Are you willing to bear the cost of the aftermath of North Korea?

[Tijuana]

Just stating the Worst case scenario.
America was confident about beating Vietnam too
NK like the Vietnamese, probably have lots of tunnels scattered around their countryside too.

That's not accurate at all. We didn't invade North Vietnam. We didn't even attack them until we were leaving. We lost because we only defended, instead of attacking.

[Felya]

So, in your mind, FIFTY FREAKING BILLION DOLLARS is "cheap"?

I don't even...why do I bother with this person...why?

That's less than 10% of our military budget in 2015 alone. Bush administration relied on what happened in Kuwait a decade earlier, to create the impression it would be a quick and simple war.

[Tijuana]

I knew it, your new thing is just hating discussion when proven wrong or questioned

lol /pat

If you say so guy. Yep, you outsmarted me again!

[sarahtasher]

That's not accurate at all. We didn't invade North Vietnam. We didn't even attack them until we were leaving. We lost because we only defended, instead of attacking.

Defending by bombing North Vietnam more than Germany and Japan combined...

[Tijuana]

Defending by bombing North Vietnam more than Germany and Japan combined...

And never actually invaded the North on the scale we did in most other wars. You clearly did not pass history.

[Barnabas]

That's not accurate at all. We didn't invade North Vietnam. We didn't even attack them until we were leaving. We lost because we only defended, instead of attacking.

Our side lost because we abandoned the war. It took north vietnam an entire two years before the fall of saigon. To assume they were winning the entire time is a joke.

[Felya]

And never actually invaded the North on the scale we did in most other wars. You clearly did not pass history.

Could you list all the wars you could think of, where US invaded?

[GennGreymane]

lol /pat

If you say so guy. Yep, you outsmarted me again!

Try harder next time? Gettin old quick.

[Tijuana]

Could you list all the wars you could think of, where US invaded?

No.

/10chars

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Just glad I'm down under

[Felya]

No.

/10chars

That makes no sense... oh well...

You clearly did not pass history.

[sarahtasher]

And never actually invaded the North on the scale we did in most other wars. You clearly did not pass history.

''Defending'' does not exactly involve massive bombing campaigns.

Besides, here is a stupid question. The USA, despite massive firepower and manpower, never managed to control completely the South countryside. How they would have controlled the much more populated North, with even more hostile terrain ?

[Tijuana]

That makes no sense... oh well...

Prior history not worth discussion, sorry.

[Felya]

Prior history not worth discussion, sorry.

What history is not prior? lol

[Sting]

I'll turn it around on you @GennGreymane , can we afford to wait? They already have working nukes, they just can't deploy them over longer ranges yet. I don't want to give them even more time to develop long range missiles with nuke capability, as it's clear they're trying to do so.

It's already too late. They should have been invaded right after they set off their first nuke. You can't let a child play with matches like that.

[Tijuana]

What history is not prior? lol

I meant ours. =p

[Logwyn]

Your brain hasn't got that capacity to handle this

Well I was following what you were saying and considered it maybe the western media might not be 100% then you post then and lost all credibility.

[Laerrus]

Will it be another WMD senario though? SUre Saddam was gone, but it cost a few billion after

Nope, Koreans aren't like that. We're kind of pacifistic by nature, unless we are pushed to the point of anger or just fucking insane. There won't be a Korean ISIS or insurgency that materializes to fill the power vacuum.

I'd worry more about Russia and China. They won't take it very kindly with us knocking at their back door. Don't go into the DPRK unlesk you have the support of both of them and the ROK.