2006-10-05 07:21:59 · 9 answers · asked by Mark Bingham 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Wow Scorpiorn, those are some revealing details. I remember reading that before on the CIA website. North Koreans are pretty fanatical aren't they - even if they're not being hardly fed..
2006-10-05 07:50:51 · update #1
When I was in the army I was part of the RDF (3rd ACR) we would receive periodic de-briefings on the various enemies we could possibly face the ones involving North Korea were sobering to say the least.A conflict with them will be nothing like Desert Storm or the present Iraqi War. The North Koreans have like an army of 1 million men counting regulars and reserves, they have bunkers dug into the earth with 20k+ artillery, it is said their is enough pieces pointed at Seoul that it will be destroyed within a week. Couple those numbers with the fact that most of those guys are a bit fanatical and would rather die than be captured. Compound that with the fact they have tunnels dug all over the place leading to who knows where and have been practicing for a war of reunification for the last 50+ years you have a scenario for disaster. A war with Korea will give all the young men of our country the honor of serving their nation in time of war because the draft will have to be re instituted. Casualties will be in the thousands per week and this is what they depend on, cause enough casualties and America will lose the will to fight.
P.S. They also are well-stocked with chemical and biological agents and it is thought they are the ones crazy enough to use them.
2006-10-05 07:47:21 · answer #1 · answered by Frank R 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Good point. Conquering and subduing a country seldom works when the adversaries are willing to die in order to get you out. I'm against terrorists and Islamic fundamentalist who would hurt our country, but the irony is that the former regime of Iraq was secular and not run by radical islamics. The reason we're still there is because of Bush's ineptitude and the realization that if we left now, it's the radicals that would probably take control. The entire war was doomed from the start because it began on false presumptions (wmd's).
2006-10-05 14:39:22 · answer #2 · answered by red7 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Shock and Awe worked very well with taking out the Iraqi military. Keeping peace in Iraq whilst trying to win "hearts and mines" not so well. That part is up to the Iraqi people.
2006-10-05 14:25:41 · answer #3 · answered by L3-knightw1zard 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Barely work? um, OK.
And FYI, North Korea by my definition is a third world country. Nuclear capability isn't going to change the fact that they are run by a regime, and The mass majority of their population is well below what I would consider the poverty level,
2006-10-05 14:26:14 · answer #4 · answered by devildriver_667 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Shock and awe worked just fine. Its job was to crush the opposing military machine and it did that. The rest is a matter of knocking out pockets of resistance and stabilizing the nation politically. As has already been pointed out above, we are capable of striking the enemy with far greater shock-and-awe if we choose to.
The U.S. military Rules!!
2006-10-05 14:28:02 · answer #5 · answered by Wayne H 3 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Maybe if we actually used "shock and awe", rather than just talking about it.
2006-10-05 15:02:17 · answer #6 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first time N. Korea breaks wind, the liberal left with tuck tail and run. That will be N. Korea's Shock and Awwwwwwww.
Think about it if the Democrats win in 2008.
2006-10-05 14:25:03 · answer #7 · answered by Eldude 6 · 4⤊ 4⤋
We will use a much larger shock a more powerful awe.
2006-10-05 14:24:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
2006-10-05 14:25:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