The new old war in Korea

[Lissa]

Why is tactics an issue? Both sides can employ tactics.

And why are we assuming that the ossified, ideologically-rigid, ultra-Stalinist state that can barely manage to feed its people, is filled with tactical ultra-geniuses who are going to beat out the finest the first world has to offer?

I'm open to the possibility that some incredible tactic will change the course of the war. It's happened before. But I'm certainly not seeing it so far. Right now, it sounds like moving goalposts - having failed to demonstrate the case on its merits, we are now expected to believe in yet unimagined tactics that will reverse the strategic balance.

-Jester

Incredible tactics aren't even needed Jester. Just a minor understanding of war will allow someone to realize things that can be done to put the opponent off balance from a first strike. It doesn't take a military genius to come up with these things, what it does require however, is to pull off a precision timed assault. That's much easier to do with forces in the field like the NKs and SKs have. Any we all know that it will be the NKs to make the first strike, because SK knows what will happen if they strike first (China enters the fight on the side of NK).