Ratman

No, Ch'i, please don't misunderstand my post. In the context of the discussion "why doesn't Japan just take care of this", A Japanese strike would trigger the whole of NK's military machine. Every button that could be pushed, would be. Every soldier, airplane, tank, artillery piece, ship, etc. would unload everything they had at what ever it was pointed at. Japan, SK, China, Russia, wherever. That would invlolve the massive loss of innocent life, AND bring in a cruise missile strike of unimaginable proportion. My point was that instead of Japan striking, cut to the chase and take it all out at the beginning.

Let me also clarify that I think diplomacy is by far the best solution. Kim is difficult to deal with, unpredictable and so on, but that is the path that must be pursued! I know you all don't have me pegged in a nice little box because I post so extensively in the Politics "P***ing match" board, but I am no supporter of cowboy politics. I fear that the current admin in DC is going to paint themselves into another corner on this one, and use their "most expedient" solution.

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