Lindsey Graham: War with North Korea would be 'worth it' in the long run

The HIll ^ | March 2, 2018 | Avery Anapol

[CommerceComet]

It ain't North Korea, though they'd certainly be doing the fighting - it's really against CHINA, they control NK, they did in the 1950s and they do now!

I'm not sure that China controls NK but it has great influence on NK. I think the Trump Administration understands this and is working with China to convince NK to stand down. The Chicoms need to be convinced that NK standing down is in their best interest.

[upchuck]

linda needs to sitdown and STFU.

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[itsahoot]

then billions a year in aide forever just to try and make them like us.

In the mean time we are spending billions a year to make us like them.

[Kommodor]

China owns NK like the guy down the street owns a pit bull. Is he in control? Who knows. Do you want to find out the hard way???

[Pinkbell]

What war has Lindsey Graham ever been opposed to?

[pepsi_junkie]

These Bush-ite republicans love war, let’s review the countries people like Graham and McCain wanted us to go to war with: Iran, Syria, Russia, North Korea, probably others but these are just the ones off the top of my head. This is who we’ve been supporting in the name of “lesser evil”, folks. War mongering globalists.

[zerosix]

Those who do not remember history (or read about it) are bound to repeat it .......and lose again!

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Oh? You mean to the families that would have lost loved ones in that war; 40K troops lost the first time around just to have SK’s yelling for America to get out of SK?

Well, maybe if it didn't involve a single ground troop, but simply blow up their government, nuclear capability and military. That followed up by benevolent air-drops.

Then let the chips fall where they may...including China.

[Rummyfan]

Who woke this idiot up? And why does the MSM keep giving him airtime?

[Terry Mross]

He’s taking McCain’s place as #1 senate war monger.

[Arlis]

Ok, Lindsey - you get to be the first one killed in the battle.

Now what do you say?

My daughter teaches ESL in Seoul. Good chance she’d be a casualty.

For what?

[Cecily]

Would we end up even more in debt to China to pay for this war Linda wants, and probably fight to a stalemate yet again as our political “leaders” generally cause the military to do?

[Flick Lives]

I agree but for different reasons. The North Korean people have lived under a brutal dictatorship for long enough. I’ve heard and read about what goes on in there, and the average American would be shocked and horrified to actually know about it. But most are uninformed. Call me a war monger, but I think we could wipe up the place in about a week, and everyone would be better for it.

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That was sort of the thinking about the war in Iraq. Take over the place and the people would be happy we were there. Didn’t work out.

[Pollster1]

When it comes to “enemies, foreign and domestic”, I am far more worried about our domestic enemies. I see no national security benefit in any war short of wiping out North Korea - turning the entire country into a parking lot - and I don’t see an immediate need for that step.

Let’s deal with the RINOs and anti-Constitution democrats in our country first. They are the ones who present an immediate threat to our freedom.

[Bishop_Malachi]

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said this week that a war with North Korea would be “worth it” in the long term.

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It would certainly be “worth it” for Lindsey...a bought and paid for whore of the defense industry.

[puppypusher]

These politicians are always getting us into wars then preventing us from winning them.Vietnam and this War on terror are prime examples.

[b4its2late]

Him and his buddy McInsane

[Telepathic Intruder]

"Take over the place and the people would be happy we were there. Didn’t work out."

First of all, we didn't take over Iraq. It's a free country. Secondly, we didn't handle it right. We decided we won the war but they didn't. Instead of forcing the enemy to surrender or wiping them out, Bush allowed the Iraq army to keep their weapons and blend back into the population, where they carried on the war by other means. Third, the people actually were happy about it. They got to vote without fear of being murdered in the night, and to choose their own government for a change. You're actually using a lot of liberal talking points by saying the people preferred tyranny instead of Democracy. Forth and finally, it's not a decision any one person can make. It's a decision needed by Congress, who represent the will of the people. But I don't think Americans have the will to do the right thing anymore.

[Flick Lives]

“Secondly, we didn’t handle it right. We decided we won the war but they didn’t. Instead of forcing the enemy to surrender or wiping them out, Bush allowed the Iraq army to keep their weapons and blend back into the population...”

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Wipe them out? Wipe who out? In an asymmetric war, such as in Iraq or Vietnam, you can’t even identify the enemy as half of them arn’t even in uniform. They might even be your trusted interpreter by day and feeding intel to the enemy at night.

The “best and brightest” planned the war in Vietnam and that didn’t work out. The “best and brightest” planned the Iraq invasion, and it didn’t work out. Why would I trust we’d handle this one “right”. At what cost in U.S. soldiers lives?

[Little Ray]

If anything, Juche, the ruling doctrine of the Norks, is probably worse than radical Islam.

Got a better idea.

Tell the South Koreans, Japanese, and Chinese that they need to resolve the issue. Let them spend the blood and treasure. Our military is over-extended.

We need to pull back and take stock of what our commitments need to be, vs. what they actually are. Is really worth our while to protect a Europe that is not free, and is committing demographic suicide? What results in the ME justify our continuing participation?

We spend more on the military than the next 19 nations combined, and we need to consider if this sustainable or not.