Stocke wrote: If a war does break out obviously NK would loose.
But then SK, China and Japan would be stuck with millions of malnourished, brainwashed refugees. The US would also then be forced to provide mass amounts of aid.
I don't think anybody really wants a war, but nobody can ignore North Korea kicking off either.
I'm not quite so sure. I think countries like US could profit from a big bloody war, especially as their country won't be the one getting ravaged. Has MGS 4 taught us nothing? War is profit, my friends. Get the weapon manufacturers to make weapons to sell, and that's the economy nicely boosted. And what to do with all those pesky unemployed state scroungers? Why, suit them up, give them some of those weapons, and send them to their death. Phew, that's most of the governments problems taken care of in one foul swoop.