What would happen if we (conventionally) bombed NK?

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Massive artillery barrage on Seoul, funneled troops including SOF push south, potential nuclear ICBM launches on Seoul, Tokyo, Pusan, US west coast. We know where they have some toys but not all of the chest, let me put it that way. 30 to 40,000 KIA within the first two hours. Guaranteed NK retaliation via the methods above and maybe chem/bio launches, insurgency. Bad stuff Higgins but the US and SK would win it in the end.

You're forgetting the inevitable campaign of cyber-sabotage, a handful of conventional terrorist attacks and assassination attempts on whatever or whoever the North Koreans consider good targets, plus terror and conventional strikes with chemicals and bioweapons,  and bunch of nuclear bombs smuggled to their targets. (They probably have more bombs than they have ballistic missiles for.) Maybe a couple dirty bombs somewhere if they've got surplus nuclear material. Plus the accidental releases of all the above as we and whoever else is joining in bomb the North Koreans back to the stone age, again.

Much better than talking to them. Who knows what that could lead to.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Massive artillery barrage on Seoul, funneled troops including SOF push south, potential nuclear ICBM launches on Seoul, Tokyo, Pusan, US west coast. We know where they have some toys but not all of the chest, let me put it that way. 30 to 40,000 KIA within the first two hours. Guaranteed NK retaliation via the methods above and maybe chem/bio launches, insurgency. Bad stuff Higgins but the US and SK would win it in the end.

I think we should lance the boil before the infection gets any worse. The U.S. shouldn't be afraid to do whatever it takes. Conventional bombs. Have some agents infiltrate NK military establishments and knock out key personnel with chemical weapons. Prior to doing all this, rapidly withdraw all US and SK personnel from border/DMZ zone. The first strike should be at all nuclear sites in NK at once, to ensure they can't launch anything at Seoul.

Also, work with China to ensure they have NK's northern borders lined with mines (this planting of such can occur months ahead of the actual assault)

Wouldn't work. Virtually every person in North Korea is Korean. An American would stand out too much.

There are 1.8 million Korean Americans, and over 12 million Asian Americans. I suspect the CIA or military could find some people who would blend in. And that's assuming he wasn't talking about a Osama-takeout-style strike by special ops.

I still think it would be a terrible idea unlikely to succeed or have the intended effect.