If only the US had naval and airforce bases strewn around the Indian Ocean.
If only they thought to land their troops in South Korea. It'd be SK's military supported by the UN. It's unlikely the US would go in unilaterally, I'll admit, but they wouldn't have to worry about it for this one. There's not a country on Earth that wouldn't be happier without the Kims in control of NK.

The only thing historically that has stopped the US stamping out NK is China. That protection is no longer there. Is was China and the USSR that brought the last Korean war to a standstill and there's no support there anymore.
( Kroney, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 15:45, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I bet the US feel silly now.........Ohhhhh wait I see what you did there

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 15:47, Reply)

1 million man trained army.
That wasn't there in the first war.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 15:50, Reply)

Yeah, pretty scary for the guys on the ground.
But then the guys on the ground will be supported by the rest of the world including airforces. I wonder what sort of a hole a few daisy cutters will make in a wall of a million men.

They'd have to be suicidal. There's no way they could win.
( Kroney, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 15:53, Reply)

They don't stand in one place.
They're spread out in dense rainforrest. To put it in context it's three times the size of the Iraqi army at the time of the Iraq war, and better equipped. They have 1600ish Military aircraft. And enough artillary already pointed at Seoul to drop 5000 rounds an hour.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 15:59, Reply)

Poor Seoul. They still wouldn't win. You must know this.

( Kroney, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 16:02, Reply)

They could win, all they have to do is make it more costly than America/UN/NATO are willing to accept.
It's what happened in Vietnam.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 16:06, Reply)

Well yes, they could force a stalemate. That is what happened last time, after all. With Chinese help.
Incidentally, last time there were 1.6 million men on the NK side of the war compared to 0.9 on ours. All I'm saying is the numbers sound scary, but the reality doesn't necessarily match up.
( Kroney, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 16:08, Reply)

They might have 1600 aircraft but there are almost all 40+ years old
A couple of squadrons of MiG-29s that the pilots are barely allowed to fly in due to fuel restrictions.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 9 Apr 2013, 16:37, Reply)