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[smjjames]

A bit of a diversion from the usual USA-Best Korea's dialogue - China Threatens To Bomb North Korea's Nuclear Facilities If It Crosses Beijing's "Bottom Line":

The editorial in the military-focused Global Times tabloid, owned and operated by the Communist Party's People's Daily newspaper, said that North Korea’s nuclear activities must not jeopardize northeastern China, and that if the North impacts China with its illicit nuclear tests through either "nuclear leakage or pollution", then China will respond with force.

The situation over there seems to be becoming pretty tense. I hope it doesn't spark into an open war...

'Impact' is pretty vague here, also, all of the NK nuke tests have been underground, which would significantly contain the fallout.

Basically they're saying 'Don't give us an excuse to bomb you'.

About time China actually got tough.

And yeah, NK has ramped up the rhetoric, saying that they're ready to go to war and threatening to nuke the US (or possibly US forces) and just acting hysterical in general.

[misko27]

Hmm. It's possible China moves in with a swift takeover of the Kim regime. While the fact that they haven't yet done so is a pretty damning sign of their reluctance to do so in the first place, it's obviously within their power to do so, they could likely do so much more easily than the US or South Korea (the irony that North Korea's buildup on the south was on the wrong border! Hilarious), and probably would engender much less opposition, both at home, within NK, and abroad, than the US doing the same. But it would require they take on responsibilities they've as yet refused, and it could potentially open up unpleasant questions about China's legal right to do so, as well as the unification question. They seem to prefer the current state of affairs, but if North Korea seems like its going to rock the boat, would China move in? And if it did, what would happen next?

And Korean nuclear capacity makes the entire enterprise that much more volatile. I mean it's fairly safe to say that a sufficiently bungled crisis could be the single greatest catastrophe of the post-WW2 era, bar none.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

PYONGYANG IS FULL, NOBODY'S HOME, GO AWAY

[Sergarr]

Funny, I wanted to post that, but I've thought that with such a shitty source name, no one would believe it.

[Eric Blank]

If the cities too full, he must not be doing a good enough job of slowly starving his people to death.

[Starver]

Has he just discovered SimCity?  Rezoning imminent... Or possibly an alien attack.

(Actually, depending on definition of 'Alien', we've been discussing this already.)

[IronyOwl]

The illegal and immoral ayy lmao aggressors shall face swift and total destruction should they choose to violate Best Korea's sovereignty and/or many, many orifices!

[Sergarr]

U.S. May Launch Strike If North Korea Reaches For Nuclear Trigger

The U.S. is prepared to launch a preemptive strike with conventional weapons against North Korea should officials become convinced that North Korea is about to follow through with a nuclear weapons test, multiple senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.

North Korea has warned that a "big event" is near, and U.S. officials say signs point to a nuclear test that could come as early as this weekend.

"Two things are coming together this weekend," said retired Adm. James Stavridis, former commander of NATO and an NBC analyst. "One is the distinct possibility of a sixth North Korean nuclear weapons detonation and the other is an American carrier strike group, a great deal of firepower headed right at the Korean Peninsula."

The U.S. is aware that simply preparing an attack, even if it will only be launched if there is an "imminent" North Korean action, increases the danger of provoking a large conflict, multiple sources told NBC News.

"It's high stakes," a senior intelligence official directly involved in the planning told NBC News. "We are trying to communicate our level of concern and the existence of many military options to dissuade the North first."

"It's a feat that we've never achieved before but there is a new sense of resolve here," the official said, referring to the White House.

Implementation of the preemptive U.S. plans, according to multiple U.S. officials, depends centrally on consent of the South Korean government. The sources stress that Seoul has got to be persuaded that action is worth the risk, as there is universal concern that any military move might provoke a North Korean attack, even a conventional attack across the DMZ.

Someone please tell me they're joking about thinking that attacking NK's nuclear facilities has a possibility of not immediately provoking a war.

[Starver]

Well, maybe they've got another one of those MOABs ready...

[WealthyRadish]

Well, maybe they've got another one of those MOABs ready...

I was wondering why they dropped that stupid thing in the middle of nowhere and made such a big deal about it. Not very subtle, even for Trump, but at least he didn't drop it on Rosie O'Donnell.

