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Threat from the DPRK (North Korea)
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(09-21-2017, 09:46 AM)David Horn Wrote:
(09-21-2017, 01:11 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: As Kinser pointed out, rationality doesn't change from West to East.  The mathematics of game theory and Nash equilibria are universal.

As long as we knock out his capability to produce new nuclear weapons - which is the easy part - we gain hugely, even if he retains a few weapons.  For example, he currently has no counterforce capability, but at his current rate, he will in five or ten years, giving him first strike options.

That's the same thinking that we employed when we entered Vietnam, and you see how that went.

Wrong.  We went into Vietnam to keep South Vietnam alive, which necessitated ground troops.  A strike to destroy North Korea's nuclear program doesn't require ground troops.
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Threat from the DPRK (North Korea) - by pbrower2a - 09-14-2017, 09:05 AM
RE: Threat from the DPRK (North Korea) - by Warren Dew - 09-21-2017, 01:00 PM
RE: Threat from the DPRK (North Korea) - by Galen - 09-23-2017, 06:00 AM
RE: Threat from the DPRK (North Korea) - by Galen - 09-24-2017, 01:20 AM
RE: Threat from the DPRK (North Korea) - by Galen - 10-02-2017, 03:23 PM

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