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mdiesel just gave you an example of one of the most destructive wars in history, a dozen-nation pileup, being started by accident. so far, MAD has kept that fr

• mytailorisrich 6y ago
  It was an irrelevant example, and an incorrect one. A war on the Korean peninsula already happened in the past and it went quite badly for all involved. Now it is 2020, with very interconnected economies between all involved and with the US, China, Russia, and North Korea having nuclear arsenals. Therefore it is indeed borderline madness to suggest that anyone might decide to start a full out war on the Korean peninsula, it is even more ridiculous to suggest that this might happen "by accident" (like it is ridiculous to suggest that WWI started by accident). In the real world of today one might look at Chinese-Indian relations. Probably 10s of soldiers on both sides died recently. Are the nukes flying yet? Of course not, no-one is suicidal and both sides won't attempt anything beyond their skirmishes in one or 2 remote valleys. It's only sensationalist news channels that peddle the risk of war with North Korea.