(August 9, 2017 at 11:20 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:(August 9, 2017 at 11:15 am)Jello Wrote: The US wouldn't launch first. It'd be too much of a international political disaster for them. Dropping a nuke without the North Koreans launching one first would piss the chinese off very much at the very least, whereas if they drop in retaliation, the good old excuse of "He did it first!!!!" comes into play. It will end up being a use it or lose it situation.
Like it was with the Soviets during the Cold War?
Basically, yeah. Although i get the feeling that this isn't going to be a cold war
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