North Korea, War and ANZUS | RealClearDefense

Yeah - Bubba sure showed them we were tough.

NK has been known for years as the "joke from the north". "Dear fat boy" always talked smack, and previous admins would send low level reps to back door the BS and give some BS concessions like food or other materiel. Dear fat boy died, and new dear fat boy wants to prove he's the man. Rather typical being any leader wants to put his or her stamp on an item, hence changing it to their view, You see it with Trump going after all things Obama, and so on. I don't think Dear fat boy has it as good as he thinks, and a LOT of it is just testing us to see our "breaking point", and who's going to blink first.

This dear fat boy is that much harder being he killed his brother....a man who wanted no part of his shit. Backing down wasn't due to us per se, but China telling Dear fat boy the border can be closed to get your illegal porn (and other items in all seriousness), so play nice or face the reality that Dennis Rodman will be waking up with you daily. It's no secret that China isn't enforcing the bans the UN put in place. How else could NK get autos like Audi's, Lexus, and the like along with other luxury goods the elite can't do without?

That is the strategy currently being employed by the Chinese, also. How can they lose? We have to take a hit, before we can respond, and that isn't likely. Hobson's choice, take a hit or hit if we think they are preparing to hit us.