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![]() wrote in message ... On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:56:09 -0700, "nom=de=plume" wrote: The question is whether we are actually accomplishing anything or are we just prolonging a war for grand children to fight. We have been in Korea for almost 60 years and things are worse now than they were in 1953. There is no relevant equivalency with VN, since that was was lost, and we left. We have left S. Korea alone and only are there to ensure the North doesn't get overly aggressive. We've mostly succeeded. We have only succeeded in maintaining the DMZ we established in 1953.The threat form the north is exponentially greater than it was 57 years ago. It really does beg the question, what would have happened if we had just let the north win. Would communism have just collapsed like it has everywhere else where we ignore it? We seem to prolong the system when we fight it. Once we normalize relations the citizens start finding out what the rest of the world is doing and bring change from within. Satellites, cell phones and the internet seems to be a lot more powerful that guns and bombs. Are you seriously trying to make the argument that the S. Koreans would have better off if the North had won?? That's really outlandish. I agree the growth of the south has been phenomenal but one nuke from the north could tip that scale and that threat definitely exists. Do you really think that's likely? Seems to me that the NKs would know they would be committing suicide. |
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