At the moment, there are emergency talks going on at the DMZ between North and South Korea. The North Koreans are threatening all out war because (get this) the South Koreans have been broadcasting news, weather, and information about democracy across the border. Those broadcasts were resumed recently after being stopped for ten years. The resumption followed the death of two South Korean soldiers who set off a bomb left in a booby trap in the DMZ. The South Koreans blame the NKs for that bomb.
South Korea and North Korea have two of the largest armies in the world. The North has nuclear weapons. In the South, there are also tens of thousands of American troops who have been stationed there since the Korean War 60 years ago.
It is hard to imagine that there could actually be a war over some announcements on loudspeakers, but with the crazy NK's anything is possible.
Let's assume for a moment that the NK's mean their threats of imminent war over the broadcasts. What would happen. Most likely, an attack by the NK's would not commence with nuclear weapons. Instead, there would be a large conventional attack. That would surely bring a major attack on the South Korean capital of Seoul, a city with a population of more than ten million people. Just imagine what a massive artillery barrage combined with bombing missions could do to the South Korean capital. Then imagine what the retaliatory strikes would do to the North Koreans. Even without the use of nukes we could see massive amounts of death and destruction. And it wouldn't be just for the Koreans. Most certainly, the American troops in Korea would get hit hard as well.
Let's hope that someone gives the crazies in North Korea their meds and that they calm down.
South Korea and North Korea have two of the largest armies in the world. The North has nuclear weapons. In the South, there are also tens of thousands of American troops who have been stationed there since the Korean War 60 years ago.
It is hard to imagine that there could actually be a war over some announcements on loudspeakers, but with the crazy NK's anything is possible.
Let's assume for a moment that the NK's mean their threats of imminent war over the broadcasts. What would happen. Most likely, an attack by the NK's would not commence with nuclear weapons. Instead, there would be a large conventional attack. That would surely bring a major attack on the South Korean capital of Seoul, a city with a population of more than ten million people. Just imagine what a massive artillery barrage combined with bombing missions could do to the South Korean capital. Then imagine what the retaliatory strikes would do to the North Koreans. Even without the use of nukes we could see massive amounts of death and destruction. And it wouldn't be just for the Koreans. Most certainly, the American troops in Korea would get hit hard as well.
Let's hope that someone gives the crazies in North Korea their meds and that they calm down.
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