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While I agree that invading NK would pose some serious PR and logistical issues, I disagree with Jazz's assesment that it would turn into a static war. Technology has changed drastically since WWI, and nearly as much since the Korean War. Remember Inchon? And doesn't anyone remember vertical envelopment? What about our vastly superior Navy and Air Force? I realize nukes pose a great threat to any amphib force (thanks Lemuel Shepherd), but I'd hate to see us wait until they can wipe out our entire Navy with two or three nukes. Thanks to our other obligations we can't do anything now, but I hope we don't wait until it's too late. One reason we didn't press on during the Korean War was because Truman and Eisenhower wanted to end the war as soon as possible, and neither one believed that the American public would tolerate a war against china only a half decade after the end of the largest war in human history. If NK started throwing nukes, or even high-payload conventional missiles, around at our allies, or god forbid us, I think all that would change.
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