The news that North Korea is supplying 12,000 crack troops to Putin is of course a worrying development. It also might indicate that Russia is desperate, and not concerned with the world’s perception of escalation and an expansion of hostilities.
It’s good timing on Putin’s part—we’re preoccupied with the upcoming election, and things continue to be ugly and messy in the Middle East. Lots of distractions. But he knows we’ll notice the influx of a third party’s troops. Seems like he’s baiting us, or threatening us to vote for Trump, or else.
This addition of North Korean soldiers seems like the sort of thing that would be considered a glaringly obvious red flag. As a turning point, as the moment when WWIII started. Because how can we stay uninvolved now? Will it take another direct attack on us to force our hand and decide, reluctantly, to engage the little madman?
Nothing good will come of this, and based on what we’ve seen in the Middle East in the past year, along with sporadic attempts to reason with Putin, diplomacy will be impotent. Kamala is going to have her hands full. The world’s Boris Badenovs will see to that.
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