US couldn't beat North Korea, before they could land a nuclear missile in California.
What makes you think anybody would win a war between America and North Korea?
North and South Korea were just proxy's for China and US. We can't fight N. Korea, China I've N. Korea, China over Japan, the Philippines, and over Viet Nam.
Russia over Ukraine, Syria, Russia over Syria, Iran, Russia over Iran, etc. etc. at the same time.
The Philippines are already jumping ship. Brazil and Britan, West Europe, and Australia aren't far behind them.
They're all dependant on Russia and/or China for their economies.
Without firing a shot, Russia could shut of gas to West Europe; and China could flood the market with trillions of our dollars.
Commies have us surrounded; and they helped Trump get elected.
Read, The Art of War, by Lao Tzu.
The US is in no position to win a war.
We already lost; and we're paying tribute: that's why China and Russia always veto our votes at the United Nations.
The United States and the Soviet Union accepted mutual responsibility for the country, with the Soviets taking control of the country to the north of the 38th Parallel and the Americans taking the south. Over the next few years, the Soviet Union fostered a communist government under Kim Il-Sung and the US supported the provisional government in the south, headed by Syngman Rhee. By 1950 tensions between the two zones had risen to the point that two increasingly hostile armies had built up along the 38th Parallel.
In the pre-dawn hours of 25 June 1950 the Korean People’s Army (KPA) launched a massive offensive across the 38th Parallel into South Korea. They drove the Republic of South Korea’s (ROK) forces down the peninsula, capturing the capital, Seoul, within a week. South Korean and hastily deployed United States Army units fought delaying actions as they were forced further down the Korean peninsula, which allowed defensive positions to be set up around the port city of Pusan.
It is important to take into account that before any action was taken on the part of the UN on June 27, 1950 authorizing intervention in the Korean War, the US had decided and began to send military support to the South Korean side of the conflict. The independent journalist, I.F. Stone in his book, “The Hidden History of the Korean War,” describes this US action as forcing the UN Security Council to support the US Government action in Korea.(2)
Stone writes:
“When Truman ‘ordered the United States air and sea forces to give the Korean Government troops cover and support’ he was in effect imposing military sanctions before they had been authorized by the Security Council. The Council had to vote sanctions or put itself in the position of opposing the action taken by the United States. For governments dependent on American bounty and themselves fearful of Soviet expansion, that was too much to expect, though again Yugoslavia had the courage to vote ‘No,’ an act of principle for which it got no credit from the Soviet bloc while antagonizing the United States to which it owed its Council seat.”
By acting before the Security Council could act, the US was in violation of Article 2(7) of the UN Charter which requires a Security Council action under Chapter VII before there is any armed intervention into the internal affairs of another nation unless the arms are used in self-defense. (See Article 51 of the UN Charter. The US armed intervention in Korea was clearly not an act of self defense bla bla bla
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