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> Imagine if they had oil and how fast we'd invade before they even had their first scientist write the first formulas for nuclear power. > Imagine if they wer
by chroma 11y ago
> Imagine if they had oil and how fast we'd invade before they even had their first scientist write the first formulas for nuclear power.
> Imagine if they were next to Israel, how fast we'd sell them the jets and bombs to take out the reactors while they were being built.
> But nope, we don't give a damn.
This is not even remotely true. The reason nobody invades North Korea is because the DPRK holds millions of people hostage. I'm not just talking about their own citizens. Any invasion of North Korea would certainly result in the artillery bombardment of Seoul. It would likely also result in a nuclear exchange. The death toll would be higher than any conflict since WWII.
The US definitely gives a damn. It gives food to North Korea and military aid to South Korea. I'm sure US officials would love for the Kim regime to fall, but there's simply no way to make that happen without risking millions of innocent lives.
- redcalx 11y ago> I'm sure US officials would love for the Kim regime to fall That's debatable given the regional instability that would cause. This is one of the reasons the US donates food.
- mikeash 11y agoAlso, North Korea is under the protection of China. Partly because they're allies (sorta), and partly because China just doesn't want people messing around near it. One might recall the last time we tried to take over North Korea. Once we got close enough to the Chinese border to make them uncomfortable, a million or so Chinese troops poured over and made life somewhat difficult for the US and their allies. And that was 1950s China, fresh out of a massive civil war and struggling to get by. 2016 China is far more powerful. If you want to complain about how nobody does anything about North Korea, look at who's protecting them to see why that is.
- ceejayoz 11y agoChina likely also doesn't want the resulting 25 million refugees heading in their direction.