>>>"a pre-emptive nuclear strike on North Korea...the only thing that comes to mind is, "Where are we going, and why are we in this hand basket."
Didn't we learn an important message on 9/11? When a declared foe calls repeatedly for our country's destruction and builds weapons to do so, a pre-emptive strike by us should be a quite valid option - particularly if they have nukes.
Do we lose Honolulu or Ankorage first, and then decide?
It's one thing for a country to clandestinely build nukes, but an entirely different for them to build nukes and threaten the Western world with them.
Would you call the police if a neighbor is threatening to shoot you and your family with this [insert some specific weapon here that you know or suspect he has]?
Nukes take out cities. The dimensions change when you get to that level of destruction.
Needless to say, the mainland Chinese can squelch this guy... if they wanted or needed to. But they are letting him out on the leash. Maybe we should complain to Wal-Mart instead.
Hoppy
Wow, "sea of fire" is kind of threatening. I'd say N. korea is going to get a fat lip for their big mouth. Wouldn't it suck if Japan were the first and second country to get whacked with the bomb?