# Would you nuke North Korea just to avoid losing the war

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 4, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-nuke-north-korea-just-to-avoid-losing-the-war/654835 "2013-04-04T16:37:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-nuke-north-korea-just-to-avoid-losing-the-war/654835/21 "2013-04-05T19:50:52Z")

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> [@aruvqan](#):
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> I agree, the ‘conventional’ old school war is definitely preferable to nuking. Though I think we could stage in SK.

Oh, definitely. I was saying that even in the extreme worst case where S. Korea was completely overrun and conquered, we’d likely still stage from Japan for an amphibious invasion. I don’t see us giving up on S. Korea that easily.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-nuke-north-korea-just-to-avoid-losing-the-war/654835/22 "2013-04-05T21:08:23Z")

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> [@usedtobe](#):
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> Here you go:
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> [North Korean Soldier in comparison to South Korean and American Soldier - Imgur](http://i.imgur.com/aHsayNH.png)

That guy’s name is Anastasia?!?! :eek: 😕

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