Any use of nuclear weaponry will be a global tragedy, period. We aren’t talking about a nation of dictators, we are talking about a nation of famine stricken and opressed farmers who will inevitably bear an even greater proportion of the ensuing turmoil than they do already. Plus, they are a peninsula adjacent to the world’s largest body of water. There is no way that toxic cloud doesn’t drift toward every other nation bordering the Pacific.
The two most ignorant, privileged, and belligerent humans on this entire planet have their fingers on the button(s). The craziest part is that there’s no actual escalation, just these two playground bullies trading what they think are very clever barbs. Barring some miracle, there is no way this resolves without a situation that should give the entire surviving world cause for generations of mourning.
