Remember all the incredibly frightening stories about how horrible a war with Saddam Hussein would be? About the “elite Republican Guards,” about the ghastly prospects for “urban warfare,” about how Saddam’s forces were “hardened” by years of war with Iran?
The MSM ran them in ‘91, and they ran them again in 2003.
I want to start by saying I don’t believe we can tolerate North Korea’s behavior or a nuclear capability. That said it scares me how many freepers think this will be clean and easy. The norks have enough artillery (likely chemical and biological armed shells included) to level Seoul in short order and evacuation would take days. Short of tactical nukes to destroy said artillery positions without warning will most likely lead to massive South Korean civilian casualties. The other problem is China will not likely sit it out. The more likely reaction will be like the first round of war there plus possibly using the situation to invade Taiwan. So in closing I would agree action is needed but without question it is a “go big or stay at home” moment. If we are not willing to lay waste to China and North Korea we are not ready for this fight. It is possible China will not intervene but imho not likely. They had much worse odds the last time and were still “all in. “
I was thinking the same thing. The "experts" predicted that we were going to loose hundreds of thousands of guys during Desert Storm.
That was the first thing that popped into my mind.
The predictions were dour and scary. I remember in 1991 PBS ran a show predicting a bloodbath for US forces.
My thoughts exactly. Gloom and doom from a bunch of weeinies who haven’t won a fight since they took on their sisters in Rockem-Sockem Robots.