[Forgotten Amendments]

We’ve lived with these lunatics for 65 years. They stole the Pueblo & tortured our sailors! We had adult military vets in command back then. No war.

Do you really want to start something with them now?

[TigerLikesRooster]

It is not military but politicians who call the shots. NK was exploiting general negative political atmosphere about Vietnam War, sensing that U.S. would not dare to launch another war. The catch phrase at the time is “disengagement.” They had no nukes back then. Imagine they were about to have some nukes which can threaten U.S. while shooting at U.S. ships. Things would have been different.