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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
North Korea (or Jong Il anyways) freaks me out.
Far too quiet for my liking.
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From everythig I've read, and from talking to a professor who is a recent immigrant from South Korea, North Korea as a nation isn't a thread to start anything. Everything they've done and are doing, from the build up of troops, to the ballistic missile program, to the artillary tubes pointed at Soeul, to the development of nuclear weapons, is all defensive in nature and aimed at providing security against invasion by the west. Kim Jong-Il is happy in his little socialist/communist utopia in Pyongyang and isn't interested in world domination.
The only real threat from North Korea, which may, in fact, be a legitimate reason for military action, would be the sale of nuclear technology to other states or rogue groups as they've done with their ballistic missile technology.