Of course the NKPLA has spent the last 50 years digging tunnels and redoubts in the mountains that have make their army almost impervious to air strikes - even nukes may not be effective in this case. The only way to get them would be to use infantry. Not the most pleasant of experiences.
larry On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 11:35:01 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I disagree. > > I think US aerial assaults on NK could be incredibly devastating by > themselves. Also, how would a conventional assault suddenly legitimize a > nuclear launch? NK's small cache of ICBM's, assuming they really can be > delivered to the US, would kill Americans....and that would be tragic. But > the result of that launch would be the nuclear destruction of the Republic > of North Korea. > > You say they have nothing to lose....I would argue they'd be risking their > very existence. Scary part? Jong just might be crazy enough to consider that > a risk worth taking :/ > > > > > > > Brian wrote: > > > I think you are right....but just how far do you think they would get > with > > > their war? > > > > I think quite far. The NKs have never accepted the UN imposed > > territorial waters borders and there's skirmishs there all of the > > time. I wouldn't be surprised to see NK launch a StS missile or 2 at > > the Americans. > > > > What would we do? We can't invade because we don't have the troops > > and we're afraid of their reaction; and we can't really bomb them > > because then they could legimately launch ICBMs or continue to harass > > our ships. > > > > The bottom line is I think they could kill a lot of people before the > > US would commit to all out war and then that would definitely kill a > > lot of people and we'd have to ignore the Middle East while we're > > doing it. > > > > Look at how many resources Hussein's 2 bit chop shop is using up. > > > > If North Korea decides to provoke us, we're in big trouble. > > > <snip> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=36 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133663 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
