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there will be no war with North Korea unless they were to start it.
originally posted by: nOraKat
originally posted by: xSEEKxNxSTRIKEx
originally posted by: D8Tee
a reply to: xSEEKxNxSTRIKEx
No it's not inevitable. China has said it can broker a deal. North Korea gives up it's nuclear program if the US leaves the peninsula. Seems rather simple, but the US will never do that, so there is a stalemate. For all those arm chair quarterbacks trying to 'save' the north koreans from their regime, ask yourself how thats turned out in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and any other place where US involvement has implemented regime change.
North korea wont give up its nukes and we are tgere for that reason on top of his constant threats of nuking us ..
I don't think he has ever threatened to nuke anyone offensively. Only in defense.
originally posted by: xSEEKxNxSTRIKEx
originally posted by: nOraKat
originally posted by: xSEEKxNxSTRIKEx
originally posted by: D8Tee
a reply to: xSEEKxNxSTRIKEx
No it's not inevitable. China has said it can broker a deal. North Korea gives up it's nuclear program if the US leaves the peninsula. Seems rather simple, but the US will never do that, so there is a stalemate. For all those arm chair quarterbacks trying to 'save' the north koreans from their regime, ask yourself how thats turned out in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and any other place where US involvement has implemented regime change.
North korea wont give up its nukes and we are tgere for that reason on top of his constant threats of nuking us ..
I don't think he has ever threatened to nuke anyone offensively. Only in defense.
Yes, there is a long history of north korea threatening to turn America into ashes. He has threatened to nuke America several times on top of the threat of nuking china and australia. He requested aseans help and they denied his request because they do not condone nukes being used as a defensive weapon, because they are not. On top of them not wanting to be a part of him nuking anyone which he has made the threat, what la la land do you live in?
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: xSEEKxNxSTRIKEx
And North Korea would say that this is defensive, since the USA has been leading calls for sanctions against it which cripple its ability to import goods. The USA also has its allies surrounding the nation, pointing their every intelligence resource and anti-missile system, as well as artillery equipment, at the nation. It also routinely postures and waggles its metaphorical member in the face of North Korea, which is reflected in North Koreas behaviour, solves nothing, but is still the preferred method of dealing with the dictatorship.
I have no love for North Korea, but it did not start threatening to nuke places, until it was cut off from the rest of the world by a trade embargo set up by other players, if I remember correctly.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: xSEEKxNxSTRIKEx
This has nothing to do with the people of North Korea. This is about one thing, and that is North Korea's nuclear weapons, and when they started issuing threats to use them.
They issued no such threat, until after fuel oil shipments from the rest of the world were halted in response to the news that North Korea had been operating a nuclear reactor. It was only well after this, which occurred in October of 02, that any North Korean leader mentioned actual nuclear strikes, a significant way down the line from the cut off of their fuel supplies, years in fact.
Again, no fan of North Korea, but the precise dynamic of the narrative being peddled by the media, and with the greatest respect, yourself, is simply not accurate as a depiction of what is going on in the region, or how it came about.
originally posted by: D8Tee
a reply to: xSEEKxNxSTRIKEx
No it's not inevitable. China has said it can broker a deal. North Korea gives up it's nuclear program if the US leaves the peninsula. Seems rather simple, but the US will never do that, so there is a stalemate. For all those arm chair quarterbacks trying to 'save' the north koreans from their regime, ask yourself how thats turned out in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and any other place where US involvement has implemented regime change.
originally posted by: Xeven
SO NK has nukes though none that can be launched on ICBM. Seem like they would have some loaded on trucks right along the DMZ though to disrupt invasion forces both air land and sea.
Not sure how much area one of his nukes could damage but seems like he would certainly have some along the borders already?