How about his current psychological condition, though...? I mean, STALIN didn`t get to be hell bent on launching WW111, until within the final two, or so, years of his sanguinary dictatorship. By which time, he would have been rated as a category one schizophrenia sufferer. I would hazard a guess that NK`s ''Dear Leader'' may well be heading down the same path...For the moment, however, he is probably just checking out the international responses...just to see if there is anyone out there whom he can intimidate, and, therefore, control...
Here's the latest news... https://uk.news.yahoo.com/north-korea-says-fight-apos-155359814.html North Korea Says It Can Fight 'Any War' With U.S. Now That It Has ICBM Nuclear Weapons Tom O’Connor Newsweek24 August 2017 North Korea has warned the U.S. it's prepared to engage in a total conflict if the Pentagon missteps during joint military drills with South Korea. Rodong Sinmun, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that the country's recent successful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests meant that it was capable of deterring any U.S. plans to overthrow the government of Kim Jong Un. President Donald Trump and Kim are engaged in a standoff over the latter's right to possess nuclear weapons and tensions are exceptionally high on the Korean Peninsula as the U.S. conducts war games with North Korea's southern rival in nearby waters.
Mostly nothing. Just two hard cases blowing smoke at each other. It will soon pass as other problems arise.
Neither one of us maybe able to afford it....but we have two "trigger happy" people playing mind "war games" already...it's just a matter of time before it jumps out of their minds and their fingers pull the trigger. The only question in my mind is: "Who is going to pull the trigger first?"
@Babs Hunt Here's the way I see it. One assumes they both still have advisors. Jong Un has killed some but hopefully he still has some who have their wits about them. And one can suppose it an extreme Trump for some of his family he listens to will say to him, " we have to be careful here." Once released these missiles can't be recalled. They may not be Trumps's or Un's but some trusted advisor together with intelligence will manage what the two adversaries can not if it comes to that. Kim Jong Un is not prepared for nuclear war. He may have a couple he could fire that distance but not enough to fight a war. Retaliation would be the end of him if some of his own people didn't end his life first.
@Bill Boggs I definitely agree that both sides have Advisors and that neither side is prepared for War. But that didn't stop people from startin war in the past...and it may not stop these two "hot" heads either. We will just have to wait and see what happens...life is full of surprises...some of them good and some of them not so good. In this situation I am hoping and praying for a good surprise while preparing myself in case a not so good surprise happens instead.
Well, I'm going to be bold and predict there will be no war, maybe a little saber rattling in-state or on both side of the 38th parellel (sp), but nothing major. But we'll see.