[el_magnifico]

...this ones have been asking for it for far too much time already.

And I'll just leave it there.

[Apollo]

What the ****? I don't even...

Are these people really dumb enough to start a nuclear war?

Well, perhaps it's just posturing. I sure hope so.

However, I'm not sure that attacking them would be a great idea. They have a huge army and nuclear capabilities.

[BengalTiger]

They have a huge army...

In terms of people.

Tank forces are mainly Type 59 and T-55's.
Air force include a whole 40 MiG-29's.

[MP-Ryan]

In many ways, carpet bombing (not nuclear) North Korea back to the Middle Ages might be an upgrade for its poor, starving, and oppressed citizenry.

It's more posturing, as usual.  Nothing new here, though I think most sensible people agree that NK's leadership structure needs to go.

[Apollo]

They have a huge army...

In terms of people.

Tank forces are mainly Type 59 and T-55's.
Air force include a whole 40 MiG-29's.

Well, I'm certainly not an expert on military matters, so I won't argue that.

Doesn't attacking North Korea run the risk of pissing off China, though?

[redsniper]

It runs the risk of NK pounding the **** out of Seoul with artillery.

EDIT: and then flooding the region with refugees if we actually topple the government. Which we totally could, except we don't want another war right now, and we don't want the above mentioned problems on our hands, and neither does SK or China or Japan or.....

[karajorma]

Given that the resolution was created by both China and the US, it seems like NK has finally pushed China too far.

[Nuke]

can haz nuclear war?

[Sololop]

I get the feeling if NK did launch anything of any kind towards US Airspace, it would get intercepted and destroyed long before it was a threat, would it not?

[Suongadon]

I get the feeling if NK did launch anything of any kind towards US Airspace, it would get intercepted and destroyed long before it was a threat, would it not?

Intercepted by what? (Not that North Korea actually has any missiles that can reach the US)

[An4ximandros]

If their last attempt at launching something is anything to go by, they'd probably nuke themselves.

[Dark Hunter]

I get the feeling if NK did launch anything of any kind towards US Airspace, it would get intercepted and destroyed long before it was a threat, would it not?

No one seriously thinks NK is any kind of threat the the US. The biggest concern is for South Korea's people, who would  get hit with the brunt of NK's attack and likely suffer heavy losses.

While NK might not win the war, they could inflict a LOT of damage before they go down.

[Dragon]

I have a feeling that someday, somebody will finally decide NK is too much trouble and South Korea will become Island of Korea.

[deathfun]

Send in Bond

[Apollo]

Given that the resolution was created by both China and the US, it seems like NK has finally pushed China too far.

Oh, didn't see that. *facepalm*

[NGTM-1R]

While NK might not win the war, they could inflict a LOT of damage before they go down.

Pretty much. They will lose the war, but they have over a few thousand FROG/artillery tubes/rocket launchers pointed at Seoul, with chemical and possibly biological weapons in the mix, and another few thousand at Pusan, so South Korea's civilian population is going to be devastated.

[Nuke]

and that means no more starcraft sequels!

[Veers]

Would you still like that nuclear war Nuke?, or should we just change the countries involved?.

I personally think that while NK does not pose a huge thread in regards to winning any sort of armed conflict. Their danger lies in what damage they can inflict before being defeated or collapsing. Which to at least SK, would be devestating. And who knows to the rest of the region.

China on the other hand, just scares me. But I do like the fact that they do play on the international stage though.

[Mongoose]

Given that the resolution was created by both China and the US, it seems like NK has finally pushed China too far.

China wants a few million starving refugees streaming over its borders about as much as anyone does, which is to say not at all.

[gloowa]

I'm really torn on this subject. On one hand, the rulers of NK are out of control. On the other hand, that place is just one giant gulag, border to border, which means that "citizens" WILL do as they are told, which means massive death toll in case of invasion.

And that's bad, because people who just have been decimated by their "liberators" are bound to oppose them.