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by TeMPOraL 3104 days ago
You're assuming you'll be the attacking side.

Compare with a story of a real country not so long ago. A large power invented a false reason to start a war, and then suddenly the country gets bombed all across the territory, and few days later there are shock troops in the capital. Total death toll of citizens of this country is, to date, around 0.55M [0].

Were you living there, I'm not sure you'd have time, or capacity, to "go camping until it all blows over".

Now this situation - and a bunch of similar ones in recent years - only reinforces the perception that if you don't have nuclear weapons, or don't have very close friends with some, you risk being abused or outright invaded by the larger players. It's actually no surprise NK is so aggressive in their nuclear program.

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[0] - I'm counting the 0.37M of those who opposed the invasion and 0.18M who switched sides.