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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you think N.K. will actually attack a U.S. territory / state
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(29,876 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,295 posts)Binkie The Clown
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(90,382 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)A vast global conspiracy to keep the US from continuing to nuke other countries
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)just in it for the pay.
moriah
(8,312 posts)... strategy, or will begin to do do, too much. It would be a last-ditch gamble to give the DPRK a military victory under Un to maintain control, because he can't manufacture the same "victories" his dad and granddad could. He would have to have a victory that was verifiable even by the citizens listening illegally to Chinese/South Korean/Russian tv/radio.
Yes, there would be retaliation, but he'd be gambling on us not really wanting to piss off every other surrounding nation with fallout.
I think he could get a "good enough victory" with conventional weapons, though. Which would be smarter.
0rganism
(24,020 posts)NK has a lot of geographic hostages. they might be inclined to attack one to show they're serious. if so, the US military base in Guam would be a very juicy target.
OTOH, there is the matter of retaliation to consider, and whether they really want to continue escalating the nastiness.
madman vs. madman, who knows what will happen?
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