Thunder Run to Seoul: Assessing North Korea’s War Plan

Re:Thunder Run to Seoul: Assessing North Korea’s War Plan by vkou on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:24PM (#14196539)

DPRK is a buffer state for China.

The United States lost its mind when communism established a foothold in Cuba. Russia did likewise when Ukraine began aligning towards NATO.

China would prefer to have a stable regime in DPRK - but it would also prefer to not have US military bases on the other side of the Yalu river. The last time that happened, the two countries went to war.

Also, arguably, the DPRK regime is extremely 'stable'. The same royal family has ruled it for what, seven decades, now?

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Re:Thunder Run to Seoul: Assessing North Korea’s War Plan by jacquesm on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:38PM (#14196682)

It's stable right up until it is no longer stable just as much as a boat that has been afloat for 70 years can't sink.

The current leadership does not strike me as 'stable' in any way. But then again, that goes for more world leaders.

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Re:Thunder Run to Seoul: Assessing North Korea’s War Plan by arwhatever on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @05:19PM (#14198136)

Should some of the stunts they have pulled during that time be considered when defining "stable?"

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Re:Thunder Run to Seoul: Assessing North Korea’s War Plan by vkou on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @07:38PM (#14199245)

Well, unlike some other nuclear powers, they managed to restrain themselves from invading a few sovereign nations in the past few decades.

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