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A pre-emptive strike against North Korea?

Avoid loss of human lives at all costs! 128 28.64%
 
NK will never use those w... 147 32.89%
 
We should stop them befor... 71 15.88%
 
We should stop NK before NK causes a tragedy. 101 22.60%
 
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specialk on 07 September 2017
Superman4 said:

You watch too much CNN

I watch zero CNN. I don't even have a cable subscription.

Thanks for the substantive resposne though. 



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sergiodaly on 07 September 2017

No need, they are just bluffing. And even if they do strike first, don't the USA have counter measures to prevent a missile from hitting them? If they do have that counter measure, just wait to see that the bluff is a bluff, if it's not, shoot down the missile and then strike with reason on their side.

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bigtakilla on 07 September 2017
sergiodaly said:
No need, they are just bluffing. And even if they do strike first, don't the USA have counter measures to prevent a missile from hitting them? If they do have that counter measure, just wait to see that the bluff is a bluff, if it's not, shoot down the missile and then strike with reason on their side.

Nuclear fallout almost insures that there is no real safe distance to blow up a nuclear missile where no one gets hurt in the end.



Superman4 on 07 September 2017
specialk said:
Superman4 said:

You watch too much CNN

I watch zero CNN. I don't even have a cable subscription.

Thanks for the substantive resposne though. 

Ok, I was too specific. Wherever you get your news from, you are doing it too much. Branch out and listen to different perspectives. Listen to entire speaches as well so you can hear context, not how your media form decides to spin it.



Aeolus451 on 07 September 2017
Superman4 said:
Aeolus451 said:

That only works if they're right next door and we can mask the build up of troops. Even if you could pull that off, China and Russia probably wouldn't like that. 

We don’t need troops. With the Navy and air force of S Korea, Japan and the US, we could bomb them into extinction. Hit all high value targets first in a coordinated effort and the N Korean army will falter. They will be in such shock from the attack that they will give up.

lol Don't you guys understand what blitzkrieg is? Just using an airforce only works on countries with weak militaries with little to no anti-air defenses.  You need alot of troops because NK has a sizable military and they likely investing into alot of anti-air defenses. The US invests and depends on it's air force too much in general. 



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nanarchy on 07 September 2017
Aeolus451 said:
Superman4 said:

We don’t need troops. With the Navy and air force of S Korea, Japan and the US, we could bomb them into extinction. Hit all high value targets first in a coordinated effort and the N Korean army will falter. They will be in such shock from the attack that they will give up.

lol Don't you guys understand what blitzkrieg is? Just using an airforce only works on countries with weak militaries with little to no anti-air defenses.  You need alot of troops because NK has a sizable military and they likely investing into alot of anti-air defenses. The US invests and depends on it's air force too much in general. 

Yep, unfortunately people just don't seem to understand how large the NK miltary is. They have the 4th largest army in the world and the 6th largest airforce. While they won't win if war breaks out they will certainly not just be a simple target that can be blitzed into submission.



Azuren on 07 September 2017
Soundwave said:
theprof00 said:
China actually depends on the US and South Korea and Japan for a huge amount of manufacturing purchases. While we owe them a lot of money, we're not exactly enemies, but more like two rivals who mutually benefit from each other.
NK threatens that ecosystem, and let's be fair, China would rather just own that territory in order to claim more of the sea.
It's in China's best interest to take out NK. US could never invade because it wouldn't only be bad for retaliation to nearby Allies, but it would be a highly contested point and strengthen tensions in the area.
Therefore, the best move is to convince China to just take it in a business move orchestrated by the US and Chinese governments.
China has once recently condemned nk for these arms races, I don't think it will be long before they do something.


China will never let a unified NATO-US Korea sit on their doorstep. 

And US will never agree to just hand over North Korea to China, which would encourage China to take over other disputed areas of South Asia. 

Don't confuse things like "friendship" ... there is no real "friendship" in geopolitics, there is only power. 

China and US need each and are "friendly" to each, but friendly in that "girls who go to high school together, smile in each other's faces and then as soon as they turn around talk massive shit about them and would secretly love nothing more than to see the other get hit by a bus" type of thing. 

I dunno, he had a pretty surprised look on his face in the last episode.



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aikohualda on 07 September 2017

not by the US, maybe



 

Ruler on 09 September 2017
VGPolyglot said:
Ruler said:

It isnt terrible, go to any third world country and you will find people who have less freedom and prosperity than in North Korea. 

Well, I guess I've lost all hope then. You seriously can't actually believe that about North Korea, right?

So you would rather live in any random african/middle eastern/south asian country over North Korea?



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VGPolyglot on 09 September 2017
Ruler said:
VGPolyglot said:

Well, I guess I've lost all hope then. You seriously can't actually believe that about North Korea, right?

So you would rather live in any random african/middle eastern/south asian country over North Korea?

You know, you could do the exact same thing for the opposite, show a picture of a rich part of an African country with a poor part of North Korea.