2013-02-19, 01:33 PM
CrazyForDex Wrote:No, the international community would most likely not nuke them. What could happen is that China feels they have tolerated enough insolence and stops sending food and oil to North Korea. That for one would completely cripple their economy and would probably fairly easily bring them to submission. The loss of their senior-most ally would be devastating.
I was not suggesting that the international community pull an "Iraq" because not only was Iraq a complete blunder for numerous reasons, but this situation is very different from the one back in early 2000.
The international community would definitely not stand for this and I would imagine that they would take military intervention on a grand scale. If North Korea did this and the U.N. and U.S. did nothing, that is a sure sign to Iran that they are good to go with creating and launching nukes as they please, not to mention that this would surely result in the abolition of the United Nations. If an international body of this magnitude literally cannot do anything against a nuclear aggressor, then why even have an IGO like the U.N.? It would literally be the League of Nations all over again. When countries begin to throw WMD's around that is usually the red-line for everyone else and in this case, I feel that even the most pro-N. Korean countries would take a stand against them. How do you think the Chinese would react to this insult? North Korea may be their "ally," but they already have strained relations and North Korea dropping nukes would definitely clash with China's struggle for Pacific hegemony.
What kind of military intervention on a grand scale are you suggesting? If not nuking and not conventional warfare ("Iraq") then what?
China, yes, I said myself that China can and will act. But the UN? USA? How?
And yes, I know that if they don't, the UN can fold and Iran can run free. Unfortunately I fear that that is exactly what will happen.
But, we shall have to wait and see. Hopefully North Korea can be deterred.