(09-26-2017, 03:29 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(09-26-2017, 02:25 AM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: They've been testing missiles for years, but Kim Jong Un picked it up in 2014. Obama practiced "strategic patience" with them for years. It wasn't until 2014 that he hinted at military force as a consequence for their continued development of nuclear weapons. Kim Jung Un went from 6 missile tests in 2013 to 19 in 2014. Do you believe Obama is to blame?

Trump had nothing to do with it. They have been threatening the US with nuclear destruction long before Trump was President. Trump just isn't the pushover that Obama was with them.

You're not understanding what i'm saying. I knew North Korea has been amping up their nuclear weapons testing for a long time, but until Trump's tweets, they've shot them into the ocean or underground. It was only after Trump decided to poke the bear, that they started blasting missles directly over our allies. Again, I doubt he has the fire power to reach the U.S. and if he does, he's not gonna use it unless we strike first. He has too much to lose. He's just flapping his gums like one of those yap yap dogs, who believe they're bigger than what they are. Threats are nothing. It's just a peeing contest. How long has Iran been threatening to blow Israel off the face of the Earth? They probably have a much more sophisticated nuclear program than North Korea and nobody takes their threats seriously.

I understand your point. 

My point was that the missile testing and nuclear weapons go together. The missile testing was about the delivery system. They've been trying to increase how far they travel for years. It was only recently that they were capable of sending them over other countries. Trump being President is only a coincidence.

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