Apart from that massive oil pipeline which most of the U.S bases were stationed near . . . .
More Kim John-Un atrocities
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Apart from that massive oil pipeline which most of the U.S bases were stationed near . . . .
An interesting point, I do agree with the OP that the world generally shouldn't sit idle while innocent people are slaughtered - but on the other hand, there are far easier ways to save lives than military intervention.
Really, if anybody was to get involved it would have to be fully sanctioned by the international community as the UK/US have lost all legitimacy in this regard over the recent conflicts.
I don't recognise the argument that a dictator should be allowed to slaughter his people in his own nation, we are a global community & should act as one.
Really, if anybody was to get involved it would have to be fully sanctioned by the international community as the UK/US have lost all legitimacy in this regard over the recent conflicts.
I don't recognise the argument that a dictator should be allowed to slaughter his people in his own nation, we are a global community & should act as one.
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I don't really see what the world 'community' can do in this situation. The political situation in that region has rendered the West impotent. The only nation who can really do anything to change the situation is China as they're propping the whole sorry regime up, and it's just not in their political interest to do anything about it.
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If only his uncle had been muslim, we'd be there in a jiffy arming the rebels etc..
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You don't obviously. Even if it was "all about the oil" (in reality it's far more complex), shale exploration in the US is nearing self-sufficiency - it's doubtful if even the Iraq invasion would happen if it was today.
Invade North Korea? Forget it.
(1) It's nowhere near the Middle East (so no regional supply security worries)
(2) Its neighbour and ally is China who have the largest army in the world and would definitely not stand idly by. The last time the USA took on China in NK they had a 30 year advantage in technology, the biggest richest economy in the world and a military twice the size. The best they could manage was a draw. Nowadays they'd not even come close.
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It would be a lot harder to call NK harmless if you were standing Seoul...
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Let the Chinese sort this one. If the North Koreans want to start firing off nukes, it might as well be at the Chinese. They are trying to cut their population anyway.
But China's army is completely untested, remember Iraqs 1 million man army? Disintegrated in seconds, the only thing China got going for them is Nukes
Do they have another Kim on ice that they can defrost to continue the dynasty?
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Well as we have seen, torture followed by death, followed by the execution of their family and friends?
All of which was ordered by him. He who hath been shot dead.
Well if you're prepared to attack China at the same time, wipe out their air force, nukes and destroy their command and control systems etc.. then the massive army would indeed likely be much less of a threat.
The problem is if its a more local conflict as before and they're able to send wave after wave of troops across the border...
The US tried to intervene 60 years ago, they were pushed back out of NK (with help form China).
I know enough to know that you're talking utter rubbish.
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