[Deckard]

The problem there BB is that NK appears to have initiated this, at least that's how it appears to me through the prism of our western news media. Plus I actually don't think the US (and its poodle states like the UK) need a threat of this magnitude right now. Militarily it may not be beyond the bounds of reason to respond, but from a propanda 'the country is facing a threat' pov, it makes zero sense. If we can expect an age of 'the yellow peril' then surely it makes sense to launch that phase only after we've fully democratised/neo-liberalised Iraq, Iran and Syria and finished with the Muslim boogeyman?

Either way, from Pyongyang's point of view, this provocation just seems bizarre to me. But then the appearance of acting counter to logic is an established weapon in itself, as we see from Israel's 'reactions' from time to time.