[TexasPatriot8]

It's a big deal to me too obviously, don't know why you said it like that. The chances of that are pretty slim considering we have Anti missile systems set up there too. And he knows full well what would happen to him if that happened. Pyong Yang would be a memory within an hour if he did that, but I doubt any missile he launched would reach Seoul.

And I was speaking of conventional retaliation he would threaten. Conventionally, he couldn't do squat.

[LibertarianInExile]

I was speaking of conventional retaliation. It is well known that the DPRK has artillery ready to level Seoul proper. I should not have used "vaporize" as it implied Kim might nuke Seoul, when in fact he need do nothing of the nuclear variety to wreak havoc.

Unfortunately North Korea is far closer to a lot of Americans and American interests than you think, Tex--if our bases in Korea don't count to you, or the millions of Koreans and Japanese don't count, Guam is still American territory, with nearly 200,000 American citizens easily within medium range missile distance, or even range of a small boat carrying a nuke.

He can do damage, you bet. That doesn't factor into the equation, however. We should plan our defense not based upon what he could do if he hit us but upon preventing that from ever happening. And if Clinton had a pair, besides Halfbright and Hitlery, he'd have done that a long time ago and we wouldn't be in this mess.