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The rhetoric alone is not what worries me, that is usually more for internal consumption to build nationalist support behind a regime losing control. What is troubling is the closing of the joint industrial zone, all the rhetoric in the world doesn't hurt them economically but when they start making moves that affect their extremely fragile economy then I start to get the sense they are going all in on whatever game they are playing.
A country with nothing to lose is as dangerous as they come.
Russia and China bare a huge amount of responsibility for allowing this regime stick around long enough to become a nuclear power. It is up to them to take whatever steps to resolve this disaster before it happens.
It was also quite foolish to bring the B-2s to South Korea and publicize it. Far better is to ignore NK and make them look stupid for escalating tensions all by themselves.
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