North Korea threatened specific bases in Japan and Guam

There is a reason why chinese is the most commonly spoken language on the face of the earth. We may be powerful, but they outnumber us. If we go to war, we lose. They are the big dog. Never get into a land war with china.

Bigger target. We piss them off, they zerg rush us, then we retaliate by cratering that side of the planet. They piss us off first, we retaliate by cratering that side of the planet. Either way, it ends badly for them.