What I am wondering is what has changed? I mean they posture and do stupid things, detonate a small nuclear device to act big and bad, exchange a little gunfire in disputed waters once in a while, but this? A north Korean sub sank a fucking ship and killed dozens while wounding even more. The peninsula is on the brink of war in a way that hasn't been seen in a long time.

So, is the old man's doing? And why in the world would he do it? I am beginning to think that Random Th9oughts and you are right in your discussion above. But, I am still hoping that the tension finally results in a coup to throw the bat shit crazy old guy and his kid in a pit where they can live their last days sitting in their own shit while North Korea maybe finally moves to modernize in some way.

I just hope that it is over with quick as a lot of people are going to die even if we do launch a preemptive attack on their weaponry. They are still bound to get a good amount off and attack Seoul.