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Michael Hardner:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/the-worst-problem-on-earth/528717/
The 4 clear ways forward, and why nothing is likely to change soon. A long but well-written article.
Queefer Sutherland:
Surprisingly, Putin seems to have the most logical way to deal with N. Korea:
--- Quote ---Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that the tense standoff between North Korea and the United States was on the verge of large-scale conflict, and said it was a mistake to try to pressure Pyongyang over its nuclear missile program.
Putin, due to attend a summit of the BRICS nations in China next week, said the only way to de-escalate tensions was via talks, and Sergei Lavrov, his foreign minister, said Washington not Pyongyang should take the initiative on that.
"It is essential to resolve the region's problems through direct dialogue involving all sides without advancing any preconditions [for such talks]," Putin wrote on the Kremlin's website.
"Provocations, pressure, and bellicose and offensive rhetoric is the road to nowhere."
--- End quote ---
N. Korea will be able to hit the US with a ICBM. Big deal. The US has how many nukes pointed at Pyongyang at any given time? The USSR had how nukes pointed at the US for decades? North Korea is simply looking for an option to ensure its survival & deter an attack from South Korea, the US etc. N Korea are bad people but not suicidal. They threaten but don't attack, it's just posturing.
US's poor relations with Russia, Iran, and North Korea stem from the Cold War. They need to be laid to rest, leaders need to get together & let very old disputes be water under the bridge.
cybercoma:
The political backlash against the United States would be incredibly harsh if they nuked Pyongyang. Make no mistake about that. A nuclear strike would murder thousands of innocent people and severely injure millions for generations. That kind of attack is not warranted in our increasingly interconnected world. The people of North Korea are bigger victims of that state's regime than anyone else. A nuclear strike would be so inhumane as to be completely reprehensible and worthy of severe repercussions against the United States.
SirJohn:
--- Quote from: Moonlight Graham on September 05, 2017, 11:52:21 am ---Surprisingly, Putin seems to have the most logical way to deal with N. Korea:
N. Korea will be able to hit the US with a ICBM. Big deal. The US has how many nukes pointed at Pyongyang at any given time? The USSR had how nukes pointed at the US for decades? North Korea is simply looking for an option to ensure its survival & deter an attack from South Korea, the US etc. N Korea are bad people but not suicidal. They threaten but don't attack, it's just posturing.
--- End quote ---
The problem is not A country with an ICBM, but A country led by a violent wack job who murders his relatives with anti-aircraft guns and chemical weapons with an ICBM. And if the theory of EMPs works out, and he has threatened an EMP against the US, 90% of the North America could effectively be wiped out with one missile.
Michael Hardner:
What's your source on this EMP risk ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse#Effects
I hadn't heard of it but it seems largely unknown. Not that I don't need a new thing to be paranoid about...
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