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Originally Posted by CanadianRocky
Bombing has never worked to make a nation submit. It did not work in the Second World War on Germany or Japan, the Korean War, Vietnam, Afghanistan, or any other war for that matter.
You win a war by walking up to the other guy (if you have not killed them first) and saying, "Give me your gun".
And that takes significant forces on the ground. Just like the Marines did on Iowa Jima.
Ya, you can argue that the Nukes made the Japanese surrender. I think what it did was bring them to their senses earlier than if it had not happened. The US had already bombed them into the dark ages long before they Nuked them.
Even if the US had 10 nukes, or a 100 nukes, If the emperor had not said quit, it would have cost the US dearly to invade and secure the Japanese homeland.
There is nothing to suggest that the Japanese of 1945 where anymore or any less brainwashed and loyal than the NK's today.
It would be a bloody war on both sides, with significant civilian losses.
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This is such a different situation its not even funny. Japan/Germany had EMPIRES stretching across continents, military establishments all over the place. AND a mobilized fighting force. While Vietnam and Afghanistan had cave/jungle fighters with no established base.
N. Korea has 2 real cities, and is JUST starting their missile program. Meaning they aren't going to have some great hidden facility, we probably know exactly where the weapons are. South Korea has nukes, they can defend themselves by blowing up the whole region. We just need to disarm North Korea.
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