North Korea threatens the US with a Nuclear War.

[punkrocker27]

I wish it weren't so but really when is anything not our problem anymore? Especially when there's nuclear weapons involved. Granted that North Korea is porbably just making empty threats like always and the advent of nuclear war seems extremely unlikely. Maybe Australia could step in and stop North Korea from sinking any more South Korean subs. Isn't that more like their jurisdiction? Is that wht you want? Seriously what are they gonna do fire another nuke into the ocean at us? Oh no

 

[tattooedsaint87]

This isn't news. North Korea threatens Nuclear War for everything. Thats like the only thing they say to any country anymore.

Too true, sir. I once heard that KJI had declared nuclear war on Kelloggs for not supplying him a different toy in his cereals.

 

[Dana22]

N. Korea doesnt have any serious nuclear capabilities. The yield of their warheads is lesser then bomb dropped in hiroshima, and Taepodong-2 has only 6k kilometers of range. There is no threat for US.

They could drop some nukes on S. Korea or Japan. But that would be suicide, NATO would steamroll them without using nukes in a matter of weeks.

 

[manaman]

If it escalates to a nuclear war, America will be in a bit of a pickle as they cant nuke North Korea, but North Korea has no problems in nuking America.

I know a few problems they would have nuking the US. How about the fact that their missiles cannot actually reach the US. Apparently even reaching the Aleutian Islands is a stretch for them. Even their nuclear tests could be considered failures since the estimated yields where far below what it should have been.

 

[nofear220]

If it escalates to a nuclear war, America will be in a bit of a pickle as they cant nuke North Korea, but North Korea has no problems in nuking America.

Um, what makes you say this? The US has more than enough nukes to wipe North Korea off the fucking globe and what is there to stop them if the North declares war?

 

[Harkwell]

Honestly I live in the US and I side with them regardless. Letting North Korea have nukes is like giving a baseball bat to a middle school bully. He dosen't think about the consequences, he only thinks that he has a shiney new weapon to threaten people for lunch money. The US and others like the UK would be the more responsible high school student who keeps it for self defense.

Even if the North has nukes, whoever said we can't shoot them down? We have to most nukes on the planet, it makes sense we would have a similar amount of counter-measures.

 

[ckam]

If Korea proposes a Starcraft battle, then the United States are fucked.

That'd be a sight.

Now that would be an awesome war.

 

[Zorg Machine]

Meh. South Korea and USA are showing of their forces and North Korea will continue to be a hotbed of oppression until China decides that they can't put up with sending resources to keep the country running and make north korea a part of China. Chia doesn't want a powerful south korea or a retarded north korea so they are going to have to do something soon.

I called it first.

 

[_Cake_]

Fuck I only have 2 bottle caps saved up.

 

[trickyfingers]

This is bullshit. I really hope I live long enough to see a Zombies Ate My Neighbors remake.

 

[Champion360]

You do realize that America was in the Korean war that was like 20 years ago, right? And they actually had a reason to be there. It's basically fighting old battles, which is stupid, but I can see why we'd want to fight them.

Erm the Korean war took place in the early '50s, so more like 60 years ago...

That doesn't really change much, considering it was still part of the Cold War.
But thanks for the correction.

Yeah, true that.

And the Korean War is still actually going on. It hasnt ended, theres just a ceasfire so I guess you could say you were right after all in a way

If you look at the original post it says 60 years ago.

 

[Iron Criterion]

Yay Radroaches for all!

 

[Angryman101]

Okay, let me explain that for you. In North Korea, Kim-Il-Sung (if that's his name), their original leader, is considered a "God-Emperor". I wish i was making this shit up. I've heard their "communist" regime has evolved into a Nazi one (Godwin's Law, i know) over time. And you suggest that anyone sane would side with them? It's not like Iraq, people in NK government are actively malevolent.

I just wish someone shut that dictator up already, dismantled this petty regime, and let people live in a normal country, as opposed to a pastiche of Stalin's USSR made by nine-year olds from cardboard and duct tape.

I wish you actually knew what you were talking about before you opened your mouth... er... moved your fingers.

For a start, Kim Jong-il is the current leader of the country. Kim Il-sung was his father. Both are considered "God-Emperors." Their regime is not necessarily Communist, quite far from it actually. And they're certainly not Nazis. There's a lot of censorship, no free press -- in fact I don't think they have a press at all -- the citizens are taught that America is bad (in fact, the only western influence they have are eight tracks and cassettes from the 1960s). The North Korean government is really not 'actively malevolent.' It oppresses its citizens by maintaining closed borders and being incredibly suspicious of anyone not from NK or China.

