North Korea: Threat or Blackmailer?

[CRedskinsRule]

One more thing about people who say that they know they would lose. They continually present historical facts (accurate but skewed to their perspective) that show governments losing their power to acquiescing to US demands. IF they view the gap of their military capabilities and SK's capabilities widening to quickly at some point in the future (ie drones, upgraded jets, and missile defense), the military elite may push k-un to believe that now is the time to act, while China is still more on their side than not, while their numerical superiority lets them take the southern half quicker and their missiles are safe from missile defense systems.

Again, their economy is failing, their defense won't keep up, and unlike the USSR of the late 80's, they don't have the option to reunite the split country(germany) and still remain substantially intact.

A cornered beast will lash out before it tamely lies down to die.