North Korea canot be trusted, Kim Jong Il is a brat who has never shown any restraint, from kidnapping and actress, blowing up airliners, bombings, assassinations. We should never tolerate their being in a position to fire an ICBM, if we see preparations for a test launch we should send in cruise missiles. If they want to escalate, then we escalate all the way. No need to wipe out the entire population, but Pyongyang should be annihilated. he has about 200,000 people in forced labor camps, they can be the core of a new state. They will be ruthless in wiping out the communists, like the Kurds in Iraq would be if we let them go after Baathists, like in Mosul.
"No need to wipe out the entire population, but Pyongyang should be annihilated. he has about 200,000 people in forced labor camps, they can be the core of a new state. They will be ruthless in wiping out the communists, like the Kurds in Iraq would be if we let them go after Baathists, like in Mosul."
I think the population has been too far reduced to sheeple to be of use to themselves or anyone. It would remain a starving nation of welfare recipients. Might as well start from scratch and gain ourselves some real estate. Then China and S. Korea can put in bids for territory. Make some good money. I'm not worried about the deaths of millions of athiests, they're all going to hell anyway so might as well just send them there sooner.