No. Ann was trying to move the ethical question from specifics to hypothesis, in the hope that this might clarify the position, not of America or North Korea but of the rest of the terrified world.
She is happy to accept the "Loony Lefty" label but is as saddened by the gibe about the sea-creatures as she is horrified by all the underlying assumptions.
She remembers chastising one of her own children for an act of destruction and emphasising the fact that, although the actual damage was almost accidental, the wailed excuse of "Steven started it" compounded the offence.
With sad hindsight, she remembers that she had watched the two of them winding each other up and knew that it would end in tears, but had not intervened. Her bad.
And the word "obliterate" makes her think of Daleks.
Best leave the silly old sod out of the conversation. She wouldn't know a Good Guy if he tapped her on the shoulder and bit her on the arse.
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