If a North Korean nuclear attack happened

[SunsetBengal]

(08-07-2017, 06:08 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: The simple fact is that no U.S. President has had an answer for North Korea. And that is exactly what China wants.

The Korean War never officially ended. There was no armistice or peace treaty. Only a ceasefire, which has sort of held to this day. It is a shame really, because we had the North Koreans beat. But then China attacked because we were too close to their border (they probably would have attacked anyway just because we entered the North), and our general public and political sentiment at the time was that we didn't want to tangle with China in a land war. To be sure, it wasn't just the Chinese. There was also a concern that the Soviets would get involved (actually, they did get involved to a limited degree) or could take advantage of the prolonged war to invade other places such as Western Europe. We retreated from the North to make the peace.

I suppose one could look at the facts and say that we should have done something about North Korea way back when. But North Korea has never been the real problem here. The problem is China and us not wanting to face China. The problem is also Putin's Russia, which would seek to take advantage of the situation. Something to consider as well: China and Russia both border North Korea, and both hardly seem to be very bothered by the North Koreans developing nuclear weapons or ICBM's. That is because they are pretty certain those weapons aren't aimed at them. Think about that for a minute.

You see, Russia and China are used to living next to countries which have nuclear weapons. They are next to each other and China is also next to India and Pakistan. Both countries have "no first use" policies.

BTW - Some people have the misconception that the U.S. will only use nuclear weapons if someone uses them on us first. That has never been our policy. We are the only country to have used them in combat and we are the only country to threaten to use them. We threatened Hanoi in 1954 as the French were being defeated at Dien Bien Phu in order to negotiate a peace. We also threatened to use them in 1953 to bring the Chinese and North Koreans to the peace table. Our main strategy to defeat the Soviets in the event of an invasion of West Germany was to nuke Fulda Gap with short-range nukes. And we were pretty open about that. Our official policy has been and continues to be that we reserve the right to use them first.

Even worse yet, I was reading that NK is building diplomatic alliances with Iran, whom their likely getting their Nuke Tech from.  Btw, did you read about Russia's new air weaponry?  Their jets are equipped with laser that knocks out the guidance system of missiles.  

Oh, and what administration would be to blame? None, all on the aggressor. Let 'em have it, with both barrels, going forward.