POL- N. Korea aims missles at Hawaii?

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by molson

I wish 30+ nations could somehow secretly agree on a regime change and get it over with some random Monday morning. They wouldn't know what happened. Then work towards a unified Korea.

Sounds like a plan we can all agree upon. Tho, how about a Saturday afternoon when the news cycle is asleep?

SI

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Sounds like a plan we can all agree upon. Tho, how about a Saturday afternoon when the news cycle is asleep?

SI

Michael Jackson, Pictures of Obama staring at chicks assess, making fun of Sarah Palin...the media is already asleep.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Dutch

Michael Jackson, Pictures of Obama staring at chicks assess, making fun of Sarah Palin...the media is already asleep.

Point.

Yeah, what did happen to the good ol' days of us deposing dictators in their sleep?

With a 24 hour news cycle, if you can get some other countries onboard, that would help, tho.

SI

[Galaril]

Interesting discussion on this topic. Just my two cents:
More than likely the major reason we have not cracked down on NK is more to do Seoul AND Tokyo being turned into a parking lot than being wary of dealing with China. When you look at the two cities mentioed with populations both somewhere in the 15-18 million people during working hours the death tolls even from conventional arms would be frightful to say the least (I had in the past seen estimates of between 1-2 million dead in Seoul alone in a prolonged artillery barrage.
-Reunification is a sticky issue with the fact the under 40 generation and especially under 30 S Korean population(including my own wife partly) is hugely sympathetic to the North and agrees with alot of there socialist ideas on the economic side. One of the biggest fears we had was the number of estimated South Korean soldiers (uni kids mostly) that would desert to the other side to fight the Americans. The point being let's say for argument sake regime change occurs and reunification like Germany in a type Federation government system is implemented. Next thing that happens is the northerns are cheap, cheap labor for the southerns. But, that being said you throw 25 million north Koreans into the voting population of the south they will not be elected Korean versions of Obama but more likely a new mini china is created. A country who's ultimate goal from both North and South is kicking the Japanese ass half way across the pacific.
-Lastly one thing that is true China would more than likely sooner invde and occupy North Korea than all the US and it's allies to turn the North into a democratic state. No way no how is that happening with bombs dropping everywhere. IMHO.

[flere-imsaho]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Yeah, what did happen to the good ol' days of us deposing dictators in their sleep?

Once upon a time you could do this and have it done with before it hit the morning newspapers. Now you'd be lucky to get the operation even started before some yahoo talked about it on Twitter.