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Showing Original Post only (View all)Do you support a pre-emptive strike on North Korea ? [View all]
In the end, North Korea would lose a war, the generals and military analysts say. The regime of Kim Jong Un would probably collapse.
But the Second Korean War could be deadlyproducing tens of thousands of deaths just in Seoul, and possibly a million casualties in the South alone. It would almost certainly be devastating physically in both the North and South, military experts say.
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U.S. air strikes against some North Korean targets might require flying not far from the border with China, Marks warned. And China would be just as concerned as the United States would be if another country came that close to U.S. borders. North Korea is a subset of our relations with China, Marks told me. What impact would a war have? Devastation of Seoul, the unravelling of world order, and China on the other side with enemy status. And if the United States and China are belligerents, everything is up for grabs.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-would-war-with-north-korea-look-like
But the Second Korean War could be deadlyproducing tens of thousands of deaths just in Seoul, and possibly a million casualties in the South alone. It would almost certainly be devastating physically in both the North and South, military experts say.
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U.S. air strikes against some North Korean targets might require flying not far from the border with China, Marks warned. And China would be just as concerned as the United States would be if another country came that close to U.S. borders. North Korea is a subset of our relations with China, Marks told me. What impact would a war have? Devastation of Seoul, the unravelling of world order, and China on the other side with enemy status. And if the United States and China are belligerents, everything is up for grabs.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-would-war-with-north-korea-look-like
This loose talk of war with North Korea is lunacy on steroids.
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If we respond to an attack on us or an ally it would not be a pre-emptive attack
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#5
I take China at their word. War in their neighborhood is the last thing they want.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#25
No, China has publically stated they will support whichever state is not the initiator !!
JoeStuckInOH
Sep 2017
#20
I'd support an attack if they lobbed a missile and hit one of our allies.
bathroommonkey76
Sep 2017
#26
Reasonable people also know that little Kim will continue to be a thorn
bathroommonkey76
Sep 2017
#38
If Kim Jong Un, most of his family and a bunch of generals were to congregate in one place...
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Sep 2017
#42
Here's another one. A kick and a recommendation would be much appreciated.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#50