And frankly, can you blame them? Western powers actively tried to take over the entire peninsula in the 1950s. We took their country, which had a shared culture, and we arbitrarily cut it in half. On our half, we employed an oppressive autocrat who wanted to rule the entire Korean peninsula.

Now I think it's easy to say that the DPRK (Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea, aka North Korea) is quite justified in its hatred and suspicion of western powers.

All of this military power really doesn't do anything. North Korea has roughly two million armed troops lined up on the 38th Parallel (the De-Militarized Zone that separates North and South Korea). Meanwhile, South Korea and the United States have around 500,000 troops on the border. Sure, the US Troops are better equipped, but the North Korean troops are incredibly well disciplined and besides... NK can just sweep over the border and we really don't have the numbers to stop them.

Herp derp derp.
You forgot to mention the part where the N. Korean government actively refuses to adhere to any of the U.N.'s petitions and orders, which black-lists the state, making the country's economy falter even more than it already is, causing the citizens to starve. This effect is compounded when you see that most of the GDP (which, as previously mentioned, is gained mostly from foreign aid) is put into more useless military spending. The populace doesn't mind that much, of course, because the government actively brainwashes them into believing their leader is a god and he can do no wrong while preemptively murdering any who they believe might oppose them.
Also, funnily enough, you forgot to mention that in the Korean War, North Korea is the one that invaded first, citing the reason as the S. Korean leader had crossed the border to harass the N. Korean army when in fact both sides had been doing that for quite some time. They nearly conquered the entire peninsula before the U.S. stepped in and forced them back in a counter invasion. Don't forget that the N. Korean army at that time was vastly superior in both numbers and equipment and that the south had virtually no hope of beating them back.
The U.S. and S. Korean's combined military force are so much better equipped and trained that they will most likely easily push back any force that N. Korea can muster. N. Korea has, at best, limited outdated armor, air support, and artillery support, all of which is in dire need of repair. U.S. forces around the area alone could probably hold out until rapid response aid from Pacific forces can come and annihilate every red thing that moves.

Anyway, honestly, I have a feeling that a land invasion would be just as disastrous as the planned invasion of Japan in WWII. Every single citizen would be up in arms against the U.S., as they believe they are violent aggressors who will rape their women and kill/castrate their men, as that is what the N. Koreans have been telling them since the moment they were born. I hate to say it, but...N. Korea might be the one nation in the world that would be better off if we blasted it off the map.

 

[FightThePower]

They won't do it. America has thousands more Nuclear Weapons. North Korea would get wrecked.

 

[Trebort]

China will wade in and try and prevent a conflict. It would fall on them to take in all the North Korean refugees that would flood across the border and for a country like that, it would be pretty bad. They don't want that, and who could blame them?

I'm slightly concerned however, that the sinking of the Cheonan was a plot by another country, either America, South Korea or Japan to make the situation worse in that area, give the Americans and S. Koreans a reason for a show of force in the Sea of Japan, that would in turn lead N. Korea to make the first move, giving the USA and South Korea + Allies a valid reason for going to war.

 

[Okuu_Fusion]

Perhaps I should start building a fallout shelter?

but really... Nuclear war is sooo 1960's...

 

[PAGEToap44]

new idea!
parachute chuck norris into N.Korea, should wrap this shit up in about,10, better make it 11 second's

Hell, just send them a picture of Chuck Norris, they'll get the idea.

 

[Cabisco]

Like others have pointed out the main problem in a war would be China, they really wouldn't like the idea of a democracy so close to them, especially if it ends up going well like South Korea.

North Korea has it coming though, I'd be considering an attack if the tried something IF i wasn't already in two other wars...

 

[MarsProbe]

Looks like I'm moving to the UK a bit earlier than expected.

I wonder if Canada's safe?

Who would bother to nuke Canada?

Good question. The place is already a wasteland, so why waste a nuke on it?

 

[Blitzkreg]

Okay. North Korea may barely be able to get a nuke across the border to South Korean, let alone threaten the freaking US. Our top military knowledge right now is that they have fairly weak and ineffective nuclear technology, and certainly not enough supplies or a strong enough economy to build enough of them to start a 'war' as you called it. Besides, the US needs to be involved, because the world screws itself over when we don't help them. Look at Africa, look at Afghanistan during the 80's. Despite what everyone says, the US ends wars one way or another. WWI? took us 1 year. WWII took us 3 years, after the Brits and french had been fighting for 3 years before that. Korean war? We finished quickly. We dont necessarily do it the right way, or end up making it better, but if there's one thing we do, its end wars, and North Korea seriously wont stand a chance if they piss us off. Also, comon Europeans! You screwed over the world, help us fix it...