North Korea?

Question

North Korea is being clearly provacative and should be wiped off the face of the earth. A couple strategically dropped bombs might send a message to other rogue states about the power of our military.

Answer 1

That would be nice, but we can't do that.

Answer 2

North Korea is not the problem, Kim Jong Il is the problem. Kim Jong Il (i-L, like "ill" not II like "the second") Is the 'president' of North Korea, but more importantly, the guy is completely insane. I really believe that the average North Korean has no problem with the United States, but their president is building himself new toys and playing with them. Unfortunately, these toys can kill thousands of people.
There is no "dual purpose" medium range missile. You can't use a medium range missile to launch sattelites. These are meant to carry warheads and destroy targets. This is clearly an offensive weapon, and the July 4 (or 5 in Korea) displays were merely showing them off to the world. Even North Korea's protective big brother, China, has turned its back on them. China has all but apologized to the UN for North Korea, saying that the launchings were regrettable. NO ONE gets this whole thing. North Korea has China, it doesn't need it's own defense system because it has a gigantic 'foreign' army that will save its butt after any attack. Communist nations defend each other, they need to for survival.
If that long range missile had actually reached North American waters, or worse, the US mainland (as it is supposedly capable of), even if it was not carrying a warhead, I believe we would be looking at a response from the US that would look like a mini-Pearl Harbor. Kim Jong Il is trying to start World War III, we don't need bombs to stop him, just one well placed bullet.

Answer 3

Do you seriously want a full-scale war in the Korean peninsula? One that will surely drag China and South Korea into it and that will cause the deaths of thousands of innocent people? A war that might cause North Korea to retaliate with a nuclear bomb?
What's the "power of your military" exactly? Is it really a match to the enourmous economic power that the Chinese currently wield over the US economy by financing the US trade deficit with dollar investments? What is the definition of "rogue state" exactly? Isn't the US, by invading third world countries, supporting terrorist organizations (the nicaraguan contras, for example) and implanting dictatorships without the approval of the world community, as rogue as your average third world dictatorship?

Go play with plastic soldiers, buddy. Real war is a serious bussiness, so grow up and leave your political "opinions" to those that actually understand a bit of strategy and politics.

Answer 4

I disagree. North Korea is allied with China, and China is the largest military powerhouse in the world. China can defeat anyone - even if their military is not well-trained, their sheer numbers can defeat anyone. Putting a few "strategically dropped bombs" on North Korea would be, actually, a most unwise action.

Answer 5

you another paronoid on this issue on north korean, it is only US policy telling it is wrong to have one own nuclear defense while we the US military have hundreds of WMD, it only shows how much double standard the US policy was.

Answer 6

One bomb. A Big one. Let Seoul drop it

Answer 7

you are the f*ckin man i just said the same thing!

Answer 8

thank's you