That's probably because I haven't shown you anyFunny, I don't see any campaign ribbons that you can attest to.
That's probably because I haven't shown you anyFunny, I don't see any campaign ribbons that you can attest to.
That's probably because I haven't shown you any
What would a war with NK get us?
What benefits does China get from NK?
So we should force other nations to tow our line? And how is that exactly moral or just?
So nothing?Sometimes wars don't "get us" things, and instead, it is a great sacrifice made on principle and not what we're getting out of it.
You're being incredibly optimistic. In fact you're being retarded. It'd take a lot longer than 30 days. And then you'd have a likely decade long guerrilla campaign.The advantage of spending about 30 days in major combat operations to totally annihilate NK,
If we attack they're going to go nuclear. Seriously, why wouldn't they?would be... not having to deal with them shooting off nuclear missiles and threatening our allies.
Ya know what else would accomplish this? No more sanctions.Not being shook down by a thug every 6-8 months.
Yeah, that's what we need. More street cred. And if it costs 30-50 thousands military persons, so what? Gotta protect our rep (which was never in danger anyways)And to some degree, a little bit of respect from other enemy countries, when they see what happens to people who fuck with the United States.
Well, no question there that more sanctions, which caused NK to get pissed in the first place, is stupid.But why are we even talking about this? Purple Heart vet John Fucking Kerry is going to make everything right! ...We're going to do sanctions!
Yeah, that's why I said leave them alone.Tow OUR line? How about asking why we have to tow the line at all in this part of the world. We wouldn't ask China to deal with Mexico if they were the antagonist, would we? Why do we have to be world police in every situation? It's a regional problem.
No.... NK makes almost all their stuff in house. That's a big deal for them actually.Well, aside from being their #1 customer for military hardware,
Yeah, that's a big boost to their economy isn't it?they are also trade partners.
Yeah, that's why I said leave them alone.
But...who's the Superpower in the region? China, right? I mean hell....we are apparently responsible for the entire Western Hemisphere, along with Europe and the Middle East....can't somebody else take Asia as their responsibility to keep the peace?
So nothing?
You're being incredibly optimistic. In fact you're being retarded. It'd take a lot longer than 30 days. And then you'd have a likely decade long guerrilla campaign.
If we attack they're going to go nuclear. Seriously, why wouldn't they?
Ya know what else would accomplish this? No more sanctions.
Yeah, that's what we need. More street cred. And if it costs 30-50 thousands military persons, so what? Gotta protect our rep (which was never in danger anyways)
Well, no question there that more sanctions, which caused NK to get pissed in the first place, is stupid.
Here's the most amazing thing about liberals, they KNOW what the sensible solution is, they just lack the courage to do it. You came up with this all by your little self, because I didn't mention it, and no one else did either. The reason this popped into your empty head, is because you realize there is not really any diplomatic solution to this problem, nothing is going to work, short of putting our army in his country and taking his ass out. But this goes against everything your military-loathing ass stands for, so can't possibly take that position, therefore, you make that the 'position of ridicule' and pretend there is a more 'enlightened' approach which the more 'sophisticated intellectual' can achieve, in such situations. Like MORE economic sanctions, on a country presently living in squalor.
Uhh, in case any of the Historically atrophied Left forgot, the Korean War never ended. We have been at war with NK for over 60+ years.What would a war with NK get us?
Here's the lesson that idiots like Dixie & Granule failed to learn from the Iraq War (and which they apparently never will learn): war is an absolute last resort, when there are no other options left to defend our country.
You know why? Because war is a Pandora's box of unpredictability. Cheney thought Iraq would be 6 months - in & out. We go to war with NK, and who knows what happens? Maybe China sits it out, but maybe they don't. Maybe a nuke gets launched. A million people could die.
But no - Dixie & Granule have such "courage," because they're willing to take those kinds of risks, and send a bunch of other people into harm's way, to die.
Fools.
The only thing that will work is exactly what the american mindset could not envisage in a hundred years. The little man has got himself in a hole. He has only two ways out. He fires his rockets or he doesnt. If he does he will lose his country, if he does not he will lose his people.
But wait. Yes there is a solution.
Immediately enact the cease fire. All the present situation is doing is consuming money and endangering lives. The boy can the go to his people as the great hero to national rejoicing and rat flavoured ice-cream for all.
The west does not need to apply more sanctions - they dont work anyway. America can run down its troops, it has a fleet in Japan and Guam so the NK/SK border is pointless now. SK will use NK as a cheap labour market and Samsung products will be even cheaper.
Chinese saying: If you do not allow a trapped dog a way out, he will bite you.
Crises over, no loss of face. Money and lives saved.
Want me to do it for you?
Okay, we're discussing what can be done, and everything you come up with that is not invading and taking out the regime, has been tried and it didn't work. You want to cling to this notion that we can only use our military when we are attacked directly, is a bit on the shallow-minded side, what about our allies? What would be the point of ANY country being allied with the US, if they know the US is never going to help them defend their countries if attacked?
Cheney thought it may take 6 months to defeat Saddam's army... it took less than three weeks, most of them surrendered without us firing a shot. Now, dealing with the influx of alQaeda who flooded into Iraq after we invaded (if they weren't there before), that took a while, and the insurgents put up a bit of a fight, and we lost some lives. But defeating Iraq and Saddam was a piece of cake, and Cheney actually over-estimated.
The deal with North Korea is not much different from the bully situation in school. We can keep giving NK our lunch money, and they will continue to act like bullies, or we can do what everyone has always done to deal with a bully, and pop the son of a bitch in the kisser. Nowadays, we have all these lefties running around emoting about "stop the bullying" and I can teach you how to end your bully problem in about 2 minutes. Hurts your knuckles for a bit, you may need an ice pack, but you'll end your bully problem. Guaranteed to work, every single time.
To deal with NK, I would put a few warships around the peninsula, a couple of aircraft carriers, and deploy a few hundred thousand troops to SK. Then I would (as president) announce that we will view any missile launch as a breach of the ceasefire agreement, and promise retaliation. If they still launched, I would unleash a hell on them that the world has never seen. Using our state of the art technology to turn NK into a grease spot. In less than 30 days it would all be over, and we'd never have a problem out of NK again. Afterwards, I would send a one-word memo to the president of Iran... "Next?"