California can also be reached by North Korea.

Its one of the weathliest states in the US, a nuke landing there would hurt the US economy, ontop of the deaths.

Trump doesnt get re-elected if he starts a war, that ends up like that.

The Truth is its too late for america to go in and do anything about it.

If America invades North Korea, and they then launches nukes towards California, Japan, South Korea,.....

even if Trump does manage to take out the threat, the cost will simply have been too high.

I'm not really sure what people want from Trump on this issue. North Korea threatens to nuke cities in the US on a daily basis. Should we all just laugh and go "Oh North Korea. You so silly" and that's it?

Unfortunately the past 16yrs thats what the US has done. Id prefer he neutralize the threat before damage is done, personally. I know many say we shouldnt kill all the innocent people, but none of those people have offered a good alternative

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Thats because everything is based on reaction these days. Cant take precautions because that makes us seem judgmental. Its more about feelings than facts.

Technically we COULD just topple their government. But then we'd have to install a new one... which I know China would not allow XD oh god that'd be interesting

Because genocide is fun. Unless you're one of those silly SJW people.

In all seriousness though. "Flattening" North Korea is the dumbest action the US could possibly take. It would be one of, if not the, worst decision the nation has ever taken in its entire history. Sure, it would silence North Korea and rid the world of a potential threat, but it would come at the cost of millions and millions of innocent lives. Butchering that many people would forever leave a giant mark on the US. The Vietnam war, Afghanistan and Iraq would be nothing in comparison. China in particular would probably not be super-pleased.

Such an act would also kill the United States' diplomatic power. Seriously, think about it. What nation would listen to the US after that? Russia could anex the whole of Ukraine, invade the Balts and other former Soviet states, and the US would be unable to do anything because they'd be the ones who found it reasonable to slaughter 20 million people. Other greater powers as well as lesser nations would get similar benefits. They'd essentially get Free Cards to do whatever they want without any risk of getting yelled at by the US. Because the US killed 20 million innocent people. We only need to kill 2 million innocent people, so things should be fine.

It's also important to remember that everything is relative. North Korea is mostly a threat to its neighbors, and most parts of the world simply don't care that much. Getting rid of North Korea is not on some global wishlist. Other nations have threats of their own, and might be tempted to solve those issues US style, because if they can then why can't we do the same?

It's funny how our forum goers take more offense when Trump says he will destroy NK if that is the only solution and as a response to an attack than to the daily threatens of NK and Venezuela to destroy USA. Is that hate towards your own people or only Trump?

To answer your question: yes, there are people that are OK with it.

It's because we hold the president of the US to a higher standard than the leaders of NK and Venezuela, because of course we do. We already know the leaders of both Venezuela and NK are crazy, so there's no big reason to fret each time they say something stupid - the do it all the time. However when the president of the United States says stuff like this, that comes as more of a surprise. Yes, I think we can expect more from a democratically elected president of the world's leading superpower than we can expect from dictators that have been oppressing their people for decades. Do you actually disagree? You think we should treat Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump the same?

It's just difficult for me to wrap my head around that. Do people not realise that like 95% of North Koreans despise their government as much as any of us? The problem is that the 5% that don't still has enough power to subdue to rest, at least currently.

"The hope lies in the proles. [...] the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength would have no need to conspire."