Should we invade? Then we can spend another trillion rebuilding North Korea while we let our country decay!!!!!!!!!!!
Pick up a history book. We tried invading them once before, and got our asses handed to us in a huge way. We've already bankrupted our country's financial future by murdering half of Iraq, while accomplishing absolutely nothing in the way of providing increased security or safety to our country. We don't have, and can't borrow, the money that would be required to go to war with Korea. It would have to be a nuclear war, and most of us would not survive.
LOL at trying to spout revisionist history about Korean War. We lost 50000 people in the entire war, and that's including the losses in their initial sneak assault against horribly trained and equipped Army units at less than half nominal strength. (We didn't invade them. They invaded the South. And we led the UN multinational effort.) Battle of Chosin Reservoir? 20000 Marines and soldiers against upwards of 150,000 Chinese? We lose 857 Marines and around 2000 soldiers as 5:1 underdogs....they lose upwards of 35k as we fight our way through a fortified encirclement back to South Korea, taking our dead with us. "Asses handed to us in a huge way". LOL at how you think "most of us would not survive" a nuclear war with Korea. What do you think the blast radius and 50% Pk are for a warhead? How many warheads do you think North Korea has? How do you presume they'll get warheads over here? I imagine you think China will launch defending NK? How many missiles do you think the PLA has? Or will every missile in the rest of the world be launched at us, including those in Beautiful Central Oregon? "accomplishing absolutely nothing in the way of providing increased security or safety to our country." I can't even deride that as a talking point, since I can't think of a single credible media source that has espoused that idea. Where do you get these ideas, and why? Does it make you feel better?
Yes. Like I said, destabilzing the fucked up middle east is good. Get western influence in there, and over time it will be for the better.
Brianfromwa pretty much kicked your ass on this one, but I want to hit home the fact that we were fighting the Chinese in that war... not so much the Koreans. Unless China is planning on interceding in this one too, it would be quick and painless.
Tough situation for a young administration and Obama sure has his hands full so early into his presidency. I like his initial response to the launch . . . let's see how persuasive he is on the rest of the world leaders: "North Korea broke the rules once again by testing a rocket that could be used for long range missiles," Obama said in a speech on nuclear proliferation in the Czech Republic. "This provocation underscores the need for action — not just this afternoon at the U.N. Security Council — but in our determination to prevent the spread of these weapons. Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something," he said. "Now is the time for a strong international response, and North Korea must know that the path to security and respect will never come through threats and illegal weapons," Obama said to applause. "All nations must come together to build a stronger, global regime ... we must stand shoulder to shoulder to pressure the North Koreans to change course."
As much as one wouldn't think so, the actual theme song to M*A*S*H (Suicide is painless) is beautiful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICiFnQrHOrk
Oh, only 50,000? I guess that's why they called it a "police action". Well, phfft... those guys shouldn't even count. As long as we killed more Chinks than they did us, I'd say we were victorious!
