If North Korea gains nuclear weapons, the whole region will be destabilized. Directly, North Korea is not a threat, while they are one of the largest proliferators of SCUD missiles in the world, even their best technology could only reach remote regions of Alaska, which are also only place in the United States that has some sort of missle defense due to continued testing of the Star Wars program.
While they could not directly attack us, an invasion of South Korea could be disasterous for us and our allies. North Korea has over a million man army, and thousands of American and South Korean troups are located near the DMZ (De-Milatarized Zone). A nuclear bomb detonated in Seoul, South Korea would also kill many American citizens. Even with their military strength, North Korea would probably not be able to topple South Korea, even if they didn't have our support, though it would cause millions of casualties, and destroy their economy, which would have a serious effect on our economy.
In addition to all of this, anti-American sentiment is growing in South Korea, and their new president-elect is strongly opposed to American military involvement in South Korea.
The ungrateful South Koreans essentially want us out of there country. Between this and the Northern threat, I say we pull all military support out of South Korea, and continue placing sanctions and other pressure on North Korea to cease its nuclear program. If those South Koreans have already forgotten how we saved them from a malicious Communist regime, I say that we let them deal with this problem. If they want to face the wrath of Kim Jong Eel, they can do it without us for all I care, the last thing we need is a war with North Korea in addition to military action in Iraq.
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