We may not be going into WW3 with Russia over Syria after all.

[A Theist]

I don't think we were ever in danger of WWIII with Russia over Syria. I'm more concerned with North Korea and China.

China is the much larger danger, I think. Their activities in the South China Sea are much more provocative that the odd test launch from an attention-whore of a nation. They play angry at the NoKors for being ugly, but are happy that our attention is diverted from the Spratley Islands and their own artificial islands, over which we flew two B-1s last week.

North Korea, on the other hand, has a regime worried about maintaining its role in that society, which role would be destroyed by even a conventional war.

I agree. China by itself is a far greater threat than NOKO. My concern, though, with NK is its close ties with China. I don't think China's really going to be helpful in curbing NOKO. Sooner or later we're going to have to deal with them in some way that will put us on a collision course with China.