North Korea admits to having nuclear weapons

[ginaman]

The U.S. didn't lose Korea nearly as badly as Vietnam, which was a total loss. The stalemate at the end of the Korean conflict at least left half the country democratic.

We won't be going after North Korea. Their own people will revolt soon enough after years of starvation and poverty. Any threats now are just desperate lashing out in an attempt to bring attention to a nation on the verge of collapse.

If the U.S. would decide to attack N. Korea, it could very well bring China in. China is authoritarian now more than a communist country, but they are still ready and willing to make war with anybody I'd imagine. Even if it was fighting against their biggest economic contributor.

[680x0]

The possiblity of internal revolution is still very slim in the DPRK. Conditions would have to sustain these levels or drop over a long period of time, the unique idealogy, military setup and total isolation of the population all make a revolution less than likely in the current climate. But maybe things will suddenly turn, but even if Kim was assassinated would much change? Who knows? the situation in the DRPK is a unique and very difficult one.

[Drewbacca]

Originally posted by Mr-K
Why can't people stop being insane and oppressing shit?

Human nature.

Same reason you send peasants and units in to a nuclear zone you're about to hit in C&C.

Same reason GTA exists and the same reason why everybody wants to have super powers. Although the last one is kind of cool.

[ginaman]

Originally posted by 680x0
The possiblity of internal revolution is still very slim in the DPRK. Conditions would have to sustain these levels or drop over a long period of time, the unique idealogy, military setup and total isolation of the population all make a revolution less than likely in the current climate. But maybe things will suddenly turn, but even if Kim was assassinated would much change? Who knows? the situation in the DRPK is a unique and very difficult one.

Right. Which makes it hard to say how far any revolutionary plans have gone. With pretty much total media censoring, its got to be hard to find out if any revolts have taken place or what the people there actually think about their government.

[Opaque]

all I wanna say is: no shit! this whole situation sucks ass...

[MVS]

They just need to hold this up about 2 years, so I can get in on the action.

[Drewbacca]

You want a piece of North Korean fighters? They have a huge military, don't they? I would go if the war got big enough, but man oh man...

[spacecowboy]

Originally posted by ginaman
The U.S. didn't lose Korea nearly as badly as Vietnam, which was a total loss. The stalemate at the end of the Korean conflict at least left half the country democratic.

We won't be going after North Korea. Their own people will revolt soon enough after years of starvation and poverty. Any threats now are just desperate lashing out in an attempt to bring attention to a nation on the verge of collapse.

If the U.S. would decide to attack N. Korea, it could very well bring China in. China is authoritarian now more than a communist country, but they are still ready and willing to make war with anybody I'd imagine. Even if it was fighting against their biggest economic contributor.

In my opinion, everyone is more than willing to forget Korea a whole lot faster than Vietnam. The footage of our soldier running down the mountainside to escape was horrible. If you measure a loss by the number of deaths, then yes, Vietnam was worse. But in regards to military campaign, we got it worse in Korea than Vietnam. However, unlike Vietnam, South Korea didn't fall under the North and has turned out to be quite economically prosperous. That's also why there is more of a stigma of defeat attached to Vietnam. South Vietnam quickly buckled and the whole country become Communist. I also find that Korean memorial in Washington is much more emotional than the Vietnam memorial. It's just so hauntingly beautiful and so peaceful. I always shed some tears when I go there. Sorry for the babble.

Back on subject, I just don't think China would really intervene other than trying to diplomatically dissuade the U.S. from going to war with North Korea. That's just my opinion from the experiences I have in the area. But it is a threat that will affect all of people any way you slice it. Should North Koreans revolt, what's to say it'll be any better? What will happen to South Korea? There are so many other factors involved that I think require a third party military force to act. This would be a war I would support.

SC

[frostwolf ex]

luckily this tiem it wont be unilateral, nk is being unreasonable and i dont think any country wants to sit by and let this irresponsable man just sit around and make these serious threats. i have worried abotu china, but would china really have a vested interest in protecting north korea? regardless it certianly looks like this is unlikely to be resolved peacefully, i fear for the south koreans and the japanese as well.

[burgundy]

China has no vested interest in the North Korean regime per se, but they may have an interest in maintaining control of their neck of the woods (like our Monroe Doctrine) and they *certainly* don't want US intervention to result in a nuclear exchange.