North Korea Missile Appears to Have Flown Over Japan, Abe Says

Re:North Korea Missile Appears to Have Flown Over Japan, Abe... by MBCook on Monday August 28, 2017 @08:23PM (#15121242)

But this time not only is the country already on the tip of its own disasters, it's RIGHT next door to a bunch of our allies. It's not in "the middle of nowhere" like Afghanistan.

Either way if North Korea or to do something nuclear we've never answered the question of how we respond to that other than mutually assured distraction. However I don't think we can do that without causing serious problems to South Korea, China, and probably Japan. That policy was really designed for Russia, not something like NK.

We thought messing with Afghanistan and Iraq repaired, how in the world do you try and unwind something like North Korea?

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Re:North Korea Missile Appears to Have Flown Over Japan, Abe... by nradov on Monday August 28, 2017 @09:30PM (#15121507)

None of those other factors have any weight on the decision making process. If North Korea attacks the US homeland or military with a nuke then the US will hit back with multiple nuclear counterattacks and to hell with the consequences. Appearing weak in the face of blatant aggression would mean the end of the US as a superpower so the leadership will never allow that to happen even if it seems like the rational choice.

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Re:North Korea Missile Appears to Have Flown Over Japan, Abe... by MBCook on Monday August 28, 2017 @09:41PM (#15121536)

Homeland yes. I'm assuming they would attack somewhere in East Asia, almost certainly Japan or South Korea.

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