Originally Posted by 8OJ4N
Heh, people spit bullshit about war as a good thing from the cozy place of their home, far away from anything.
I hope you never get the 'wake up call' from that delusion fueled by COD or BF3 u play on your shiny little console, because I wouldn't wish that even to my worst enemy.
War is great for a country's economy. USA spends more than 700 billion on military a year. Not to mention all the private companies. They employ more than 2 million people. That's pretty staggering. Don't underestimate how much of an economic driving force war is.
There are many benefits, from economic and technological to promoting growth and giving jobs to people that would otherwise cause trouble.
I'm not saying that countries should do what USA does and be at war constantly to try and sustain their economy, because obviously that is a bad idea unless you can put a massive percent of your economy and population in to it, but there are positives.
USA spends more than 700 billion on military a year.
Not to mention how much in debt they are? They owe the world around 10 trillion, look it up. http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
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Originally Posted by mwebs1
Not to mention how much in debt they are? They owe the world around 10 trillion, look it up. http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
Debt isn't relevant to the claim. The claim is war improves an economy. The debt was caused by several assinine decisions to both lower taxes and increase spending by several political leaders, who have based their economic principles on debunked theories.
War has always had a stimulating effect on a country's economy in the short term because of the creation of several new jobs in the military, alongside the increased demand for wartime goods, which jumpstarts production, which creates more jobs.
However, all that is offtopic considering the thread's question. North Korea is theorized to be able to heavily damage South Korea's army and infrastructure should they release an all-out attack. For the most part, South Korea (and the U.S.) would be caught with their pants down during an initial attack because North Korea already has all their artillery pointed at strategic locations and are ready to fire at a moment's notice. However, technologically, North Korea is lacking heavily because of aging weaponry. While initial casualties would be high on the South Korean side, all simulations point towards an inevitable victory towards South Korea. What's more likely occurring is political posturing by Kim Jong Un to defend himself from possible in-fighting amongst his political party. He suffers from having to prove himself to a highly corrupt and ambitious group of politicians and generals that he can fullfil his father's and grandfather's shoes. Waving a stick at the U.S. is basically his only way of proving that he can play hardball with the best of them.
Last edited by Oracle; Apr 1, 2013 at 04:27 PM.
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well.. actually north korea didn't want to versus south korea, it's just because america is on south korea's side.. here is the story..
55years ago korea is a 1 country.. and then something happen (IDk what's actually happened). That things make korea seperate into south side and north side. north korea thought that things wich make korea is seperate are caused by USA and because south korea and USA are work together, north korea start to hate it, then uni soviet come to help north korea. north korea became the most isolated country. some of the citizens even don't know who's the first man who land on the moon. they think kim jong ill(north korea president) is kind of god. the libraries are filled with a book made by kim jong ill and his son.
actually I still have lots story about it, it's just too long xDD
55years ago korea is a 1 country.. and then something happen (IDk what's actually happened). That things make korea seperate into south side and north side. north korea thought that things wich make korea is seperate are caused by USA and because south korea and USA are work together, north korea start to hate it, then uni soviet come to help north korea. north korea became the most isolated country. some of the citizens even don't know who's the first man who land on the moon. they think kim jong ill(north korea president) is kind of god. the libraries are filled with a book made by kim jong ill and his son.
actually I still have lots story about it, it's just too long xDD
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''War is good for our economy.''
Is that what they say to the family of American soldier who lost his life in some god forsaken country?
Well, maybe they should, it would be closer to truth then generic bullshit about 'protecting democracy' and all of that stuff.
Yeah, it's good for economy, new jobs, also new technologies were made every time when some war would erupt. If there isn't a war around we would probably just sit on our butts and waste all that money surplus that doesn't go for military and shiny new weapons.
Not that we have scientist that are making new breakthroughs during a piece time, right?
Riiiight.
Is that what they say to the family of American soldier who lost his life in some god forsaken country?
Well, maybe they should, it would be closer to truth then generic bullshit about 'protecting democracy' and all of that stuff.
Yeah, it's good for economy, new jobs, also new technologies were made every time when some war would erupt. If there isn't a war around we would probably just sit on our butts and waste all that money surplus that doesn't go for military and shiny new weapons.
Not that we have scientist that are making new breakthroughs during a piece time, right?
Riiiight.
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