North Korea?

[BigRedBuster]

So, if NK lobs a missile over onto SK, you are OK with the US bombing the crap out of NK in a manor that will kill innocent NK civilians.

[carlfense]

So, if NK lobs a missile over onto SK, you are OK with the US bombing the crap out of NK in a manor that will kill innocent NK civilians.

^^^^not directed at me but if North Korea targets civillians en masse I would support turning South Korea into an island.

[strigori]

So, if NK lobs a missile over onto SK, you are OK with the US bombing the crap out of NK in a manor that will kill innocent NK civilians.

No such thing in war. War is between nations, not just uniforms. Civilians make up the support network for an army, food, clothes, or whatever. This 'innocent civilian' concept is a post WWII mindset, that is quite frankly ridiculous.

[BigRedBuster]

And if they are not a direct threat to the US, you are still fine with the US doing the bombing and taking the lead or even doing it unilaterally?

[zoogs]

The NK regime needs to be toppled, at some point or another. The current state is a great disservice to their entire populace and whlie this regime is in power, they won't be allowed to accumulate more of it (power).

 

Hopefully it comes from within.

[carlfense]

And if they are not a direct threat to the US, you are still fine with the US doing the bombing and taking the lead or even doing it unilaterally?

. . . not if it requires a ground invasion/occupation.

 

We've made that mistake often enough of late.

[GSG]

[strigori]

And if they are not a direct threat to the US, you are still fine with the US doing the bombing and taking the lead or even doing it unilaterally?

We are bound by treaty to protect South Korea and Japan. If NK starts firing off missiles to either of those nations, let the bombing commence. As long as the little twerp is just saber rattling, we should do nothing beyond what we have done now, of bringing missile defenses into the region. Nothing offensive should be done unilaterally. If NK starts lobbing missiles, it won't be a unilateral anything.

[Count 'Bility]

And if they are not a direct threat to the US, you are still fine with the US doing the bombing and taking the lead or even doing it unilaterally?

Yep.

[krill]

If Cheney says we'll be greeted as liberators, that's good enough for me to support another war from the comfort of my lazy-boy.

[Foppa]

$5 says if Fatboy starts a war, he'll be across the Chinese border when it happens.

[BigRedBuster]

$5 says if Fatboy starts a war, he'll be across the Chinese border when it happens.

 

Can anyone give me an example of a leader being taken out of power by an outside military simply by bombing from the air?

[Count 'Bility]

$5 says if Fatboy starts a war, he'll be across the Chinese border when it happens.

 

Can anyone give me an example of a leader being taken out of power by an outside military simply by bombing from the air?

Kim Dung Oon if he keeps yappin his trap.

[StPaulHusker]

$5 says if Fatboy starts a war, he'll be across the Chinese border when it happens.

 

Can anyone give me an example of a leader being taken out of power by an outside military simply by bombing from the air?

You might be able to put Hussein in this category. The Shock and Awe at the beginning pretty much got him on the run and then we brought in the ground forces to continue on.

[BigRedBuster]

$5 says if Fatboy starts a war, he'll be across the Chinese border when it happens.

 

Can anyone give me an example of a leader being taken out of power by an outside military simply by bombing from the air?

You might be able to put Hussein in this category. The Shock and Awe at the beginning pretty much got him on the run and then we brought in the ground forces to continue on.

 

How can you claim that? We had ground forces there who captured him.