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Originally posted by MagiK:
Rimjaw, it would be more like the 1st Gulf War...personally I see the second gulf war as just finishing the first properly.
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Actually, no, it wouldn't be like the 1st Gulf War. Irak was alone with no backing of the Security Council. North Korea is a strong ally of China, and you can rest assured that China would veto anything coming through the Security Council... even if it meant going to war with the US.
That's were the problem is. In the 50's we couldn't finish the job in Korea because China got involved. Do you believe it would be any different now?
By removing yourself from the front line, you actually open the way to 2 things:
1- North Korea, with China's backing can start hostilities without fear of immediately pulling the US in.
2- South Korea might do something totally stupid, like launch a preamptive strike, which would totally KILL any argument the US might have in gaining UN support.
The problem here is that the Bush administration fails to recognize the importance of North Korea in US foreign interests... again, another thread of it's own.