NeoOasis wrote:greed and death wrote:Occupy them militarily and have them sign a treaty granting Americans extra judicial status in exchange for leaving.
So spending billions of dollars, killing thousands of our soldiers, and risking another quagmire is worth it because some dumbass poked the beehive knowing full well he was allergic? America's history of installing pro-whatever government's has been a remarkably poor one in the past 70 years. South Vietnam fell, South Korea's dictatorship fell in the 1980s, Iraq and Afganistan likely wouldn't be around without continued American support, Iran had that whole coup fiasco in the 70s, and the US trying to support the Nationalists in China only led to the weird political entity that is Taiwan today. Pretty sure I missed a few, but do we really need to get involved in a country that is even further down the drain than Afghanistan was under the Taliban?
Conquest over a slight is incredibly childish. Inequal treaties were bullshit in the 19th century, and they are flat out not workable now. By pushing NK into such a treaty, we'd be basically giving other nationals such as Turkey open permission to assault whoever they please. Simply follow the laws of the country you currently reside in, and don't go crying to Uncle Sam when you get caned for chewing gum. The United States isn't Russia. It doesn't need to invading other countries to prove what a big boy it is. And I still firmly believe that American citizens are smarter/classier than to whine after breaking the law in a foreign country.
tl;dr: One person isn't worth another major conflict in which our own troops will die. A simple travel ban will suffice if people are too damn stupid to realize they've walked into a lion enclosure covered in steaks. We need to close out our current responsibilities before moving on to a new project. Otherwise we'd be disrespecting the sacrifices made in the Middle East.
I'm totally down with the idea that the US hasn't been doing brilliantly with regime replacement recently.
But here's the thing. Could they really do worse than what is there in North Korea?
