Would you rather invade Iraq or North Korea?

Question

Assuming you have limited war resources and you want to neutralize nuke threats for a certain period of time. You have the info that presence of nuke threat in Iraq is unsure but very certain in North Korea. Let me see if you pass the test of logic. Let me see if America indeed has the "Freedom To Make the Right Choice". Let me see if America is just a bullie to weakling nations, it chickened out of the North Korea tease.

Answer 1

I would rather not invade any more countries. I think we have to finish the wars we have already started first.

Answer 2

I would rather not invade anyone. The nuke threat is neutralized by the fact that the US would destroy any country stupid enough to launch an attack on the US. That worked perfectly well with the Soviet threat which was far greater than anything we face from Iran or North Korea at the moment. I'd be more worried about the fact that Pakistan already has nukes and is full of Islamist extremists.

Answer 3

N. Korea can be contained at least until the crusade in the middle east is won. The Japanese will soon arm themselves with nuclear weapons. This will not be difficult considering their genius for mass production and their huge reserves of plutonium (second only to ours). This will not only contain them but give those commie assholes in China something to think about. I recommend allowing Tai Wan to go nuclear too.

My policy towards Kim Jung Il is to wait him out. You can deride this as 'chickening out' till your blue in the face but it would only highlight the shallowness of your grasp of geo-politics and war.
Many a war was lost by winning the wrong battle. (I suggest you read Sun-tzu and get yourself a Risk board game). N Korea will be dealt with in 2 or 3 decades.

The immediate threat is Iran. Dealing with those c*ck sucking Jihadists in Tehran effectively will not only help wrap up the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, it will also go a long way with helping to put that freak in Pyong Yang in his place. If we could cripple the regime presently in charge of Iran (it can be done without putting a single boot on the ground) we would buy ourselves a decade or two with which to remake Iran in our image.

Answer 4

Assuming you mean Iran and not Iraq (which we already invaded) I would take out Iran. North Korea's leader is a loony nut, but I don't think he has a death wish. Iran, on the other hand, believes that they are on a mission from their god. They not only don't they fear death they welcome it. Besides, with god on their side, how can they loose. MAD won't work with them. So I would take out the country that might actually use a nuke.

Answer 5

its iran not iraq. and i hope we dont go to war with either. iran is weaker then n. korea so were probably gonna invade iran before n. korea. but if n.korea gets an icbm properly made for its nukes then we would need to invade with the loss of tens of thousands of men or worse. n. korea has an army around the same size as the u.s. but dont know if they hav proper training or weapon quality.

Answer 6

Surgical Black Ops strikes in both nations to cripple their capacity, with all soldiers having no I.D. nor uniforms matching the U.S. in anyway, whatsoever. As a matter of fact candidate soldiers would be selected for their ability to blend with the natives of each region.

But, that is if I was going to get involved and wanted it dealt with quickly and quietly.

Answer 7

As technologies and tips advances finally the N. Koreans will learn the way oppressive their regime is and alter might come from interior. the U. S. coverage is in simple terms to isolate them and enable inevitability take over. @Ballonbuster the North Koreans in simple terms developed nuclear weapons. Their nukes are so great they are able to't even mount them onto of missiles. may be very perplexing to "smuggle" something that great into the U. S. ignored.

Answer 8

I think we should stick it to North Korea, and give Iraq the reach around.

Answer 9

Test whose logic? Yours? News flash! We do have limited war resources.

Answer 10

Neither my Goodman.. but your point is well taken. And clearly Iran is years away from weapons grade enrichment..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran's_nuclear_program
Korea on the other hand ... is well, ...dangerous to us an our empirical desires.. but we won't go in for all the obvious reasons , not the least of which being... they can bite back.