Pre-emptive strike would be useless. China and Russia will come to NK's rescue. They won't declare war to NATO, they're not stupid, but they will support NK heavily with weapons, soldiers and supplies which will end in a stalemate just like in the 50s. The US cannot take NK, China and Russia won't let that happen. They do not want a border with a unified Korea under NATO flag.
North Korea is just bluffing. They saw what the US is doing to other countries, invading with no reason at all and bombing them into the stone ages. The only security you have as a small country against random attacks like that is nukes. NK building those is perfectly understandable and the US has no one but their own politics to blame for the current situation. I think it's pretty safe to say NK won't actually use those nukes. We just have to accept them as a nuclear power. Even if the do launch a nuke, then taking them down will happen in a matter of days as China and Russia will no longer protect them in such a case.
A pre-emptive strike is a bad idea and has the potential to end in WW3. So no, that option shouldn't even be on the table. Bombing shit out of countries seems to be the american way of handling with international problems, but it isn't the solution to everything. In fact, most of the times it just makes matters worse.
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