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And how exactly would the many inevitable civillian deaths and the gruelling guerrilla that are certainly going to happen if the US invades north korea help any
by alextp 16y ago
And how exactly would the many inevitable civillian deaths and the gruelling guerrilla that are certainly going to happen if the US invades north korea help anything?
It's partly because of war-mongering articles like this from the NYT that americans are so intent on war as a universal tool to "help" other countries.
If it makes you any happier, as soon as some very precious natural resource is found in North Korea you can be sure there will be US troops.
- viggity 16y agoWhen the entire population is living in such complete misery, I don't really think that a guerrilla war would happen. The North Koreans aren't religious fanatics with some "higher cause" that would motivate them into a protracted insurgency. A war-mongering NYT article? That is a contradiction in terms. The only reason we haven't invaded is because China is protecting North Korea, and they're only really doing that because they don't want a massive flood of refugees into their country.
- weavejester 16y ago"The North Koreans aren't religious fanatics with some "higher cause" that would motivate them into a protracted insurgency." No, but the North Korea regime is based upon fanatic nationalism, which isn't really that different.
- jpcx01 16y agoKorean nationalism. South Korea's army would be the "occupying country" so I really doubt this would cause an insurgency as severe as the ones in Afghanistan or Iraq.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoI think this is a naive reading. The population may rejoice, but that doesn't mean there won't be "dead-enders" from the regime who would engage in a guerrilla war. There is a cadre of numerous North Korean special and irregular forces who are dedicated to the regime (through brain-washing or for their own reasons) who have been trained with guerrilla fighting and terrorism skills. Read about Korean Air Flight 858 and Kim Hyon Hui, and imagine how many more agents of that sort North Korea has in reserve, and how much damage they could do before they were stopped. But all of this is a side show. The real reason North Korea has not been invaded is because the Seoul metro-area holds 24 million South Korean citizens, and most of it is extremely vulnerable to potential artillery bombardment from North Korea. Realistically the North Koreans could kill hundreds of thousands if not millions of South Koreans in no more than a day of shelling if war broke out on the peninsula. The only way for the south to effectively wage war would be to completely evacuate Seoul as a prelude, and that action alone would probably trigger a war before the evacuation was complete. This, of course, doesn't even begin to factor in nuclear weapons. The Korean peninsula is a long, ongoing hostage situation. North Korea holds its own population hostage as well as much of South Korea. This is why so little progress has been made on getting rid of the North Korean regime, there are only bad options and even worse options at this point.
- jcnnghm 16y agoIt's liberal doublespeak. They support wars until they're started, then are shocked when they aren't over in two weeks, and people die. Clinton voted to enter Iraq.
- tomjen3 16y agoThere isn't going to be a guerilla war, the people are going to love you just for giving them access to food and clean water.