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Is going to war with North Korea worth losing South Korea (or at the very least Seoul)?
by umvi 7y ago
Is going to war with North Korea worth losing South Korea (or at the very least Seoul)?
- komali2 7y agoIf South Korea is at actual threat of being lost in war, I believe North Korea would have already invaded. South Korea is an incredibly militarily powerful nation. What we are saying is "the loss of life in a war is not worth the freeing of people imprisoned and tortured in North Korea," which is fine to say, and pretty much my point.
- umvi 7y agoI'm just saying that in this particular case, starting a war with North Korea means (at the very least) an artillery bombardment of Seoul which has a population of 9M+. This is a virtually unblockable attack that would (optimistically) kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Worst case scenario, Seoul gets nuked and millions die. There are other ways to collapse a regime without that kind of collateral damage. The US is not in the best position to do it, however; China is.