I doubt it's the nuclear threat we're really worried about. They are probably many years away from being able to deliver an actual weapon. The real problem with North Korea is what to do with the 25 million half starved, brainwashed people South Korea would inherit after a major conflict - and that we would end up spending a fortune to help. The only real skill most of these people have is how to stay alive in a totalitarian state. As is, the ones that make it to China and South Korea often have no skills and can't function in society. Try to imagine 25 million useless people with their heads full of loony ideas that would have to be deprogrammed before even teaching them the basics of what to do with themselves in a modern economy.
If we are not worried about the nuclear threat now, flash forward ten years, as it will become more and more of a problem.
It needs to be eliminated now. Nor should we accept such direct threats from a rogue state.
“Try to imagine 25 million useless people with their heads full of loony ideas that would have to be deprogrammed before even teaching them the basics of what to do with themselves in a modern economy. “
Are you talking about North Koreans or the urban dwellers of the USA?