Yamato, on 08 March 2013 - 07:09 AM, said:
And fear is fostered by ignorance. It is human to fear the unknown. I have no patience for the need to feed off of it. We see it a hundred times a day on this website alone. We spend so much word count over things we don't know diddly about. Stirring that fear-aid and laughing about the silly little games being played at the same time. We're the unwitting accomplices to the archaic mindset. Get the dander up and let the fur fly.
The best way to defeat one's enemies is to befriend them. To turn people away from focusing on differences to focusing on the common interests that bring us all together. This is so easily possible with anyone from any walk of life or any belief system. This isn't about building Death Stars and having Empire, it's about Jedi mind tricks. Is this always possible? Hell no. But it should be the MO, not the exception.
That is true, sadly North Korea would rather make threats and keep their people scared and brainwashed than make an honest effort at a lasting peace.
The New Richard Nixon, on 08 March 2013 - 11:49 AM, said:
If North Korea did launch nukes, wouldn't they go for the nearest large American City? Anchorage in Alaska?
Given their rockets have trouble making it past Japan I think even trying for Anchorage is little more than wishful thinking. A target in South Korea or Japan would be more within their reach. Of course given that the North Korea leaders seem to think that they'd actually win a war against the South speaks to the level of reality they're dealing with. They might actually think they could hit the US.
However I think this is just them looking for attention during the military exercises that are going on. Flipping out and threatening war is nothing new for them. Once it ends they'll quiet down again...until the next time of course.