What would be the ramifications had the United States decides to invade Venezuela and North Korea to overthrow Hugo Chavez and Kim Jong-il instead of Iraq in 2003.
Well, for North Korea at least, the WMD excuse would actually be legit.What possible excuse could ANY Administration find for this sort of idiocy?
Well, for North Korea at least, the WMD excuse would actually be legit.
What would be the ramifications had the United States decides to invade Venezuela and North Korea to overthrow Hugo Chavez and Kim Jong-il instead of Iraq in 2003.
Since the RoK is unlikely to invade the North without clear reasons, US ends up in a bit of a pickle as it appears to have lost its collective mind. Rest of the world is pretty unimpressed.
North Korea had expressed a willingness to use its wmds to defend from an invasion.
Then they take the side of those committing crimes against humanity. And the US couldn’t care less what they think.
Well, actually, they did have chemical weapons, and likely biological weapons.But didn’t have them back then, so that’s irrelevant.
Venezuela, I don't think we would be able to receive any strong military support from the surrounding countries.
a hard, hideously brutal slog
And that their patrons in China don't intervene actively, also not a good bet.
One diplomatic cable disclosed that China’s vice foreign minister told US officials that Pyongyang was behaving like a “spoiled child” to get America’s attention in April 2009 after carrying out missile tests.
Mr Chun claimed that younger generation Chinese Communist party leaders would not risk renewed armed conflict on the Korean peninsula. Mr Chun also alleged that two senior Chinese officials told him that they believed the Korean peninsular should be reunited under South Korea’s control.
Or that Russia doesn't step in.
There's no possibility that an Invasion of North Korea would be fast or easy. Rather, the realistic outcome is that it would be slow, incredibly costly, devastating to the region and risking escalation.