If U.S. troops were to pull out of South Korea...

[attackkatt]

Been there they are dedicated force and have our stuff to play with after we leave. When I was in the PI it was said the Russians would come in the day after we left. Never happened. Don't care if it does. They are very people and hate us babysitting them

 

[therealjjj77]

Who's to say that North Korea would attack? South Korea and China are the countries that deal with negotiations between North Korea and the U.S. It is no longer between North Korea and South Korea, but it is now between the U.S./U.N. and North Korea.

But don't worry, if they come over here on their little wooden boats we will sick the mainstream media on them to scare them away with a modern day press conference.

 

[RonPaulFever]

There are a few people in my squadron that were stationed in Korea before they cross-trained so I have some insight on the issue. One of them told me that their only job was to get the first wave of fighters in the air and that after that they would most likely die. The north may be poor but they have tons of rockets and artillery pointed at Seoul and other military bases. No matter what those places will most likely be destroyed. I think I was told that all that will take about 15 min to happen. It is true though that the South Koreans are well trained and equipped, they can take care of themselves, trust me.

This is what I was told during my time in Korea. The North has a SHIT TON of artillery and would blow SK all to hell, including U.S. forces.

 

[klamath]

North Korea would be crushed. Soul and the border cities might get flattened but North Korea couldn't sustain a push. China wouldn't jump in this time because they have too much to lose if they got boycotted economically.

 

[CUnknown]

Diplomacy has always been the answer to the Korean situation, not military action.

 

[fcnz]

...how long do you estimate it would take for North Korea to begin an all-out invasion? (I feel it's almost inevitable that Kim Jong-Il would invade South Korea)

After invasion, the North and South would be unified as one country but under Communist rule. How long would you estimate it would take for democracy to return to Korea?

Is this a joke or obscure sarcasm? ..... North Korea's third world army and their 17 and a half WWII missiles smuggled from soviet russia would last about 45 minutes against South Korea's 21st century warfare machine. South Korea is one of the asian tigers, a very rich and westernized country, in many aspects the leading country in that part of asia. Forget it, NK wouldn't even try and if they did, the South could take care of it quickly. US troops have NOTHING to do there.

 

[spudea]

North Korea needed Chinese backing to compete in the war. If we had REAL diplomacy, and talked with china, and asked them to allow korea to unite when we leave, it would be better for ALL parties.

 

[SuMuKong]

seoul would be destroyed

Of course, this would happen whether the U.S. is there or not. Eventually, South Korea would surely prevail because of their economic might. The main reason that the U.S. is there is to serve as a trip-wire, so that if the North attacks (exceedingly unlikely), the U.S. can justify going in because they attacked American soldiers.

 

[american.swan]

I live in South Korea. The US Army doesn't belong here. It's non of our business.

It's highly unlikely that the north would attack, being that all the military would rush to the south to get food and promptly run away.

Hard to fight a war with soldiers running away gorging themselves on the south's food.

And there is nothing wrong with congress declaring a war to defend the south if the public wants.

 

[RSLudlum]

Here goes the Domino Theory again!