A tale of two Koreas...

[August]

Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

I still find it very unlikely that they could defeat an army of 1.2 million brainwashed and insane Koreans who are the equivalent of the Japanese during World War II or close to it.

I don't know about that SH, we managed to do it quite handily in 1950 once we recovered from the initial suprise attack, and if it weren't for the Chinese bailing them out their regime would have been totally defeated. So this brainwashing may not be as effective as you imagine it to be. After all people take great personal risks to escape from North Korea on a regular basis, and i think that says something on how happy life really is in the Peoples Republic.

Brad is right, our army would have little problem defeating their military forces on the battlefield. Whether the US could pacify a factionated and well armed civilian population, and at the same time battle foreign guerillas and other external influences seeking to destabilize the situation for their own ends is another matter.

However in North Koreas case I think it would all depend on South Korea and China. If they both acted as stabilizing forces to the process I think this brainwashing you speak of could be eradicated quite easily. Personally I doubt China would allow unification of the two Koreas unless they can maintain some kind of control.