08-09-2017, 06:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-09-2017, 06:44 PM by Eric the Green.)
(08-09-2017, 11:07 AM)tg63 Wrote:(08-09-2017, 10:44 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: And now North Korea is threatening to nuke Guam, apparently.
Honestly, if they did that, it would give us good reason to nuke all their nuclear facilities, which would arguably be a good thing.
I wonder if the crisis will just be a series of "limited" nuclear exchanges like that until there's only one nuclear power left.
ummmmm, it's absurd that this needs to be stated, but no, a war that involves the use of nuclear weapons would not be a good thing.
Right. It seems tempting indeed to think we could resolve this by nuking their nukes. But, it may not be so good.
China is still North Korea's ally. Would they take kindly to the USA nuking its ally? What might they do, then? What would Russia do? Attack Eastern Europe? Where does this stop? Nuclear winter?
Would it stop N. Korea's program? Might they still have facilities we didn't take out? Wouldn't they then be even more disposed toward developing them and using them? How many nuke strikes will this take?
If N. Korea is nuked, don't you think this would mean war? What do we do about an expected Northern invasion and bombing of the South, with their huge army? Doesn't this mean a full-scale Korean War? Wouldn't China get involved if the USA and South Korea threatened to take over the North?
That said, if Un bombs Guam, I don't think we'd have a choice but to strike. But, this would not be a good outcome. We'd better try diplomacy. We can offer to stop our military exercizes in Korea if they stop nuke testing. If Un is interested in making his state more like China economically, the USA and China could offer to help if they get off the nuclear path.
