Why didn't we overthrow Iran or N. Korea?

Question

obviously they have or will have WMD
isn't it ironic....could it be because Iraq is rich in oil... hmmmm

Frank: well you are right about China and all. thanks for the geography lesson too.
but i am aware of the locations. so what are you saying...it's ok to pick on the little guys for whatever reason we choose. in case you didn't get it. i was being sarcastic.
it's obvious to most of the world now that there was "another" agenda

Answer 1

Alexander the great successfully invaded Iran. You are right it is because they are rich in oil, Bush family has a grudge with Saddam, and the fact that Iran and N. Korea layed low until US was knee deep in Iraq. That was a great strategy.

Answer 2

You don't understand the dynamics against such action. If we invade Iran, they will simply melt into the hills as the other guerillas have done and we will begin a protracted no win war, but also, it would solidify other muslim countries world wide against the US...There are about 500,000,000 world wide that follow the muslim faith. An attack on North Korea would even be worse, because North Korea is a peninsula jutting off of China, China would need to react to preven American incursion and China and Russia are allies....Since China can mount an army of 250,000,000 soldiers and the US total population is only 300,000,000...every man woman and child...do you think it's good? You can forget our technology...Japan has already sold it around the world....and at any given moment there are nuclear submarines of both Russia and China in international waters around the US. Want to start a shooting match where we will definitely lose? People delude themselves with the belief that the US is supreme....it was but it is fast folding. Compare the devaluation of the US dollar against the Chinese Yuan...just today. The big corporate structures are collapsing...look at GM...and look at foreign ownership of the media, entertainment, corporate structures, and factories....even the CIA predicts that China will be the dominant economic power within 15 years....better think what you want to risk.

Answer 3

No one in history has ever successfully invaded Iran. The whole country is just one mountain after another. Why would anyone want to invade that anthill they call North Korea? There's nothing there but Wackos. Ever see 'em march? What does Iraq being rich in oil have to do with invading Iran (which is richer in oil) or North Korea? ....(who are you hmmmmm'ing)

Answer 4

Who cares if the have WMD. They have as much right to have them as the US or anyone does. In my opinion, nobody has the right to. But the US going into these countries is hypocritical since they have some themselves. They may go into Iran sometime but it is very difficult terrain. As for N.Korea, they will never even try it. Americans only go after countries they can easily beat or think they can easily beat. If they invaded N. Korea, China would come in and beat America and America does not want to mess with China. If that ever happened, welcome to World War 3.

Answer 5

North Korea has no economic, agricultural or industrial base to sustain any type of military action. Its threat is over rated. Iran has the exact same set of circumstances as Iraq... including a huge source of oil.... but has, until recently, conducted itself in a reasonable manner. Aside from it's dislike of Israel... it has posed no genuine threat to anyone outside of Iran. Iraq was a special case because of the leadership of the country and that leaderships inability to foresee consequences for its actions and understanding of simple cause and effect.

Answer 6

It's actually a different reason for both. N. Korea is in a defense agreement with China and, to a lesser extent, Russia. Basically if we attack them, we have to deal with China and Russia as well. For some reason, we don't want to do that.
In the case of Iran, one theory of going into Iraq, after the 'obvious' terrorist connections and fertilizer...I mean...WMD's reasoning failed, is that we wanted to get a presence near Iran and did not want to actually go in. Reason vary, but the most likely is to tell them that we can go in if we want to.

That's basically it, but the reasoning for going into Iraq is still up in the air.

Answer 7

Paul Wolfowitz said exactly that. I won't bore you with the details, but we cannot take down the DPRK in a non-nuclear attack with our current global deployments, and there is simply no economic gain for Bush campaign donors from an occupation of the DPRK. Iran, on the other hand, sits atop a massive oil field.

Answer 8

Read the news, your loony prez hasn't given up on iran yet. don't forget they have oil too.

Answer 9

because those countries didn't have Saddam...who hurt bush Senior!

Answer 10

All about the benjamins