^ This answer is worthy of Sun Ra. I'm going to remember it for when Frownland is famous.
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Everything I hear about North Korea sounds terrible; the poverty, repression and military obsession - and annoying though Trump's lies are, NK's are an even greater affront to anyone's intelligence:-

Kim Jung Un, not a golfer, nonetheless got a perfect golf score: 18 holes-in-one.
His dad, Kim Jung Il invented the hamburger, and never used a toilet because he didn't defecate.

Does this level of official ridiculousness make the modest lies of Kellyanne, Spicer and Trump forgivable? Nope.

the OP sucked at making a nice thread title.

some mod, change it.

Oh, this is a thread already. How lovely.

EDIT: I think this article from Chinese state media is worth a look. China's government is aiming for a neutral stance on the Korean issue, and might be the most rational voice right now in the midst of all the warmongering.

https://boxden.com/smilies/y0Y6Gn8.png this is him looking for food

China is the reason it has gotten this bad in the first place with their bull**** neutral stance.

What should they do? Nuke them? Impose trade embargoes, and starve the Koreans further?

What's needed is a multilateral agreement for de-escalation. This means that the U.S., which has the second-largest nuclear arsenal in the world, must be willing to make compromises, and take its own steps to demilitarize the Korean peninsula. North Korea is the weaker part in the conflict, with a poor economy, only one reliable ally, and a history of foreign invasion. China's leadership understands this better than the U.S. leadership and most Western media.

Good article on that subject here:

https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron

Looks thorough, from my first glance. I'll read through it tomorrow!

China is the one that should be brokering the deals/agreements. Who said anything about those drastic measures you mentioned.

China is right there in their backyard and already have agreements with North Korea. They decided to just stay out of this conflict for far too long. They should have already stepped in with something.