They actually literally just suggested this themselves.
Ladies and gentlemen: we are the oracles of the modern age.
NonCredibleDefense being way too credible once more. This entire conflict has been way too weird to be non-credible about.
Oooh oooh I have bets that SK loosens restrictions on what they will export and can start power pumping out 155mm shells for Ukraine to squash their northern foe.
My guess is that South Korea probably only will become directly involved if the US does, and frankly, if the US becomes directly involved, I think that Russia’s going to either fold or play nuclear hardball, either of which kind of shuffles expanded conventional conflict out of the picture.
Russia has absolutely zero chance against the United States in a conventional war. so you’re right, that they’ll either capitulate, or destroy the world.
And even if that’s 90% capitulate, 10% destroy the world, those aren’t really odds I’m interested in taking.