What I learned being a big guy,

[MadHound]

11. "There's really no telling what they'll do. . ."

Yes, there is. N. Korea has done this crazy song and dance before, it is their way of getting attention, whether they want more food, or money, or whatever, they go into this psycho crazy dance for a while until they either get what they want or they realize that they are being ignored. They recognize the fact that if they actually did something, they would get stomped into the ground. They may act crazy, but they are not actually that crazy.

This time, we're simply encouraging them to be crazier than usual because we are trying to intimidate them, sending over the anti-missile destroyer(which is actually more of a move against China than against N. Korea), having the B-2's make an appearance, sending in the F-22's, that is not how you calm a situation down, that is simply making matters worse. Is that what you want?

This is all a bunch of saber rattling, and if we're not real careful, it could turn into the real thing. Is that what you want? Sure, we'll prove in the ensuing conflict that we're the bigger bad ass, but at what cost, thousands, millions dead? Because if N. Korea recognizes that they're going down, they will launch everything they've got, and a whole lot of people are going to die, most likely S. Koreans and Japanese, they will pay the ultimate price for our braggadocio. Is that what you want, to prove that we're the bigger bad ass, at the cost of thousands or millions of lives?

Cooler heads are what is needed, and an end to saber rattling. We need to stop our heated rhetoric, our displays of intimidation, and simply walk away. That is what is needed.