I don't think the US could, if China decided to get involved
BlackAdder Send a noteboard - 24/05/2010 08:45:23 PM
We wouldn't be limiting ourselves to conventional weapons at that point. Tactical nuclear shells from artillery comes to mind. Note that the US recently refused to rule out the use of nuclear weapons against North Korea when it said that it would never use nuclear weapons except in defense against nations that were parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Seeing as PRC wouldn't care too much about mass casualties on their end.
Oh, by the way...has anyone noticed how close the Korean peninsula is to war?
- 24/05/2010 02:04:12 PM
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I was wondering when something would be posted about this
- 24/05/2010 02:49:54 PM
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- 24/05/2010 02:49:54 PM
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But does North Korea really listen to China that much anymore?
- 24/05/2010 02:55:04 PM
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that might well be a good point
- 24/05/2010 03:20:32 PM
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The explaination I have heard...
- 24/05/2010 09:05:40 PM
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Kim made one of his rare trips outside of North Korea about two weeks ago.
- 26/05/2010 07:49:18 AM
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yah, it doesn't look to be a good situation
- 24/05/2010 02:50:08 PM
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If there were a war with North Korea the US has the resources to deal with it.
- 24/05/2010 02:56:39 PM
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mm. well I don't much like that either, to be honest.
- 24/05/2010 03:00:29 PM
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Still scary and you know that using those would escalate everything.
- 24/05/2010 03:26:12 PM
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Korea is directly in our sphere of influence
- 24/05/2010 03:37:18 PM
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I meant "we" in a personal sense, not a national sense.
- 24/05/2010 05:36:40 PM
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In a personal sense, we could hijack a nuclear silo and shoot an ICBM at Pyongyang.
- 24/05/2010 05:50:52 PM
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- 24/05/2010 05:50:52 PM
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That would totally blow my cover of being a nerdy little grandma.
- 24/05/2010 09:37:28 PM
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I don't think the US could, if China decided to get involved
- 24/05/2010 08:45:23 PM
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A part of me says just get it over with
- 24/05/2010 03:21:06 PM
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I agree that if war is inevitable, it is much better to start it at a time of our choosing.
- 24/05/2010 03:48:36 PM
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I'm trying not to. *NM*
- 24/05/2010 05:25:06 PM
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I try to block it out with thought's of a puppet singing "I'm So Ronery". *NM*
- 24/05/2010 10:59:23 PM
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No one wants to resume the Korean War.
- 24/05/2010 11:27:12 PM
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China does.
- 25/05/2010 12:29:11 AM
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No, they don't
- 25/05/2010 12:54:49 AM
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Well, it would be more accurate to say they want a conflict, yes.
- 25/05/2010 01:15:23 AM
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No, they don't
- 25/05/2010 01:24:17 AM
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I'm saying the Cold War isn't over, since it was never about capitalism vs. communism to begin.
- 25/05/2010 01:41:28 AM
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North Korea is not acting suicidal? Are you kidding?
- 25/05/2010 02:41:29 AM
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The internal political dynamic in North Korea is such that they constantly need a crisis.
- 25/05/2010 03:03:59 AM
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You are missing the main point.
- 25/05/2010 03:36:37 AM
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I'm not saying it's nothing new.
- 25/05/2010 03:57:40 AM
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Your response highlights the ultimate problem: the crisis will have to keep getting bigger.
- 25/05/2010 07:44:19 PM
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Yes, I've been watching with morbid curiosity and a little sick feeling in my stomach.
- 25/05/2010 02:47:53 AM
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