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[Mlamlah]

North Korea trying to attack a north american target is like Wile-e Coyote trying to catapult himself at the road runner, except the road runner has a tactical pump action shotgun to finish him off once he inevitably fails.

[penguinofhonor]

The thing is you NEVER attack a large city first. You hit some rinky-dink Podunk town in the middle of nowhere, Then the enemy knows you're serious (and presumably back-shit crazy) and concede. It's why during the cold war, all the "nuclear attack on the US" scenarios center around nuking Cleveland.

So does that mean my "attack the smallest city that's still a city" plan makes me a master strategist?

[MonkeyHead]

"Not News" update on NK - BBC is reporting that NK officials have issued a statement declaring that "a state of war" exists between NK and SK (and associated allies). So, really only confiriming what we have already known for about 50 years? Good. Thanks for that.

[Skyrunner]

Ringing all the bells, trying to spook us into signing a peace treaty, eh? :3

[DJ]

Man, the fuck does Best Korea have against Austin?  That's like the one good town in Texas.  Not cool dudes, I know it's just propaganda but why ya gotta hate?

It's the best town anywhere. All the awesomeness of Texas accent, and none of the political regressiveness. Can't they just nuke something else

[lordcooper]

Can we get them to nuke Milton Keynes?  I'm willing to switch sides if they do this.

[Azated]

By the end of the decade, NK will be no more. I don't even know how they've managed to survive this long. It's like they think their pathetic excuse for nuclear weapons is the ultimate rocks fall, everyone dies. 

[alexandertnt]

Oh, NK would almost certainly still exist. Perhaps not with the same government though...

But as people have pointed out, it doesn't seem like they are doing what they are doing to start a war, moreso to try to force hands in negotiations.

[MaximumZero]

Can we get them to nuke Milton Keynes?  I'm willing to switch sides if they do this.

How about the house of the Westboro Baptist Church? I'd be all for that.

[Just Some Guy]

Can we get them to nuke Milton Keynes?  I'm willing to switch sides if they do this.

What's so bad about Milton Keynes?

[MonkeyHead]

More roundabouts per square mile than anywhere else on Earth?

[Loud Whispers]

Can we get them to nuke Milton Keynes?  I'm willing to switch sides if they do this.

How about the house of the Westboro Baptist Church? I'd be all for that.

"North Korean news announces that massive groups of westerners are now supporting the North Koreans."

"Surprisingly, they're not making this shit up."

[Owlbread]

Drop nukes on Rhyl and Prestatyn until it becomes a wasteland of green glass and sand.

[MonkeyHead]

Please, drop nukes on Rhyl. Please.

[Pnx]

But as people have pointed out, it doesn't seem like they are doing what they are doing to start a war, moreso to try to force hands in negotiations.

Well there's also the idea that they might be doing this as a propaganda effort, this whole thing may be intended mostly for internal consumption.

Emphasising outside threats is a big staple of fascist regimes. Hitler did it, Stalin did it, Mussolini did it, Mao did it, Bush did it, "we need to defend our nation" is a pretty powerful justification for just about anything. So it does make sense that by making the nation seem at the edge of war, and emphasising the Great Leader's efforts to combat the western menace, they're combating internal dissent.

Of course, it could be both of these things at the same time. Or they could just be doing this stuff because it's the North Korean way.