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In reply to the discussion: I'm going to be in the minority here re NK but... [View all]citood
(550 posts)"If he gets long range nukes that can wipe SF off the map, I would want to see some response."
He doesn't yet have a missile that can reach SF...or a warhead that could fit on a missile, if he had one. IOW, he is an enormous threat to his neighbors, but not an existential threat to the US.
When I first arrived in Korea while in the army, one of the first orders of business was a briefing on the situation. The gist - both sides have gazillions of rockets aimed at each other, and there could be a 30 mile wide charcoal path dividing the north and south if things went bad.
Which begs the question...why do we have so many troops there? To his credit, Rumsfeld reduced that number. It should be reduced more. Our presence there is part of a Cold War strategy, that is no longer applicable.
The North's dictator is a terrible guy...and the middle east has some terrible gu's in charge...as does Africa...bottom line, we can't police the world anymore.