(May 31, 2019 at 4:41 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(May 31, 2019 at 4:37 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: In all honest, let’s not get carried away. North Korea is only in reality ever a low level conventional and asymmetrical threat. It’s nuclear weapons were truly defensive and never a threat, other than the fact that it threatens American ability to threaten North Korea. America can not abide by other having the ability to deprive America of the ability to threaten everyone else as its whims dictate. This has only become more intolerable to the rest of the world when America proved it has become so debased that its whim could emanate from Donald trump.
I don't think NK was ever a significant threat. I was making fun of Trump's claim that it is no longer a threat.
Boru
That is what is so scary about Trump, far too many idiots buy his bullshit.
But I would not say NK isn't a threat. I am quite sure trying to argue that to South Koreans or Japanese would get you a tilted head and "WTF" look.
Even without nukes they do have a large army, and plenty of local rockets that could flatten Soul. The Korean War was long ago, but even then that war went up and down the entire peninsula for 3 years.
A war with North Korea would be devastating, and would most certainly have a potential to drag the world into a nuclear war. NK isn't a direct threat to mainland U.S. right now, but even a regional conflict could be a domino.
