The fact is, the North Korean people would welcome the South Koreans, Americans, Communist Chinese, even the Russians as liberators because they have been driven to the point of extinction by the policies of Kim Jong Il.
The North Korean military may be what props up Kim Jong Il, but they are not blind and they can see what KJL’s ‘juche’ theory has done to their country.
Actually, the discussion we’re having is moot because we ALL know that Comrade 0bama is not about to initiate any kind of military action against Pyongyang, in fact one of MY concerns is that 0bama would sacrifice ALL of our military forces stationed in South Korea on the chance that by showing “restraint” that the Korean War would not flare up again, where it left off in 1953 (of course being the Marxist/Communist that he is, 0bama would probably be wishing for a win by North Korea anyhow).
We had a window of opportunity in which at the minimum, we could have taken out North Korea’s nuclear capability, and it is highly likely that if that had occurred, that Kim Jong Il would have had his throat cut by one of his more ambitious generals and that would not at all be a bad thing.
I believe it was John Bolton who said “the only thing worse than a preemptive strike against North Korea to eliminate their nuclear capability, is a nuclear armed North Korea” (and he may have said the same thing about Iran, and would be likewise, absolutely correct).
“We had a window of opportunity in which at the minimum, we could have taken out North Korea’s nuclear capability, and it is highly likely that if that had occurred, that Kim Jong Il would have had his throat cut by one of his more ambitious generals and that would not at all be a bad thing.”
Its more likely they would have commenced with the artillery bombardment of Seoul and launch of the scuds.