Originally Posted by Rochard

This will not be similar to US vs Iraq. The moment war breaks out North Korea sends it's troops flying over the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and straight for all of the US troop stationed there. North Korea has been planning for this for decades. The United States will rush in as many troops as it can to stabilize the situation - tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands. This is pretty much the exact scenario that took place in 1950. There is no doubt in my mind we would be victorious, but why risk tens of thousands or hundred of thousands of American lives if we do not have to? Not to mention how many South Koreans would die.

The only time the United States should use military force is when we have absolutely have to - meaning only when we are attacked directly, or when an ally of ours has been attacked.