Agreed, not partial responses. If we respond militarily it needs to be immediate, total annihilation. Minimize the risk to any American lives. Give North Korea no chance to respond.
I agree. Just do it.
We are not in a position to do that now.
We need to build up our forces in the area, much as we did during Desert Shield, or the build up of forces in Kuwait before we stormed into Iraq in 2003.
Even an Air campaign would take a huge buildup and would not be FINISHED overnight.
It would be whack-a-mole for many weeks, as the NORKs take out their anger on Seoul and our fixed bases in South Korea, with missile attacks against Japan and Okinawa.
The NORK Air Force would not fly off to another country, but we would have to clean them one by one from the skies. Lot’s of USAF airmen and Navy aviators would not be coming home. And the NORKs missiles are all on mobile launchers, hidden in tens of thousands of tunnels and camouflaged in deep mountain valleys. They are not pieces of shit like Saddam’s SCUDs.
We would win, eventually. The South Korean army is a real tiger, and they don’t get enough credit for what they can do.
Still, it will be a bloodbath and will not happen overnight.
We CANNOT do “IMMEDIATE, total annihilation” right now.
I seriously think we should launch a full nuclear first strike on the Norks - totally annihilate the entire country. Obliterate every living thing there. That will end it decisively. The hell with what China, Russia - or any other commie thinks. What are they gonna do? Start WW3 for North Korea?