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> With North Korea we’ve blown our load

Actually no, much more could be done against North Korea. A total naval blockade, for example.

> Actually no, much more could be done against North Korea. A total naval blockade, for example.

Isn't virtually all their trade land trade via China? Short of a land invasion to cut off that border, I don't see how any kind of a blockade makes much of a difference.

There’s a decent amount of maritime trade, especially for oil. Fishing is also important for the domestic economy.

That’s going from passive to active though. If active it can be considered basically like invasion/physical war.

I’m not convinced that actually matters wrt North Korea.

Besides, sanctions enforcement turns pretty active when you start prosecuting violators.

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