Was Bhima capable of killing Karna?

Was Bhima capable of killing Karna? No! Not even in the slightest. The only reason why Bhimasena even managed to beat Karna a few times is because, Karna was fighting mildly with him. Karna fights mildly with Bhima for the first few battles and doesn’t care as much. But then he gets serious and utterly destroys him. Bhimasena thought he was the boss, until he was seen hiding behind an elephant. Now this is where most A-fans use copium. Bhimasena is utterly defeated by Karna, but yet out of arrogance he claims that he can kill Karna. Which is laughable. It is Karna who was in the winning position and spared him. Bhima never came close to killing Karna. Which is why the critical edition aka BORI Mahabharata specifically removed Bhima’s oath, because it narratively doesn’t make sense. Bhima only boasted about his superiority. Karna actually defeated him and spared his life due to Kunti’s oath. On the 17th day. Karna dominated Bhima most of the time and destroyed him several times. On the same day itself, Karna comes and defeats Bhima. Bhima avoids Karna and fights with foot soldiers instead: In summary. Karna defeated Bhima over 11 times and most of times it was in pure archery. He never used major weapons on Bhima in a single battle. Bhima had the support of several Maharathas on both the 14th night and the 17th day and he still fled the battle several times. Karna never claimed Bhima is superior to him in terms of strength. Bhima was made senseless on both the 14th day and the 17th day. He was worsted by Karna which literally translates to defeat. Arjuna was literally with him because he defeated Bhima. I still do not understand how Arjun bhakts make up these numbers. Karna and Bhima fought roughly 16–17 times. Karna dominated Bhima almost 11 times, while Bhima barely got 4–5 wins. Bhimasena never stopped attacking, even when Karna was on foot, he was attacked and he still countered him. Arjuna himself protected Bhimasena on the 14th day and Bhimasena kept fleeing several times on the 17th day, even as far as avoiding Karna in a real conflict. Karna never spared Bhima? Read Vyasa Mahabharata! In short. Bhima did get some victories, when Karna was fighting mildly with him. But when he got serious, Bhima was defeated and he had no oath or vow to not kill Karna.