Xen
Banned
Not many people realize how close we came to a war with North Korea in 1994, relations were quite tense that year, like they are now, except I believe worse. In April 1994, it declared the Military Armistice Commission void and withdrew its representatives. It also started a nuclear program which the United States considered sending a few cruise missiles to shut the facility down. This of course would likely have resulted in a war, a very bloody one at that. So lets play this shall we?
In June 1994 the UN Security Council were scheduled to meet to discuss sanctions on North Korea, in OTL Jimmy Carter helped resolve this with discussions with Kim Jung Il. However if there is one thing Kim Jung Il is not, is rational. The North Korean despot grows angry with Carter and orders him out of the country. The former US President is flown to the DMZ and is allowed to cross as he did days earlier. Carter is rushed to Seoul where he contacts President Clinton warning that sanctions placed on North Korea would result in war.
Days later the UNSC meets, hoping North Korea is only bluffing, they pass sanctions against the battered communist regime. Kim Jung Il immediatly orders his troops along the DMZ to attack. The South Korean and American defenders had been ordered into battle ready positions, and were prepared for the attack.
The first week of the war was particularly bloody, news media's reported up to 3,000 American Soldiers, 5,000 ROK Soldiers, and 14,000 North Koreans were killed along the DMZ. Just as the fighting had ended 41 years before, so it began anew in a dead stalemate.
Anti-war protests were staged in almost every major city in the world, while President Clinton worked the phones in Washington. An emergency NATO summit congregated in Brussels to discuss further actions against North Korea. The Netherlands, Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada and France agreed to send troops to help their ally in the fight against the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. Australia, Poland and Japan agreed to send troops joining South Korea as the only non NATO nations involved in the conflict. President Clinton received assurances from Russia and China they wouldnt interfere, China payed only lip service to Korea knowing it could not afford a war with the United States and its allies.
In the weeks following the renewal of hostilities, the US and ROK had barely pushed past the DMZ. The western media's praised the allied occupation of border towns Kuum-ni and P'anmunjom-ni. The Europeans and Japanese began to filter onto the Korean Peninsula, the wars out come still seemed uncertain. The North Koreans were well motivated, trained, equipped and loyal. All attempts to negotiate with Jung-Il were futile as the Korean dictator demands were unrealistic for the allies to meet including 15 miles of South Korea, 45 billion US dollars, and the trial of South Korean and American military leaders, as well as Bill Clinton. He also demanded the US military leave the Korean Peninsula.
There was no end to the war in sight, and it appeared it can only be resolved through total victory.
In June 1994 the UN Security Council were scheduled to meet to discuss sanctions on North Korea, in OTL Jimmy Carter helped resolve this with discussions with Kim Jung Il. However if there is one thing Kim Jung Il is not, is rational. The North Korean despot grows angry with Carter and orders him out of the country. The former US President is flown to the DMZ and is allowed to cross as he did days earlier. Carter is rushed to Seoul where he contacts President Clinton warning that sanctions placed on North Korea would result in war.
Days later the UNSC meets, hoping North Korea is only bluffing, they pass sanctions against the battered communist regime. Kim Jung Il immediatly orders his troops along the DMZ to attack. The South Korean and American defenders had been ordered into battle ready positions, and were prepared for the attack.
The first week of the war was particularly bloody, news media's reported up to 3,000 American Soldiers, 5,000 ROK Soldiers, and 14,000 North Koreans were killed along the DMZ. Just as the fighting had ended 41 years before, so it began anew in a dead stalemate.
Anti-war protests were staged in almost every major city in the world, while President Clinton worked the phones in Washington. An emergency NATO summit congregated in Brussels to discuss further actions against North Korea. The Netherlands, Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada and France agreed to send troops to help their ally in the fight against the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. Australia, Poland and Japan agreed to send troops joining South Korea as the only non NATO nations involved in the conflict. President Clinton received assurances from Russia and China they wouldnt interfere, China payed only lip service to Korea knowing it could not afford a war with the United States and its allies.
In the weeks following the renewal of hostilities, the US and ROK had barely pushed past the DMZ. The western media's praised the allied occupation of border towns Kuum-ni and P'anmunjom-ni. The Europeans and Japanese began to filter onto the Korean Peninsula, the wars out come still seemed uncertain. The North Koreans were well motivated, trained, equipped and loyal. All attempts to negotiate with Jung-Il were futile as the Korean dictator demands were unrealistic for the allies to meet including 15 miles of South Korea, 45 billion US dollars, and the trial of South Korean and American military leaders, as well as Bill Clinton. He also demanded the US military leave the Korean Peninsula.
There was no end to the war in sight, and it appeared it can only be resolved through total victory.