War with N Korea would be terrible but would at least be “over there” rather than “here”

Banyan: China’s bullying is backfiring in South Korea’s presidential race | The Economist

Mr Pence acknowledged that if America will not talk to North Korea, and if the North will not give up its nukes, then American military action in the form of a pre-emptive strike becomes more likely. For South Korea, that carries horrendous implications of a retaliatory attack. It was no comfort when Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the more thoughtful voices in Washington, said that a war in those circumstances “would be terrible”, but would at least be “over there” rather than “here”.