Quote Originally Posted by dragmerc View Post
just trying to gain knowledge from the wizards here...
what does north korea hope to gain from all these threats?
what do they want?
Money.......they have ZERO economic ability.

They blackmailed Clinton, tried with Bush, succeeded with Obama....

They are flexing in an attempt to get money from the West. I suspect we will be hearing soon about a plan to dismantle their nuke program and their missile program.

I say NOPE.

While I don't want a protracted war or anything else in that region, this latest whack job in NK is CRAZY....much more worse than his grand daddy and daddy. I hope Russia and China step up and tap down their rhetoric.

the 15-0 vote by the UN Security Council Helps, but not enough.

And I will say this.....we would absolutely destroy north korea, but the costs would be unreal . Trillions of dollars in costs, million of civilian lives, hundreds of thousands of American lives, and Japan and South Korea will pay a heavy, heavy toll.

And let's not forget, NK just might be crazy enough to use NUKES, which would create a definite regional nuclear issue.

Later,

Geo