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Originally Posted by NC_Skins
Nothing but fear mongering. NK doesn't have the ability to fire a nuclear weapon at this point. They are still in the testing phases.
Also, the people of NK may be blind and pumped full of indoctrination, but why do you think their leaders are? The leaders of NK know the reality of it. They've seen us slap other people around in the world via our military and KNOW without a doubt that a war is a losing battle. Now, that's not what they are telling their countrymen, but they know the truth. People in power want to stay in power, and they certainly will lose their power (and lives) by invading or attacking. To stay in power, they thump their chests, show their people how mighty they are and invigorate the populace once again. NK history at its finest.
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One other point, wars mainly come about through miscalculations by people in power. Do you think the British thought they were going to lose a war with rabble rousing colonists? When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, do you think they thought, oh, now we will lose? Even Korea, when Kim Il-sung attacked SKorea do you think he expected that the US and UN would stand up to them?
Wars are not started by people who are making rational decisions, but most often by people who either feel they cannot lose, or have no other choice but to. Sadly, I think the NK elite is composed by mainly those two beliefs.