Why Is the Bush administration Afraid to Attack North Korea?

Question

Looks to me that Bush is teetering on an acceptance of the fact that the US military is stretched far too thin as it is. Not only that I really believe that he is afraid of further military action albeit his further rhetoric that the US "reserves all options to defend our friends in the region." (China has a HUGE military, much larger than the US. Why would they need the US?)

Pres. Bush called Wednesday for stiff sanctions on North Korea for its reported nuclear test. In a Rose Garden news conference, Bush said the United States "reserves all options to defend our friends in the region, and .
"remains committed to diplomacy. He also said that the "United States has "no intention of attacking" the reclusive regime."It didn't work in the past. ... I learned a lesson from that. You have a better diplomatic hand with others sending the message," Bush said.
He supports a resumption of six-way talks among North Korea, South Korea, China, Russia, Japan and the United States.
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Answer 1

Not afraid. It is a question of being the 'big brother of the world'. If US says no nuclear test. They shll agree. Else , Bush has shown the world what he can do to helpless countries like afghanistan and Iraq. Bothe were projected as the terrorist states and even after bombing Afghanistan for the last 6 years, US could not get Bin Laden. How can you, if he is sitting in pakistan? Can any one check Pakistan?

Similarly Iraq. Weapons of Mass destruction. It is a joke.

Bush wanted Afghanistan to test all kind of weapons and technology.
Iraq is for gas.
What is there in N. Korea? Bush prefers Iran as there is oil.

These are simple mathematics.

Read this interesting piece at:
http://www.thedebate.org/thedebate/iraq.asp

All the best Bush... safe 'eyeing' of Iran & N Korea :-)

Ramesh
the Human Search Engine

Answer 2

The Koreans have already sent America packing once (with a little help from China). The same would happen again, only much more decisively - this time the North would take the South and we'd have Vietnam all over again (with the added excitement of the nuclear option).

Until America learns to fight more intelligently it will remain incapable of winning any modern war (it has not done so since World War II - and even that one is a Hollywood myth - America was a player then, not the sole winner).

Until America learns to fight another way the rest of the weary World will continue to laugh at America's gung-ho tactics and its running for a cover some time later. Only the blinkered, macho-film-fed American people believe in America's military might.

I hope George Bush has enough functioning brain cells to realise the North Koreans would decimate a US invasion force .... if not, God help us all.

China is the answer to North Korea and diplomacy is the answer to ensuring China sorts out the North Koreans. A talking solution may seem a bit tedious and dull, but Churchill was dead right when he said that "Jaw-jaw is better than war-war".

Answer 3

We have fewer than 50,000 troops there and however many south Korean troops. The problem being that if we start a war the south Korean capital will be leveled in about 30 minutes by the Norths artillery that works quite well. Not to mention the damage scuds and artillery rockets would do to Japan. All in all a totally costly encounter not to mention what would happen here if china shut off all those CD/DVD players and clothes and appliances and parts. It would be along time before we could find someone else to make that stuff cheap for us. We are after all materialistic whores who have just got to have there new stuff cheap! Poor walmart would be out of business over night.

Answer 4

It's obvious that attacking the North would not be in the best interest for the U.S. at this point, why not just persuade china into using the leverage they have with the north, I'm sure if China feels enough pressure from the U.S. they will pursue tough sanctions against the North Korea. If that doesn't work than of course military action should be taken, I don't feel very safe knowing that North Korea has nuclear technology, they are way too aggressive in their actions. LETS TAKE EM OUT DING!

Answer 5

No one in the Asia region (or in the world for that matter, save Iran) want a nuclear North Korea.

(This may or may not apply to you) I do love how anti-Iraq war people are now acting like they want a military option for North Korea, when in truth they would oppose any military action against North Korea too.

Bush-bashers are so insane. I cannot not laugh at them.

-Aztec276

Answer 6

When Bush is talking about defending our friends in the region, he's not refering to China. He's talking about S. Korea and Japan.

Answer 7

Because he went in Iraq with only the UK and they are having a hard time fighting a group of rebels and thugs...imagine a full scale army who has the capability of moving the battle into China, S.Korea, Japan and has missiles that can reach Alaska (I wouldn't put it past Jong IL to try those out during war). Its not as weak as Iraq and can't be easily bullied or invaded.

Answer 8

If you have listened to the President speak over the last six years then you would know that his position on the use of force is that military action is reserved as a last resort. Iraq was invaded because Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction (yes, we DID find them over there, contrary to what the liars and spin-doctors in the mainstream media have been telling you), harboring operatives from Al-Qaeda and over a dozen other militant Islamic terrorist groups, and thumbing his nose at the U.N. It was clear that Hussein was going to do as he damn well pleased and to hell with the U.S. and the U.N., so Bush decided -- WITH THE OVERWHELMING APPROVAL OF CONGRESS, LET'S NOT FORGET -- that the only way to remove the threat was to remove Hussein from power.

Answer 9

Why would anyone want to? Besides, we owe them too much money. It would appear as if we were trying to bomb our way out of debt. Bush didn't care about his "reasons" for going into Iraq. They were just a smokescreen for his real motives. He isn't about to do it again over North Korea.

Answer 10

1) 1 million active N. Korean troops. (2/3 of all US troops are in the Middle East).

2) Ten thousand artillery pieces aimed at Soeul, S. Korea.

3) If you remember the Korean War hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers overwheled US troops and thru them back over the 38th parellel and almost started World War 3.

4) We have no idea how many nuclear weapons they may have.