“We are not your enemy, we are not your threat. But you are presenting an unacceptable threat to us, and we have to respond.” So we are your enemy.  And to those clamoring for an assault without mercy on an Asia country, remember that the last war with Korea ended in 1953 as a tie (and it is still not over). The next one was in Vietnam, a loss. Then Afghanistan and Iraq, well, let's say two more losses and a win (First Gulf War). That's 1-3-1 unless you count WWII which resulted in the USSR "liberating" North Korea and to start the ball rolling. That's Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, Bush, Bush, Obama and now Trump. Wars are an equal opportunity destroyer.