N. Korea: will they stab us in the back?

[yelowjaket]

I'm all for disarming Saddam and I definately support our troops and president. But i still have one concern and that's north korea, and Al-Queda. Do you guys think N. Korea or Al-Queda will try to pull a "Pearl Harbor" type of surprise attack on us while we're in the middle of disarming Saddam? Cause if they do, or at least try i'm not sure if we'll be ready to just turn around and whoop their asses too. Let's be honest here, we ARE the strongest country with the best military but even for us it would be hard to fight to wars at once.

[1969Mach1]

If they do pull a surprise attack, the us would pull there troops and send them to the country that is doing this attack. The US still has tons of troops in the US and tons of weapons, planes and ships. + other countries would be there to help. Austraila would come out and help full force, and I am pretty certain if the US was in that trouble Canada would step in. Canada has already mentioned they are going to help rebuild Iraq.

I do believe North Korea will be joining this war very soon.

-Sam.

[Mr 5 0]

North Korea will never attack the United States directly (unless they wish to commit national suicide) but they could attack South Korea, which is possible but unlikely. The U.S. would do whatever is necessary to meet such an attack and I'm certain that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and President Bush as well as the Joint Chiefs of Staff have considered this and have a contingency plan in place should the DPRK attack South Korea while we are in Iraq or at any other time, for that matter.

As for al-Queida: we are on a hightened terrorism alert now (code Orange) and will probably remain there for some time. They are a terrorist group, which means, unlike a country with an organized military, they work with small groups of people attacking vulnerable targets, such as malls. Yes, al-Queida may strike at the United States (or the UK) but we are on guard and it won't be as easy for them as it was two years ago. Terrorists are basically cowards, attacking civilians, women and children as they shop or go about their daily lives, which can be ended by a terrorist's bomb. They will only hit us where and when they think they can get away with it (not many are suicide bombers) and that cuts down the chances for such an attack happening. I'm alert but not worried.

Botom line: No need for the United States to fight two wars at once. Iraq is a fourth-rate military power and while we may be there awhile to set up a new civilian government the actual 'war' shouldn't last very long.

[Ackbar00]

Originally posted by yelowjaket
we ARE the strongest country with the best military but even for us it would be hard to fight to wars at once.

We did it before, we could do it again.

[Rev]

I think we have committed maybe 10-20% of our actual capabilities to the war in Iraq. We don't want to spend more than we need to there. If N. Khorea requires another 10%, then we will deploy it as needed. Just that simple, IMHO.

Rev