[redwallzyl]

U.S. May Launch Strike If North Korea Reaches For Nuclear Trigger

The U.S. is prepared to launch a preemptive strike with conventional weapons against North Korea should officials become convinced that North Korea is about to follow through with a nuclear weapons test, multiple senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.

North Korea has warned that a "big event" is near, and U.S. officials say signs point to a nuclear test that could come as early as this weekend.

"Two things are coming together this weekend," said retired Adm. James Stavridis, former commander of NATO and an NBC analyst. "One is the distinct possibility of a sixth North Korean nuclear weapons detonation and the other is an American carrier strike group, a great deal of firepower headed right at the Korean Peninsula."

The U.S. is aware that simply preparing an attack, even if it will only be launched if there is an "imminent" North Korean action, increases the danger of provoking a large conflict, multiple sources told NBC News.

"It's high stakes," a senior intelligence official directly involved in the planning told NBC News. "We are trying to communicate our level of concern and the existence of many military options to dissuade the North first."

"It's a feat that we've never achieved before but there is a new sense of resolve here," the official said, referring to the White House.

Implementation of the preemptive U.S. plans, according to multiple U.S. officials, depends centrally on consent of the South Korean government. The sources stress that Seoul has got to be persuaded that action is worth the risk, as there is universal concern that any military move might provoke a North Korean attack, even a conventional attack across the DMZ.

Someone please tell me they're joking about thinking that attacking NK's nuclear facilities has a possibility of not immediately provoking a war.

This is Trump were talking about. we have no idea what the hell he is going to to on any given day.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

No matter what happens, the DPRK Thread Meme Reserve will hold out for the duration.

[Hanslanda]

U.S. May Launch Strike If North Korea Reaches For Nuclear Trigger

The U.S. is prepared to launch a preemptive strike with conventional weapons against North Korea should officials become convinced that North Korea is about to follow through with a nuclear weapons test, multiple senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.

North Korea has warned that a "big event" is near, and U.S. officials say signs point to a nuclear test that could come as early as this weekend.

"Two things are coming together this weekend," said retired Adm. James Stavridis, former commander of NATO and an NBC analyst. "One is the distinct possibility of a sixth North Korean nuclear weapons detonation and the other is an American carrier strike group, a great deal of firepower headed right at the Korean Peninsula."

The U.S. is aware that simply preparing an attack, even if it will only be launched if there is an "imminent" North Korean action, increases the danger of provoking a large conflict, multiple sources told NBC News.

"It's high stakes," a senior intelligence official directly involved in the planning told NBC News. "We are trying to communicate our level of concern and the existence of many military options to dissuade the North first."

"It's a feat that we've never achieved before but there is a new sense of resolve here," the official said, referring to the White House.

Implementation of the preemptive U.S. plans, according to multiple U.S. officials, depends centrally on consent of the South Korean government. The sources stress that Seoul has got to be persuaded that action is worth the risk, as there is universal concern that any military move might provoke a North Korean attack, even a conventional attack across the DMZ.

Someone please tell me they're joking about thinking that attacking NK's nuclear facilities has a possibility of not immediately provoking a war.

I doubt it. And there are a scenario or two that end with the NK not striking back. For example: That carrier group and it's huge bubble of death park off the coast and stomp a three-meter deep mudhole in the entire upper peninsular's ass with some MOABs and bunker busters and so forth. NK surrenders when they realize how enormously they fucked up this time, Korea is united in peace and everyone goes back to RING.

Ring ring. Ring.

Shit, it's time for me to wake up.

[martinuzz]

North Korea has issued a statement that they want the US to stop provoking them, and repeating that they will continue nuclear tests whenever they feel that is in their country's best interest. They announced a new nuclear test coming saturday, to celebrate the birthday of Kim il-Sung, the nation's founder.

So I guess we'll find out how serious Trump was coming saturday.

[MagmaMcFry]

stop provoking them

"We deny any responsibility for our own actions"

they will continue nuclear tests whenever they feel that is in their country's best interest

"Either it is in our country's best interest to incite and lose a war, or we don't know what a 'consequence' is"