What is the big deal about North Korea?

[gergroy]

the2real4mafol said:

Andrespetmonkey said:

the2real4mafol said:

they are very bad things, but they are not a threat to us in any way. 

Oh, Agreed. They pose no real threat... it's kinda ridiculous how they're portrayed as this global military power in some media.

Every thing about North Korea is ridiculous, it might as well be treated like that. But without china, NK is gone, it became crippled when the USSR collapsed

North Korea may not be a threat to us, but they certainly are to south korea.  NK has a ton of ordinance and seoul is not that far from the border.  They could kill tens of thousands of people in minutes.  

Also, nuclear weapons are nothing to scoff at.  The leadership of the country has shown a complete lack of reason and judgement and to have the destructive force of a nuclear weapons in the hands of such a regime is something to monitor and possibly worry about.  

Long term conflict would destroy NK, no doubt about it, but that doesn't mean that there wouldn't be serious cassualties if a conflict did erupt.  Probably more deaths in a few days then in 10 years of war in Iraq.