[TriinT]

"Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events."

-Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

[javert]

Gulf War? Civil War (from the Union side)? Lots of US wars have been straightforward and successful. And an attack on NK would not even qualify as a "war".

[TriinT]

To show how committed you are, why don't you volunteer for that attack!? If you talk the talk, you must be willing to walk the walk...

[javert]

Actually, my current employment does relate to maintaining U.S. air superiority, though I'm a civillian computer science guy.

I would enjoy being a military pilot, and if I were, I'd volunteer for this mission.

[TriinT]

USAF pilots have it easy. Until they're shot down over enemy territory, that is...

I know nothing about NK's nuclear capabilities, but I doubt a few well-place JDAMS would do the job. Bombing nuclear facilities is not trivial. Israel did it successfully once, though.

A pre-emptive attack on NK could be a great idea, or it could be a disaster. There are thousands of U.S. soldiers in South Korea. An attack on NK would give them the motive they want to attack SK. I don't know if you've read about NK's elite troops. Those guys are savages... cold-blooded killers... they would eat U.S. Army babies for lunch if the combat took place on the ground.