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moriah

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7. Only if Un feels the people resent the "military first"...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu Aug 10, 2017, 10:15 PM

Aug 2017

... strategy, or will begin to do do, too much. It would be a last-ditch gamble to give the DPRK a military victory under Un to maintain control, because he can't manufacture the same "victories" his dad and granddad could. He would have to have a victory that was verifiable even by the citizens listening illegally to Chinese/South Korean/Russian tv/radio.

Yes, there would be retaliation, but he'd be gambling on us not really wanting to piss off every other surrounding nation with fallout.

I think he could get a "good enough victory" with conventional weapons, though. Which would be smarter.

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Do you think N.K. will actually attack a U.S. territory / state [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 OP

Anybody's guess with this twit. Shall soon find out... nt Purveyor Aug 2017 #1

I wonder if Kim Jong-un will send a team to spray some VX on a certain asshole. TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #2

It would be suicidal. I doubt it. n/t Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #3

No, dog wagging by Red Don and NK doesn't need anything uponit7771 Aug 2017 #4

I've been hearing how Russia, Iran, NK, Iraq, etc, we're going to nuke us since at least 1956. Hoyt Aug 2017 #5

It would be quite a twist if no one actually had nukes but the US, but we believe that everyone does Not Ruth Aug 2017 #6

Worked for Iraq, until bush found out they didn't have WMDs, air force, navy and army troops Hoyt Aug 2017 #8

Only if Un feels the people resent the "military first"... moriah Aug 2017 #7

maybe 0rganism Aug 2017 #9