Even administration officials readily admit that a full-scale war with North Korea is “a war we don’t want.” After almost 70 years of armistice, North Korea has retaliatory capabilities that would devastate South Korea, killing millions, and the large US military contingent in South Korea would be sitting ducks.
At the same time, the Trump Administration is eager to play up their readiness for war, and belief that they have myriad military options, which is raising concerns about the possibility of a limited engagement, or some sort of surgical strike.
Experts, however, seem virtually unanimous in their opinion that a limited military exchange wouldn’t be limited for long, with North Korean retaliation likely in the case of any attack, with the situation progressively escalating into the full-scale war.
Exactly how North Korea would respond to a limited attack is anyone’s guess, with many hoping he wouldn’t immediate “go nuclear.” Yet few doubt that they’d respond in earnest with their substantial conventional arsenal, and that the US would respond to their response, and so on.
This is particularly true because even the most limited US attack on them will necessarily be seen as “the beginning of the end,” with bigger attacks only a matter of time, and the US giving the impression that a military exchange is their end-game.
All I can say is… Duh!
Remember: Pentagon war games suggest 50,000 US casualties in the first ninety days – with potential for 250,000 casualties – which will necessitate reinstating the draft for all you twenty-somethings who think the US can just “take out” North Korea – and likely a million civilian casualties on both sides of the border. Plus the destruction of one of the US’ biggest trading partners.
Attacking North Korea will be THE biggest military disaster in US history. And that’s assuming China doesn’t enter the war.
Silly, there just gonna vaporize the place. They’re not gonna mess around. And it’s really aimed at the Chinese, who couldn’t afford to compromise their ‘economic miracle” in confrontation with the US. Without the goodwill and protection of the Western system, the Chinese house of cards would collapse in the wind. So it’s really about teaching the Chinese who’s the boss and pasting NK at the same time.
Do you have any concept of “nuclear fallout”?
Do you? What do you think North Korea’s insane dictator Lil Kim is going to do with the nukes he’s developing? He says he wants a nuke to hit our mainland to annihilate America and you’re on this site telling us we’re the ones trying to go to war.Moronic in my opinion we’ve shown a great amount of restraint by means of diplomacy,negotiations,even fed them,given them huge sums of money and what have we gotten return? It’s time for action when all else fails there’s always the nuclear option,we have the capability to reduce them to ashes,why wait for them to have the same?USA
I’m talking about what happens after the explosion as far as what goes into the atmosphere. You can’t “vaporize” North Korea without South Korea feeling the effects.
We have troops on their border, we do training exercises simulating war with them every year and our diplomacy consists of us dictating to them what they have to do to keep us from bombing them into oblivion. I don’t if we’re “trying to go to war” but I do know that we’re certainly not trying to avoid it there or elsewhere.
Yes our commander in chief can reduce them to ashes. That will also be the end of our nation as the world’s leader.
Beginning with the Soviet Union every country which has acquired a nuclear arsenal has done so for defensive purposes. What is your evidence that N. Korea is different?
P.S. the British and French arsenals were originally developed to defend against a return of German aggression.
I don’t think anyone is planning for a limited surgical strike, so it’s a rather silly canard.
The DPRK has absolutely zero incentive to do anything but give us the middle finger. They have zero incentive to offer up any portion of their military capabilities as bargaining chips.
Why is that? Because the US will not change its behavior one iota until they are held accountable. They will renege on any deal and attack anyone they think they can get away with attacking. Serial killers and rapists operate the exact same way. They keep killing and raping and getting worse and worse until they are held accountable.
Nothing will change until America is held accountable.
Only Nikki H and Donald T can be for completely stupid in public.
If North Korea wants nukes let’s give them some,dropped out of a jet,our delivered from a sub,or fresh out of a silo from American soil.I guess North Korea forgot we’re the only country to ever use 1 and when pushed to the brink all options are on the table.Be careful what you wish for North Korea those nukes you desperately want may 1 day rain down on your country and you’ll have them at last.USA
If a nuke was dropped in a neighboring state, where you reside, would you feel the effects? You surely don’t seem to grasp what happens to areas adjacent to where a nuke is dropped. “pushed to the brink”. God, don’t make me laugh.
Dear Eagle, or should I say officer sir, are you out of your frigin mind…you sit on your fat Ass pushing to get millions of people killed so you can run around going USA #1.
I agree that N Korea is misled, but no differently than we are…if you do not think so tell our Dear Leader that he is not an “authoritarian” or that he would rather go bankrupt that be responsible for his actions…only this time our Dear Leader is going to get us all killed.
If you think you’re as oppressed as North Korea’s citizens than your the one out of your mind.How about you go visit North Korea and see what happens,last person that did came back in a coma and died.This is reality and believe it or not evil people exist in this world.USA
“How about you go visit North Korea and see what happens,last person that did came back in a coma and died”
4,000 to 6,000 western tourists visit North Korea every year. The last time I checked, three of them were imprisoned. So about the same rate of imprisonment for Americans in North Korea as for Americans in, um, America.
The weirdness is that President Trump is making visiting Cuba by Americans more difficult. Cuba has no nuclear weapons.
There is only one rational explanation. President Obama made visiting Cuba easier hence president Trump has to make it harder. That is political pre-kindergarten behavior.
Where’s my earlier reply to you Mr.Knapp?
How the hell would I know?
Dear military sock puppet…go home drink some Kool Aide and cool off…you military guys crack me up…and please remind me again why I would want to go do North Korea…in fact why was the guy that came home in coma in North Korea in the first place…did he think it was the South of France or was working for the Sock Puppet regiment…
He was looking for your momma.USA
So you work directly for Trump…that explains everything, dumb as a rock, insipid, and a moron…what are you on “Mad Dogs” staff…not that he would have you “Private”.
A war with North Korea would be mass murder of far more innocents than were ever threatened in any place where the US asserted its R2P as cause for action.
Demands for war are demands for these murders.
If polls are correct, America seems eager to jump into another war… as long as the damage is “over there” death and destruction are not troubling for Americans, especially if the adversary “deserves it”.
We will know how bright or how stupid Trump is if and when try to use military against North Korea.
Please someone tells him; North Korea is not Syria.
Let me guess what will happens; Trump would do surgical strike, North will respond attacking to South,Many South Koreans and Americans will be dead,then Trump orders to destroy North,then China and Russia will respond,Trump will be assassinated,and will be informed to China and Russia not proceed further and China take over North Korea, there will be no North Korea anymore Russia keeps quiet and there will be served China’s interest and American empire slowly but surely HASTALAVISTA and America says I will not be baaaack .
Well, I don’t believe that Kim was born on a magic mountain, if that’s what you’re implying. You just made a factual claim that happens to be false, so I corrected you.