> Retaliating with precision strikes takes too long. The US has airbases in the area. Precision strikes won't take nearly as long as you think. > Retaliating

> Retaliating with precision strikes takes too long. The US has airbases in the area. Precision strikes won't take nearly as long as you think. > Retaliating with massive force (the "Trump" option) is absolutely not an option. Like the previous response, it would be completely unacceptable to the rest of the world I don't think this is true. See the US in the middle east. > you would now be in a war with China who has to contend with a flood of refugees from a destroyed country. China has stated that if NK launches the first strike, it will stay neutral, so no war with China. South Korea has planned for reunification for a very long time and has an enormous fund to help deal with it so though the flood of refugees is a serious problem, it's not unresolvable.