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In reply to the discussion: How do they expect provoking NK to end? [View all]EX500rider
(10,917 posts)I think allowing the Hermit Kingdom to achieve full nuclear power status with ICBM's that can reach the US is a really bad idea that could result in the destruction of a US city and it's populace.
I think the risk now is much lower then it will be after that.
After we destroy their military they can rebuild their country with UN help and food.
And to decide if the US "lost" a war you have to agree upon what the aims of the war were in the 1st place.
Korean War: the aim was to prevent the fall of S Korea to N Korea: achieved.
Vietnam: the aim was to prevent the fall of S Vietnam to N Vietnam, the 10 years we helped them that was achieved. Several years after we stopped helping them they fell to a N Vietnam regular forces invasion. The US had already pulled out. Hard to say we lost a war we weren't even involved in at that point.
Gulf War 1: kick Iraq out of Kuwait: achieved.
Gulf War 2: topple the govt of Saddam Hussein: achieved.
Afghanistan: topple the govt of the Taliban: achieved.