With all the constant threatening from North Korea of nuking the US and our allies and recent apparent successful test of a hydrogen bomb, I was wondering what would be the position of people here that come from differnt countries regarding the idea of attacking and trying to stop NK's dictator before any possible use of such nuclear weapon happens.

The questions are as follow:

1) Are you ok with the US and Co. doing a pre-emptive strike against North Korea in an effort to stop this constant threat? If you say no, why?

2) If you think that a preemptive attack against NK should be avoided at all costs, what would be your position in a possible scenario where the procrastination of an intervention there results in North Korea striking first?

I'm polling this motherfucker so poll will be up soon.

1. No, because the threat is greatly exaggerated, it will involve a lot of innocent deaths, and the United States would be doing it with their own interests in mind rather than out of pure benevolence.

2. I highly doubt this will happen, as North Korea would lose their deterrence, as they'd be showing that they'll attack either way. If North Korea strikes first, they'll get destroyed, end of story.

I agree, but I don't agree to this option.

1) I don't believe in a US led pre emptive strike. I'd rather South Korea, Japan, and China do a pre-emptive strike without too much US or Russian intervention.
2) North Korea won't attack first, but it is clear they are gaining more power and more bombs.

I want a nuclear war to break out.

People will die regardless. Do we want Kim Jung Un and the miserable NKoreans to die, or do we want him to possibly attack SK/Japan (or both) and have the US nuke them?

This is a very difficult and ethical question where we have to decide who should (and shouldn't die). It's a situation that's far from simple, so anyone discussing the topic should keep an open mind.

That's all.

That's assuming that large-scale conflict is inevitable.

No, China would object. NK gotta do something stupid enough to make China abandon it.

No, it's not. It seems to me that people are conditioning themselves to believe that it is inevitable in order to condone mass death, by saying that it was going to happen any way. Sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy to me.

The thing though is that nobody knows exactly what NK's Kim wants, but some of the previous demands from NK are that the US leaves the region and that NK wants an unified Korea.

If de-escalating the situation is entering negotiations that lead the US to leave there, nothing is stopping NK from threatening an invasion of the South by menace of nuclear warfare.

I am all up for negotations that will make this Kim guy happy and stop with the threats, but if what he wants is for the US to disappear from the region and gain power there and maybe even allow China to have more power there, that would be bad for our allies and I doubt the US will agree to any of it.

So I suppose the only answer would be to not do anything, get used to threats and hope for the best.