" In essence then, to choose deterrence is to bet that North Korean adventurism in times of political tension will never lead to an equivalent of the Cuban Missile Crisis, to bet that North Korean early warning systems will never be subject to human error, and to bet that North Korean officers in the nuclear command-and-control chain will rely upon skeptical gut instincts rather than follow direct orders given a seemingly reliable signal of a U.S. attack. In other words, to gamble on deterrence is to bet that, since we spun the cylinder and survived a round or two of deterrence roulette with the Soviets, fortune will always favor us. Needless to say, any bet that requires continuous good fortune is a reckless and foolish one. "

Jack,

As opposed to standing there and watching how many million in Seoul being nuked?

Is it that the majority of the dead civilians will be Korean (South AND North) and Japanese, rather than good old Caucasians and Blacks the reason so many here are willing to accept the greater number killed?