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Topic	AP Twitter: If NK sent missiles towards Guam or US, should US shoot them down?
s0nicfan 08/11/17 5:20:03 PM #18:	darkphoenix181 posted... s0nicfan posted... darkphoenix181 posted... s0nicfan posted... Read the article. Their main point is if we try to intercept them and fail it causes a LOT of problems globally for the US. The "should" is considering what's best given the possibility of failure to intercept, which is a very real possibility. not shooting them down because we are afraid we would miss sends the same signal to NK as if we tried and missed No it doesn't. It objectively doesn't. You're trading a possibility for a certainty. They wouldn't know if we could if we don't, making it riskier to target real things like cities. If we try and fail, they'll know for certain we can't. if they shoot a missile and hits and blows up Guam they aren't gonna think "gee, if we shot at California, they might use those interceptors so we better not!" Except they're not aiming AT Guam right now, they're aiming at the shallow waters off their coast. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:884605116] in AP Twitter... [t:75661313]...</cite> <quote><cite>darkphoenix181 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>s0nicfan posted...</cite> <quote><cite>darkphoenix181 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>s0nicfan posted...</cite> <quote>Read the article. Their main point is if we try to intercept them and fail it causes a LOT of problems globally for the US. The "should" is considering what's best given the possibility of failure to intercept, which is a very real possibility.</quote> not shooting them down because we are afraid we would miss sends the same signal to NK as if we tried and missed</quote> No it doesn't. It objectively doesn't. You're trading a possibility for a certainty. They wouldn't know if we could if we don't, making it riskier to target real things like cities. If we try and fail, they'll know for certain we can't.</quote> if they shoot a missile and hits and blows up Guam they aren't gonna think "gee, if we shot at California, they might use those interceptors so we better not!"</quote> Except they're not aiming AT Guam right now, they're aiming at the shallow waters off their coast. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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