American War Plans Against North Korea

U.S. Army soldiers file out from a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft at Daegu Air Base, South Korea, for Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration training exercise Foal Eagle on March 25, 2006. Foal Eagle is a joint exercise between the Republic of Korea and the U.S. Armed Forces designed to enhance war-fighting skills. The soldiers are assigned to Kilo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, deployed from Fort Lewis, Wash. DoD photo by Sgt. Albert Eaddy, U.S. Army. (Released)

From The Danger Room:

Even the hawks say there’s not much America can do, in response to North Korea’s nuclear test. But that doesn’t mean the U.S. military isn’t prepping for a war with the Kim Jong-Il regime, just in case.

In March, American and South Korean forces teamed up for the “Key Resolve/Foal Eagle” war game. 13,100 troops from outside Korea — and tens of thousands more, already stationed in the country — participated in the massive exercise, which focused on “deploying troops and equipment to Korea in the event of an attack,” according to a military press release.

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My Comment: My short version is the following ..... hundreds of thousands dead and wounded. The City of Seoul and its 20 million inhabitants on fire. The biggest mobilization of U.S. and allied soldiers since the Vietnam War. Japan throwing out its constitutional provisions of possessing only a "defensive" military to that of a "big and aggressive" one. The probable introduction of tactical nuclear weapons into a battlefield. And here is the cherry on the cake ,,,, an economic and financial crisis that will impact every man, women, and child on this planet.

And oh yeah .... all of this happening in the first week of such a hypothetical conflict.