If you were President, how would you handle N. Korea?

[The Arizonan]

Any Trump supporter in this thread who doesn't favor the nuclear option is stupid.

We don't want nuclear fallout to poison our atmosphere.

[Inmate Trump]

Any Trump supporter in this thread who doesn't favor the nuclear option is stupid.

We don't want nuclear fallout to poison our atmosphere.

I agree. But Trump doesn't care about that, and has questioned why we don't use nukes anymore. His supporters voted for that.

[Kingpoleon]

We must leave the DPRK alone. We have killed enough Koreans. They have every right to nukes as any other nation. We don't get to police the world like this. We shouldn't even be in South Korea & Japan.

Didn't know so many socialists were in favor of nuclear proliferation

I think s/he sees North Korean nuclear proliferation as a lesser evil than American imperialism, which actually helped create North Korea in the first place. While this is a wrong perspective, in my opinion, I can respect it at least. We should do everything possible to limit the spread of nuclear weapons and other extremely dangerous forms of weaponry, but this should be pursued through international organizations and multilateral means. Not through American hegemony and threats of warfare, the result of which would be death for innumerable Koreans.

Without "American imperialism," all of Korea would be under Kim Jong Un. Would that really be better to you?

[Green Line]

There's no time to deal with North Korea right now.

[Simfan34]

We must leave the DPRK alone. We have killed enough Koreans. They have every right to nukes as any other nation. We don't get to police the world like this. We shouldn't even be in South Korea & Japan.

Didn't know so many socialists were in favor of nuclear proliferation

I think s/he sees North Korean nuclear proliferation as a lesser evil than American imperialism, which actually helped create North Korea in the first place. While this is a wrong perspective, in my opinion, I can respect it at least. We should do everything possible to limit the spread of nuclear weapons and other extremely dangerous forms of weaponry, but this should be pursued through international organizations and multilateral means. Not through American hegemony and threats of warfare, the result of which would be death for innumerable Koreans.

Where are you getting your history from-- Rodong Sinmun? It was the Soviets who invaded Korea, setting up a Communist regime, and then, despite what the DPRK's books may claim, Kim Il-Sung who invaded the South. "American hegemony", in both 1951 and 2017, is the only reason the entire peninsula isn't ruled from Pyongyang (if not necessarily by the Kims).

[Statilius the Epicurean]

Can't say based on my limited information as a private person. I would have to look at the intelligence, take advice from Korea hands at the State Department and discuss the issue with foreign world leaders before outlining a course.