Actually I think we could pretty effectively destroy North Korea militarily, but they would wipe out most of South Korea before we could do anything about it. That is the reason we have never used military action against NK. Bill Clinton even considered military strikes against them in the 90's, but ultimately he faced the same problem all post-Korean conflict U.S. president have faced- the prospect of millions of dead South Korean civilians.
More importantly, has the U.S. ever fought a conflict with a free, democratic country? North Korea is a slave state that has killed millions of its own citizens. They would love for us to wipe out Kim Jong Il and his cronies. You have it all ass-backwards about who the good guys are and who the bad guys are. >I think it had something to do with the fact that Russia had nukes. In >many cases the US can kick ass with a country that cannot strike back, >but like a school yard bully, won't do the same to another who can >effectively stand up for itself. > >That's why I suspect that neither NK or Iran will be attacked by the US. > >larry > >On 8/17/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169934 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
