Friday, May 28, 2010
Predicting What A Korean War Would Look Like
Tensions continue to mount on the Korean peninsula in the wake of an international investigation that concluded a North Korean submarine was responsible for sinking a South Korean navy ship in April, killing 46 sailors. In the latest chess moves, Seoul staged a big anti-submarine drill, which Pyongyang responded to by saying it will no longer honor an agreement meant to avoid accidental naval clashes between the two nations.
As the crisis escalates, an unsettling question comes into focus: What would war on the Korean peninsula look like some 50-odd years after the armistice that brought the Korean War to an end?
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My Comment: What is my take .... such a war will produce hundreds of thousands of casualties (if not more), heavy U.S. military casualties that will dwarf Iraq and Afghanistan combined, massive economic destruction, the destruction of the North Korean Government, and a humanitarian crisis in the North that will need massive aid for years.
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