North Korea 'ready for war' after US navy strike team redeploys

[vivster]

VGPolyglot said:

vivster said:

Because maybe they don't really have much to use and threatening is a lot more profiting to them than actually doing something. A suffering population due to excessive military spending is a lot more dangerous to them than any invasion.

Actually, an invasion is more dangerous to them, because it would open the floodgates on population transfer, which is something that the neighbouring couintrjes are not too keen on happening. China doesn't want millions of refugees flowing into their country, so that's one main reason they don't invade. North Korea knows that. And you just said that threatening is more profiting than actually doing something, which is my whole point: they're not going to nuke them because they risk too much doing so.

Do they really care though? All they've done is basically begging the rest of the world to invade them like a spoiled child trying to test his limits. If anything they believe no one would dare. I don't really see fear in any of their actions.

Ka-pi96 said:

vivster said:

I don't really think anyone who has the power to order those nuclear strikes cares much about the consequences. If they really cared about it they would stop their provocations dressed up as defensive behavior. After all, ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads can hardly be used to "defend" their country.

I wouldn't really agree with that. Sure kim may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but surely even he knows what the consequences would be and that he'd be much happier being the undisputed ruler of North Korea than being violently deposed and tried for war crimes by the US...

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Being pampered your whole life only being fed propaganda warps your mind. Look at any dictator in history. You do a lot of stupid things without thinking of consequences when all you get to hear everyday is how great you are and that you cannot possibly fail.

Look at Trump.