N Korea Leader 'briefed' On Guam Plan But Opts To Wait

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40931775

DDD has backed...what a surprise !

[cassa333]

NK is on a propaganda campaign. They have to instil and keep fear in the populace so ratchet up the tension when the opportunity arises. And it has well and truly risen with Trump.

They also have to try to get sanctions lifted to some degree and by doing this they can 'negotiate' a better deal if they calm down. It is a win win for NK.

NK will continue to produce nuclear weapons and will continue to make billions from world trade. NK will still be feared as a rouge nation And appeased.

The US will think they have won because Trumps harsh words have appeared to work.

Everyone is happy for a while... until the next time.

[TWR]

It takes one very brave NK Solider with one bullet to rid the world of one crank that could cost the life's of many innocent people.

[naomi24]

TWR, that brave soldier would forfeit his life - and that crank would immediately be replaced by another crank.

[ichkeria]

It is probably unlikely that N Korea has the ability to hit Guam just now. Hence probably the reason why they announced in such elaborate detail their plan to attack. Pure bravado.
I wouldn't want to say that the N Korean leadership is unstable though. They know what they are doing. The people in real danger here are the S Koreans: that is probably the insurance Kim has that his threats will not be answered with real "fire and fury". They are very much in range of conventional weaponry. The problem will arise if and when N Korea really does develop its nuclear capability to the full. Then they may well be untouchable, either as a guarantee of their survival, or even, as some have suggested, as a way of attacking the south conventionally with the nuuclear option as a deterrent to anyone stopping them.
That is why really diplomacy is the only way to stop this escalating.

[Peter Pedant]

// I'm looking forward to the next step in the childish language sabre rattling: "I'm telling the UN on you!!"//

i was thinking along the lines of 'Nuke Goo-arm and you gonna have to go to bed early. Daddy will get really possed!"

I can hardly think of what the Brexit negotiations are like
Barnier - Cochon !
DD ( for it is he) - cushion ? Blanket !
Barnier - ce n'est pas un union des douanes - c'est plus d'un petit flou-flou
DD - floo-floo - what on earth does that mean ?
[one flings duty free chocco mud at the other]

sorry Mikey
I now this is serious thread on NK
[ Nigh started it ....]

[hereIam]

Thank God for the might of America ...