I think he believes we will not respond in kind if he launches against us and he may well be right. The American people may just accept our losses if LA, San Francisco and/or any other major city on the west coast were destroyed because they would be afraid if we launched a counter strike China or Russia might launch against us.
North Korea and all other belligerent nations have had years of hearing that and understand what it means. Let's hope they don't try to "call our bluff" or try to see if it is a bluff.
I have never seen it done thus I do not think you understand my argument. End the sanctions, take no action against NK other than the issuing the aforementioned warning. The sanctions are impotent and tend to just make matters worse. Tell NK live and let live else we ****ing destroy you! Then if they are stupid enough to start something, it will finish with their demise. Who is bluffing? If they attack SK then we join in and destroy NK. When I say "attack" I mean more than minor incursions. If there is a coordinated effort to take and hold SK ground then war will happen which will lead to the destruction of NK and the reunification of the North and South.
I would rather he doesn't have that capability too. I'm not willing to murder more than a hundred thousand South Koreans to ensure it.
He's launched zero missiles attempting to hit Japan. Its an utter lie to claim he has. Even North Korea is competent enough to hit a target as big as Japan.
You would rather take a chance on losing millions of lives in the US than possibly a few in South Korea.
I have heard many of our presidents issue that exact warning many times especially when talking about NATO alliances. Some "enemies" believe it while others may just think we are bluffing. It all depends on who I president is at the time as to whether it is a bluff or not.
The chance of losing millions is not realistic enough to warrant consideration. There is zero evidence North Korea would do such a thing.
Not an equivalent argument as previous presidents also placed or continued sanctions while I am saying there should be no sanctions as they have a history of failure. That is my point, do nothing other than draw a line in the sand and say do not cross it else we will destroy you thus the message is live in peace or be destroyed.
I do agree sanctions seldom do any good but we are saddled with them because our politicians have been generally wimps and the UN totally useless. The only problem with a line in the sand is that the line gets moved or removed by different administrations. Not to mention a large portion of the American people will object to war no matter the circumstances.
There is zero evidence he wouldn't launch the nukes. His words and actions should be evidence of his intentions.
Reunification would destroy both Koreas they want reunifying Germany turned it into a self destructive socialist country on the way to becoming an Islamic theocratic state. The two Koreas have been separated so long that the values and culture of both countries are diametrically opposite from each other. NOTHING good would come from reunifying North and South Korea.
It could not get more absurd a claim. He has already repeatedly launched ballistic missiles at Japan and our base there.
That doesn't even make sense for you to claim, does it? Obviously someone could hit a target as big at you, so if they repeatedly shoot at you and miss it would be an "utter lie" to claim the person was shooting at you.
Quote anyone advocating the USA murdering South Koreans. You can't because it is a lie. If Kim murdered hundreds of thousands of S. Koreans for no military purpose and only for the joy of mass murder, then it certain he would also be willing to mass murder Americans.
There's tons of evidence he wouldn't launch nukes. North Korea has never attacked another nation with ballistic missiles, especially ballistic missiles tipped with WMDs, in its history, even after multiple decades of having the capability to do so.
Bullshit. Even North Korea has the technology to hit a target as large as Japan. If they were trying to hit Japan, they'd hit Japan. They are aiming for the ****ing ocean.
Japan is an area of more than 140,000 square miles. Even with WW2 era technology and first generation missiles, the Germans could reliably hit London (600 square miles). Claiming North Korea is shooting at Japan on purpose and missing is so ****ing stupid I don't even know where to begin. The scenario is more like someone shooting a gun 300 yards to my right and me claiming they are shooting at me.
Any attack on North Korea would bring inevitable North Korean attack on the South, the attack would kill at a minimum a hundred thousand South Koreans. Choosing to attack the North, means everything that follows belongs to us as the aggressor in the war.
There is more evidence the US would launch WMDs against another power than there is that North Korea would do so. Everything I said in my post is objective fact.
Yes they have. North Korea has had chemical and biological weapons for more than 40 years and a domestic ballistic missile program for more than 30. Before that, they had Soviet built ballistic missiles.
