Thread: North Korea shelling populated South Korean Island

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

Not so difficult....NK has a food shortage....start a war...people die....less food needed plus the chance of conquering some new territory which can provide food.

Pretty simple (if insane) if you think about it.

I don't think so.
First of all, Kim Jong Il doesn't care about the peasants, nor is he feeding them. And the food that he is eating is going to be his, no matter what.
Second, conquering territory is out of the question. There is no way that SK is going to give up even a centimeter of land, and the US will not allow SK to faail.

It's a cat's cradle. A stalemate. The only question is whether Kim Jong Il is world-weary enough to commit national and literal suicide by doing something terribly disproportionate.

It's a high-stakes betting game, and nobody should move. Insane leaders complicate that.

Originally Posted by Bruno

I don't think so.
First of all, Kim Jong Il doesn't care about the peasants, nor is he feeding them. And the food that he is eating is going to be his, no matter what.
Second, conquering territory is out of the question. There is no way that SK is going to give up even a centimeter of land, and the US will not allow SK to faail.

Oh I never said he cared. But hungry (and dying) people cause problems.

And I never said he could actually conquer anything.....he might think so though.

Looking at the Korean problem is they North Korea just want something. The million man army I'd like to see that because I don't believe it.
I read there have been estimates of up to 3 million children have died of starvation in North Korea if this is true then if things did kick off in a big way how many North Koreans would be willing to lay down their lives for their Dear Leader? I suspect there'll be a few nutters but the rest are normal people who will accept that anything is better then what they have now.

The north Korean peole have to suffer for the actions of its leaders. Lets hope that they do not have to suffer for much longer.