can we win a war against north korea?
827931
Not now.... we are stretched too thin.  Well, we can win it, but it will force a draft and other unpleasant things.  We are not prepared, so it will be an uphill climb.\n\nSue
696351
Maybe.  Military force is the best answer.
583338
To win a war you have to conquer or destroy your enemy. The problem that we have is that we stopped realizing this and try to make every war a policing action and restoration of the country we just sacked. So we spend billions assaulting them, spend another billions rebuilding them, and then we walk away and leave them alone without collecting any kind of reward/tribute/compensation.\n\nIraq should have been: sack them, take their land, take their oil, set up a launch point to attacking other enemies in the region. We could have profitted form this war and made the rest of the planet take us extemely seriously.\n\nIf we aren't going to commit to seeing war through properly then we should not engage at all.
989890
North Korea does not have ballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in the US -- yet!!!  Plans to test the first such missile appear to be in go-ahead stage, but until a successful test launch and subsequent successful test launches, they will not have demonstrated a reliable long range missile system.  We also have no credible evidence that North Korea has produced a weapon capable of being mounted on the missile.  We also cannot confirm that North Korea even has any nuclear weapons at all, although we know they have sufficient plutonium for several devices and we suspect they have built several devices.\n\nKim Jong Il postures in a risky game of brinkmanship by permitting this test prep to proceed.  The missile was fueled Sunday, June 18, which is usually an indicator that the launch will go forth.  (Removing fuel is a hazardous procedure, so fueling usually means a go-ahead status.)\n\nIf the test proceeds, it will be Korea's first launch attempt of a long range missile since its unsuccessful 1998 launch of a missile over Japan.  That missile's third stage failed to engage and the missile broke up and fell into the Pacific.  Analysts fear Korea has improved the missile design since then.\n\nIf there is a launch and it is successful, we will enter a new era, and we'll see nuclear brinkmanship not seen since the Cuban missile crisis.\n\nComparisons of Korea and Iraq are not valid, and solutions will vastly differ.  \n\nIn the post-USSR era, the US stands more likely to be targeted with a nuclear weapon or weapons by terrorist organizations.  Such stateless organizations have the ambition to make such attacks, and are unhampered by any fears of retaliation, as there would be no nation-state against whcih to retaliate.\n\nNorth Korea's Kim Jong Il is fettered by his nation, and is well aware of the stakes.  \n\nI suppose, in my weary last words here tonight, I'd say that I don't think that Kim Jong Il will launch a nuclear weapon against the US because our response will not be a tactical air and ground campaign.  It will be a nuclear response.\n\nI'd like to write more, but it's late and I'm tired.  I hope what I did write makes sense and is at least somewhat informative.  I don't pretend to know how this will all play out in the coming months and years.\n\nI'm sorry to be seeing the situation develop, but that seems to be the theme of the post 9-11 world as I know it.
745832
hell no, we take pride in our voluntary fighting force, vietnam taught us that our fighting effectiveness is hindered by inducting pukes who wouldnt serve to save their own skin. they are a liability, not an asset.\n\nThe koreans are different. Their homes are sighted by Communist artillery, they have a patriotic duty to serve and protect their homes. American homes are sighted by terrorists for destruction and conquest, but the liberal pukes in this country have convinced us to disregard this threat, and to start defunding the military and focus on prosecuting people for engaging in the war. the average joe doesnt realize the threat from the islamo-fascists, because they are not as plainly visible as the hardened communist artillery bunkers pointed at their cities, it is a shadowy threat that we face, and if they cant see the threat, then they are less inclined to fight it. I thought 9-11 woke people up, I was mistaken.
692524
korean war = stalemate.\n\nsome say we won because we kileld alot of the enemy, some say we lost because we didnt finish our goal, some say we tied because there was no ending.\n\nsee.
263962
NONE, THERE IS NOT WINNER IN ANY WAR JUST LOSERS!!!!
299349
I'm sure the USA would never be so stupid as to get into a war with Iran. \n\nDoes anyone really think we could withstand a war against Iran when China and Russia will back Iran? I'm not sure if N.Korea would get into it but for sure it would be WWIII.
977737
they are still fighting us from the Korean war.  There was never an official end and actually is still going on.
278268
we cant win for losing. Had we not acted against Saddam wed have been criticized for not taking a stand. We acted and now we are criticized for having been too aggressive.
877143
North Korea is in nuclear weapons development, and the USA still sends them food. I'm serious. \n\nNorth Korea believes the USA won't stay out of its business, and feels having nukes will finally get the USA to have direct talks with them.\n\nThe USA should have talks with them, and use diplomacy to solve this crisis. War with a nuke North Korea would be devastating the the USA and it's Pacific allies.
1098022
Large standing armies,in the case of Kim ill.He would probably fold if we launched on him though.Until we can get our missile defense up a little better it is just too much of a risk to take.Besides as long as we can buy him cheaper than we can fight him we are better off.\nIn the case of China I think we are probably using the best possible strategy.Turn their economy toward capitalism and away from communism and we might wind up with one of the strongest allies we have ever had.\nThe sad part is none of this stuff works in the Mid-East.They have a different kind of mentality,like kamikazes.They value power and clever deceit,and if you have no will to use force they will never respect you.That's why they call us the paper tiger.
1123442
North Korea hates the United States since the end of WWII, not because of Bush. North Korea was supported by the then Soviet Union and the South by the United. So the hate goes back to the Communist-Democracy tensions. \nI do not believe that North Korea will start WWIII because it does not have the capability of executing it. If it launches a missle, that means North Korea will have to face the militaries of the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Given that, they'd pay dearly if they launched a missile.
1152409
Technically we out-gunned the USSR, so the USA did win the "Cold War"\n\nConsidering that a percentage of nuclear war-heads were dismantled, disbursed, and now un-accounted for. Let's wait and see where that takes us.\n\nBoth sides 'win' when we both can reduce govn't expenditures on war products and readiness.  That nuclear and computer stuff can be pretty expensive. But hey, if we didn't have the "space race", we might not have Tang.
708137
I'd say a Pyyhric victory is still possible, but only if we can muster enough troops and descend on Iraq in sufficient force to close and control the borders,then clean it up from the inside out.  We need to acknowledge to our allies that we really messed up, and ask for help.  They may not give it, but we need to try.  Walking away and leaving such a monumental disaster of our making is utterly dishonorable.  Bush and his supporters made a terrible mistake, and it's much too late to do anything about that, but we should not simply throw up our hands and leave Iraq to its fate.
471638
we can not end a war but war will end us
90926
We have been in conflict with North Korea since the war ended. No peace treaty was ever signed. Just a cease-fire. We support South Korea. And one of the stated goals of North Korea is to take back the south. They are also developing (we think) nuclear weapons. We do not want anyone who does not like us to have this type of weapon.