If a North Korean nuclear attack happened

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(08-10-2017, 06:51 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Diplomacy prevents threats from becoming actions. An understaffed diplomatic corps makes diplomacy more difficult. We often don't see what goes on behind the scenes, but what keeps foes like Iran and North Korea from actually making good on their threats are the diplomatic back channels utilized to prevent this from happening.

No, what kept Iran and North Korea from actually making good on their threats is the fact that North Korea didn't have missiles capable of reaching the US and Iran didn't have enriched uranium. Both of those has changed due to a failure in diplomacy and negotiations.

Don't get me wrong, having an understaffed diplomatic corps ISN'T good. You need them to deal with allies and other rational countries. That doesn't mean it would make a damn bit of difference on North Korea being crazy or not.