North Korea threatens to withdraw from summit with Trump

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(05-10-2019, 03:27 PM)Dill Wrote: Not sure they "want" to use nukes in the sense their goal is war with the U.S.  They know a nuke duke out with the U.S. would wipe out Great Leader Kim Il Sung's total legacy.

Missiles that can reach the US are definitely a threat from THAT regime.  But I think their goal is to create an umbrella of protection for their country and perhaps eventually create opportunities to regain the South. And you are dead right about the danger they pose with a nuclear end around--transfering technology to places where it might fall into the hands of people with no territory to defend who like to see a nuke go off in NYC.

The Iran analogy is not good. I rate Trump and Bolton as similar dangers to world peace. 

I do share your sense of urgency about all this, though.  I just think the NK regime could be imploded by a serious sanctions regime. It was working before the Trump summits. The world would back on that--even China and Russia to some degree. Though you do make a great point above about how NK works for them as a thorn in our side. But it's a thorn in their side too.

My position is not "Let's war!". My position is "Lets shit or get off the pot": Either 'damn the torpedoes' go in and regime change OR lets vacate and let the Koreans work it out (i.e. the North rolls over the South).

The reason I take this stance is because North Korea is a constant knife in our back maintained by China and Russia just for that purpose. Eliminate the knife by either overrunning it or by abandoning our allies. I prefer the former, as tens of millions of South Koreans will die in the latter.