easyt65
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- Aug 4, 2015
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Not ALL the diplomatic actions have been tried. Like I said, warning China the US will be 'forced' to place missile defense systems and NUKES about 15-20 minute flight time from China because of North Korea's actions, I think China will find new motivation to get something done with N. Korea.All other methods, diplomatic and economic, have been tried with no progress, and not one other proposal could end the NK nuclear threat or prevent NK from selling its nuclear weapons technology to other countries. Already Iran's missile program has been based on NK's and NK Korea was building a nuclear reactor in Syria before Israel blew it up. At this point, the nuclear option is the last option since all the others have been tried and have failed.
I agree everyone would be pissed at us, even most of our allies, the nations that need the US today, will need the US after the strike. NATO is nothing without the US. Japan can't stand up to China without the US. China's economy would crash if it stopped selling to the US. So while we would have to endure a lot of criticism, there would be no repercussions beyond this.
It is undeniable that such an action would lay down a very,very strong red line on non proliferation, so it could be argued that by ending the NK nuclear threat in the only way possible, we saved the world from a global nuclear threat. This is the argument that would allow most nations to transition from outraged criticism to business as usual.
We'll see.