# North Korean Crisis - What is the eventual outcome? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-crisis-what-is-the-eventual-outcome/654843 "2013-04-04T18:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-crisis-what-is-the-eventual-outcome/654843/41 "2013-04-11T16:55:20Z")
We’re in trouble now. Kim has unleashed his fierce women soldiers on us now. 😃 The high heels are a nice accessory. 😃 [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307290/North-Korea-deploys-girl-power-West-complete-military-issue-heels.html](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307290/North-Korea-deploys-girl-power-West-complete-military-issue-heels.html) This clown just gets funnier and funnier. I’d laugh if real missles weren’t involved. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-crisis-what-is-the-eventual-outcome/654843/42 "2013-04-11T22:28:04Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > We’re in trouble now. Kim has unleashed his fierce women soldiers on us now. 😃 The high heels are a nice accessory. 😃 Someone on another forum posted [this](http://cleftlands.cwru.edu/gallery/weararmour.jpg) old picture as a response to that one. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-crisis-what-is-the-eventual-outcome/654843/43 "2013-04-12T16:26:51Z")
I’m actually starting to wonder if China might be secretly pushing North Korea towards war. Consider: South Korea is one of the world’s most significant industrial powers. If they just happened to suffer a ruinous war with their whackjob neighbors, then, gosh who will all the cellphone makers and automakers and everyone else who depends on Korean industry turn to? Maybe Japan will get a bit of the work, but it’ll mostly end up in China. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-crisis-what-is-the-eventual-outcome/654843/44 "2013-04-14T14:26:37Z")
Somehow, I’ve picked up the idea that the NKs are good at digging holes. Deep ones. And, in my layman’s mind, I think that 75’ of earth and rock is good protection from bombardment. Maybe not for a direct hit with a nuke. As of late, the US seems to prefer using stand off weapons than putting boots on the ground to teach folks a lesson. So, if it ever comes to this, I’d take a lesson from what the US could NOT do during the 1950’s, and send a swarm of cruise missiles targeted for the NK side of all bridges across the Yalu. And take out port facilities too. FTR, I prefer to think what’s coming out of NK is mostly sabre rattling for domestic consumption. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-crisis-what-is-the-eventual-outcome/654843/45 "2013-04-14T14:58:03Z")
The whole thing is a joke. NK is still allowing tours to be booked and issuing entry visas like mad (they like hard currency). My guess is that the whole absurd comic opera will die, as soon as L’l Kim understands he’s being ignored. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-crisis-what-is-the-eventual-outcome/654843/46 "2013-05-03T02:29:19Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Minor skirmish, or they kidnap some people who are in or near North Korea (either South Koreans, Japanese or US citizens) and keep them as hostages. I tend to think the latter is more realistic because it is hard for a kidnapping to lead to all out war, a minor skirmish (artillery hitting a SK military base, torpedo hitting a SK or US boat) can spiral out of control. Attacks on civilians are not going to garner the military response that attacks on military bases are. I wonder if that is what they are doing now. They brought an american up on trumped up charges and are giving him 15 years hard labor. > **[‘He’s not a spy,’ says sister of U.S. man sentenced in North Korea | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/world/asia/north-korea-american-sentenced/index.html)** > > The sister of a U.S. citizen sentenced to 15 years in a North Korean labor camp defended her brother, asking leaders of both nations to “see him as one man.” Maybe they are hoping the US will send an envoy, they will release the guy and then Kim can claim the US was kowtowing to him by doing so. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-crisis-what-is-the-eventual-outcome/654843/47 "2013-05-03T02:34:49Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I wonder if that is what they are doing now. They brought an american up on trumped up charges and are giving him 15 years hard labor. > > [http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/world/asia/north-korea-american-sentenced/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/world/asia/north-korea-american-sentenced/index.html) > > Maybe they are hoping the US will send an envoy, they will release the guy and then Kim can claim the US was kowtowing to him by doing so. Hopefully, that’s exactly what happened a few years back when the two CNN journalists were imprisoned. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-crisis-what-is-the-eventual-outcome/654843/48 "2013-05-03T03:04:47Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Hopefully, that’s exactly what happened a few years back when the two CNN journalists were imprisoned. Carter said he wasn’t going to go over, I don’t know about Clinton or anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-crisis-what-is-the-eventual-outcome/654843/49 "2013-05-03T06:44:01Z")
The US sent a high-level delegation to say hi when Un took over. He snubbed them He snubbed China This just may be the time the rest of the world decides 2 generations of this crap is enough, and let him keep his token. It just might be enough to get another UN action - this one with some teeth. (There are 2 articles of the UN charter which authorize military force - so far, none of the sanctions against DPRK have cited those articles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-crisis-what-is-the-eventual-outcome/654843.md?page=2)