Would you agree on a pre-emptive strike against North Korea?

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jason1637 said:

CaptainExplosion said:

Most countries, as far as I know, don't testfire atomic weaponry at other countries. You're acting like the United States is constantly doing the same thing to Mexico.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_weapon_test_locations

Its not uncommon for countries to test nukes outside their borders.

As far as I know, all of those were on colonies or dependencies though. He has sort of a point here.

OT - no way. The loss of lifes would be tremendous on both sides, even more, I daresay, than a North Korean direct nuclear strike with their current capabilities. Of course, the downside is more countries willing to develop nukes as a deterrent, specially those not aligned with the US; even more so as the axis of global economy shifts away from the western countries and lessens the effects of their embargos and sanctions. Of course, though, no matter what you choose to do, there will be downsides when you talk about war and nukes...