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Originally Posted by CCIP
I still wonder what the North's game is this time. They can't honestly think that war would be to their advantage now, can they? They have no chance whatsoever to survive as a regime, unless they can reliably count on China to bail them out or at least back them up when push comes to shove. And honestly, I just can't see China stepping in to defend them in the current climate. NK is really not worth much to them now in the big scope of things.
So what's the game? What do they know that we don't when they end up with an incident that is not only politically oh-so-close to all out war, but LOOKS like real war in Korea, complete with smoking buildings and explosions in civilian areas of the South? I honestly don't believe that the DPRK leaders are as crazy as some would like them to think.
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Ultimately, I think that North Korea's game can be summed up as smack-talk with guns. They want to make it look like they want a war without actually wanting to go to war. 'We're big, we're tough, we're not afraid of you, respect us' is the message. It's a ridiculous message to send, but stupidity has never stopped them before.