North korea attacks South Korea?

[John P]

I haven't read the thread, but I've just got to vent.

Kim Jong Il is emboldening our enemies by demonstrating that he can do whatever he wants and we won't do ANYTHING to make him regret it.

-Continued the nuclear weapons program.
This should have been responded to with an immediate, devastating, unannounced attack. We need to demonstrate that we will not sit around and ALLOW a lunatic like Kim Jong Il to develop nukes. It's shameful that we ever allowed it to get to this point.

-Attacked South Korea.
Again, we should have responded with an IMMEDIATE attack. Make Kim Jong Il feel a nasty sting so he'll think twice before pulling any future bullshit.

Why do people act like it's not a big deal that we didn't stop North Korea from developing a nuke, just because they don't have an ICBM capable of delivering it? Do you REALLY think he's going to fire a missile that can be detected, intercepted, and retaliated against? With all of our spy satellites trained on that country, there's no way they could launch an ICBM without us detecting it.

Put yourself in KJI's shoes. If you had a nuke and you wanted to target your biggest enemy (the USA), would you: A) put it on an ICBM and shoot it over, knowing that the US will retaliate, or B) give it to a terrorist who will deliver it in a way that can't be traced back to North Korea.

I heard some brief summary of Obama saying we need to continue with a diplomatic solution. YOU'RE DEALING WITH A MANIAC DAMMIT!

Show that asshole that we mean business.

Whelp, South Korea said they fired back. Assuming they have the same anti-artillery technology we have they may have destroyed the batteries that fired. I read one report of North Korean casualties but we'll probably never know any details.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

guys, relax, they were just celebrating miley cryus' birthday. its all good.

 

[Ichinisan]

Whelp, South Korea said they fired back. Assuming they have the same anti-artillery technology we have they may have destroyed the batteries that fired. I read one report of North Korean casualties but we'll probably never know any details.

I doubt that was enough to make KJI hesitate to do it again.

 

[John P]

I doubt that was enough to make KJI hesitate to do it again.

I read later that SK didn't fire back for over 10 minutes, which is on reason their Minister of Defense retired. Assuming NK used mobile artillery the counter fire was likely ineffective.

Unfortunately with the geopolitics in the region the whack job KJI can get away with it.

 

[So]

China had nothing but men at that time. 1 million which pushed us out but still easily remedied then in one day with technology we refused to use. Now? Yeah we're fucked. But so many poor souls are and have suffered with starvation, death camps with whole families put into them, and outright killings that MacArthur was humanitarian by comparison. Worst it's not over either, not by a long shot.

Are you serious? You really, really need some history lessons my friend.