(08-12-2017, 12:10 PM)Byron LeftTown Wrote: I read it and understand it.  The key sentence is:  And then we need to make sure those conditions occur. 

Which means, we need to make sure NK attacks us first.  Now think about it from the NK perspective.  Would they give us light slap to start the war, maybe lob a bomb near Guam that does minimal damage?  Why wouldn't they unleash their best haymaker, a nuke aimed at San Francisco?

Right now, the alternative to an immediate war seems to be to allow NK to continue to build ICBMs to the point where they have enough to wipe out the entire United States in a first strike.  

That's why my point of view is that we need to separate them from China so we can handle this problem.   The Chinese have given us the parameters.   They have said that if NK attacks us first, they will not defend NK.   So the sooner NK attacks us first, the better, because the longer this goes on, the more ICBMs NK will have.  

We've stated for the last 20 years, that NK having this capability is intolerable.   Trump has said "It will not happen."   Well?   Here we are.   What are we going to do about it?

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