dg> I seriously doubt N. Korea would ever launch a first strike nuclear weapon against any country, unless they were attacked first, because they know it would be the end of their country. It would be just a suicide effort.
This is just like when the Russians put missiles in Cuba in the 60's. The big difference is that Seoul S. Korea is so close to N. Korea and so large, America has no offensive option other than sanctions. If China, India, Pakistan who all despise each other can co exist so can we.
How to Deal With North Korea.
There are no good options. But some are worse than others.
Kim’s regime may be evil and deluded, but it’s not stupid. It has made sure that the whole world knows its aims, and it has carried out public demonstrations of its progress, which double as a thumb in the eye of the U.S. and South Korea. The regime has also moved its medium-range No-dong and Scud missiles out of testing and into active service, putting on displays that show their reach—which now extends to South Korean port cities and military sites, as well as to the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan. In mid-May, the regime successfully fired a missile that traveled, in a high arc, farther than one ever had before: 1,300 miles, into the Sea of Japan. Missile experts say it could have traveled 3,000 miles, well past American forces stationed in Guam, if the trajectory had been lower. Jeffrey Lewis, an arms-control expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, wrote in Foreign Policy in March:
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