Remember the buildup for the Gulf War and the Iraq War. Even Afghanistan. It takes time to prepare for things like that. ...
Sending a few dozen Tomahawks risks Seoul being flattened, so he won't even do that.
Right. IF you have rational people in charge. We don't. You must concede there is at least a decent chance that, pushed into a legal corner, the Orangutan in Chief goes off half cocked. And as we've seen from Kelly, he's unlikely to face any push back from the Pentagon types.