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To: SilentZ who wrote (294370)	7/12/2006 2:16:24 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572714

And if you suspected it would end up like Iraq? Sorry, but if NK was liberated from their current isolationist tyrannical leadership I can't imagine how it would end up with Sunnis and Shia fighting each other for power while an Islamic insurgency stirred things up and called for jihad against the liberators. I think it would more likely have the North Koreans uniting with the South Koreans to make a country called Korea, and the enemy would rapidly become the Chinese, who want to maintain influence over North Korea, but would have to battle a free press, a capitalist system and a natural desire to reunify in order to do so.

To: SilentZ who wrote (294370)	7/14/2006 2:23:42 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572714

North Korea is even more oppressive than Iraq was, and has much more advanced WMD programs. If we could libertate NK and it was no more difficult or expensive than Iraq has been than I would support it, but it would of course be a lot more expensive. You might even get Seoul nuked (or if they can't or won't do that hit heavily by conventional and chemical weapons). You have a city of 10 million people 30 miles from the DMZ. Some people argue that the NK can't hit the US. Maybe it can't (yet) but I wouldn't want to be in Seoul if war breaks out.