Kim Jong-un stays one step ahead

Nothing, and I mean nothing, is going to stop Kim Jong-un from developing a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile. Trump said that would never be allowed to happen. But it IS going to happen. He's not far away now from reaching his dream of being able to hit the United States with a nuclear ballistic missile. This third dynasty Kim just carries on doing what he wants despite all the pressure from around the world. He bats off sanctions as if they were butterflies. Warnings of war from Trump he dismisses as Washington bluff. So, he has apparently successfully tested a massive hydrogen bomb and probably plans to carry out another test in due course. He has revealed to the world what his hydrogen bomb warhead looks like and it seems pretty genuine from the photos. So North Korea which joined the nuclear club after the first atomic test, now, after six tests, seems to have proven a capability to join the nuclear elite who can send nuclear warheads thousands of miles into space. It's a very very sobering thought. But condemnation by the UN will scare Kim not one tiny bit. I am so fed up hearing politicians saying that "everything is on the table" - Boris Johnson said it today - because it means very little. It's supposed to mean that if Kim doesn't stop what he's doing he will be bombed out of existence! But, really, Boris, are you planning to send British bombers to Pyongyang? I don't think so. The more Kim does to complete his nuclear missile programme, the more difficult it is to do anything military against him. Stop him now before he gets there, yes that is an option, but it will be an act of war that will have devastating consequences. So, the truth is, there is no military option. There can be no surgical strike which will end Kim's dreams and make us all sleep better at night. And Kim knows that. Unfortunately, the only realistic option is to go talk to this wretched man and ask him: "What the hell do you want?". And then try to convince him that the US is not planning to invade North Korea. People from the real world need to get to him and tell him the facts of life. But it may be too late. With Trump shouting at him and even Beijing no longer being so supportive, Kim might just think the best way forward is to keep on going until he is so dangerous that all the world will keep quiet and be submissive to his demands. But he doesn't want war, and he knows Trump doesn't want war, and he surely knows Boris doesn't want war. It's total stalemate.