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Originally Posted by Florya

If U.S. forces tried to take on the N Koreans in a straight fight they would get their asses royaly spanked. Another reason why, although it has the capability, and has threatened to use nuclear weapons against the U.S., N. Korea has suffered no more than sanctions.

Unlike Iraq, which was bombed back to the stone - age for....what exactly?

iraq was bombed back into the stone age for oil & for bush's personal vendetta. ridiculous. ha ha i was going to post this i read "for hating freedom"-- ha ha ha ha...

about an invasion of north korea, sure u.s. forces would get spanked now, but in this hypothetical scenario they would have had a greater chance of succeeding if a)their main bulk could be committed to it, b) the u.s. had the credibility of the international community to justify an invasion c) china was in on it. the point anyway would be to take out its nuclear capabilities rather than occupy the place forever.

but the u.s. has no or little credibility these days ,and its forces are spent and demoralized, and any will to go to war in the population is now diluted. the fucktard should have saved the use of military power for when it really counts. oh! and afghanistan! i just heard on the radio the other day that some general or something estimated that the taliban was going to be impossible to defeat. what a bunch of fucks. i hate the taliban.

and this reminds me of the bombing of yugoslavia to oust milosevic. but that was a very different story.