[EternalVigilance]

It sounds like a good plan...there can be no doubt what the outcome would be given a resolute United States.

But the probable cost to Korean civilians would be horrendous. The North has enough artillery pointed at Seoul to level it to the ground in very short order.

[BCrago66]

Loss of American lives would be great too - what with our deployment right accross the border. But at this point it's hard to see what choice we have; a nuclear explosion in New York City of Chicago would take millions of innocent lives.

I never served; I hope we get some military Freepers on this thread to access whether the strategy above sounds plausible.

[presidio9]

But the probable cost to Korean civilians would be horrendous. The North has enough artillery pointed at Seoul to level it to the ground in very short order.

As the article points out, any shelling of Seoul would be of very limited duration.