N. Korea approves nuclear strike on United States: How do you feel about that?

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Sort of.

 

Well if they missiles off and hit anywhere near me I hope that I am at ground zero. I don't want to be around to fight off the Zombies...

 

I wasn't too concerned of the news, however I am a bit worried about allies and axis. I'm just a pup and still wet behind the ears, but I can see how there would be sides taken on both prospects. Hopefully it's rational to destroy them if they deploy a threat to US territory or US allies.

 

What part of the US are they turning into a shiny glass surface?
Just kidding obviously. The thought of World War III with North Korea instead of the Soviets is not as "scary" by any means. If they can demonstrate the range that would change things, but we knew the Soviets unquestionably could plaster us with nukes even while we returned fire and turned both countries into nuclear wastelands with horrific casualties.

 

Don't forget zombies....

 

I grew up in a spot acknowledged as a first strike target. On top of that, there was the risk that the scientists working there would screw something up and kill us.

Anyone who does not have a healthy respect for nuclear weapons is a fool. One begets the other with no other possible conclusions. You can argue about the North Korean's ability to deliver that weapon to a US target, but if you think they would rely solely on rocketry to accomplish that goal (assuming that it is their real intention), then you are unfamiliar with the things that North Korea is actually capable of doing. They are currently the largest counterfeiter of US currency; they kidnapped Japanese citizens and held them for years; they have landed commandos via submarine in South Korea (whether or not they could make a US landing is really unanswerable).

This isn't exactly something that I take lightly. I don't consider it a huge threat to me personally, especially since I don't live in what I presume are primary North Korean targets (West Coast cities plus NYC and DC), but I consider it a possibility. And one that scares me.

 

It brothers me only because it would be a nuclear attack, even though I live in the east coast. I just think that the kid thinks he is going to just start bombing the shit out of places and he isn't thinking about the reprocussions of it.

Or he is sitting at a table with all of his generals and there all "fuck em we can take em all"

 

I think that it's ironic that there is a substantial part of the US population thinking exactly the same thing in reverse.

 

Yes they were, but were still in both countries.

 

climbing up into this rhetorical space is never a good idea...and itchy trigger fingers and all that from all sides...the idea that launching nuclear weapons is reasonable *either* from nk or the us (proactively dontcha know) is insanity.

 

Nervous. I am quite curious if Kim Jong-un is doing this to prove to his country and or dead father that he has the balls to do such an act or if he is bluffing to scare everyone.

 

Considering that we (the US) won't attack him unless he makes the first move beyond sabre rattling, he can just blather on all he wants, make threat after threat and eventually convince his people that the dreaded Satan (US) backed down since we did not take action. In effect, he has a victory. This appears to all theater designed to 'prove' himself to his people.