Isn’t it interesting that we kind of go at each other here based on what would happen, and the intellectuals who know it better than any of us also have differing opinions?
I also believe the PRNK leadership is batty. What person in their right mind would push the buttons of a super-power like this nation does? Sooner or later it’s going to get the crap kicked out of it.
I’m open to just about any scenario.
I have been in the room when flag officers damned-near came to blows over NK strategy. It's a passionate subject in Pacific commands. And you're right, high-brow intellectuals haven't any better idea of what might happen than a casual observer.
I get most nervous when anyone in authority speaks, well as an authority about what North Korea's intentions may or may not be. Bill Richardson comes to mind immediately - what an ultra-moron.
NK's culture is so isolated, so different from ours and even so mutated from South Korea's that it's virtually impossible to predict with any confidence what they'll do about anything at anytime in any place with one exception - Whatever promises they make, you can be 100% confident that they'll eventually break them.