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Originally Posted by Txjake
The US, which has troops stationed on the DMZ and in major population areas will be affected. If met by a nuclear assualt on the south and corresponding US casualties and massive alled casualties, inc civilians, the US policy would be to respond in kind, via tac nukes on massed NK troops and C&C structures within NK. If we dont, we would be disgraced as a country.
The only out to that I see would be if China launched massive strikes into NK, eliminating the threat.
I hope Obama has his war face ready if it comes to this: much more is at stake than the peninsula of Korea. The whole balance of world power will change if we flinch....
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Nuclear fallout out would spread over Russia, China and Japan if a nuclear exchange takes place in Korea. South Korea would essentially cease to exist if Seoul is destroyed, and I doubt much of the US force there would survive an atomic attack, given the small size of SK three or four bombs would pretty much suffice to wipe us and SK out. Politically, it would be impossible for us to retaliate against the North with nuclear weapons because of the fallout. We would have to depend on either a Chinese invasion or use chemical weapons. I'd bet we'd launch the biggest nerve gas attack ever seen on the planet.
I think the situation is the most worrisome on the planet. The regime in NK is starting to look like the Hitler regime was towards the end, suicidal fanatics increasingly losing the facilities of reason. There are signs that China is starting to recognize it.