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Suicidal. you said the goal is not to start a war, so what do you suppose their goal is? >> in every discussion of north korea, you have to consider the basic internal dynamic in the korean peninsula. you have a two-state formulation, a fancy of way of saying two korean states that are vying for competing against each other for pan-korean legitimacy. north korea faces an existential threat in the sheer existence of south korea, a far more attractive, more successful, richer country. so north korea basically gets by on blackmail, extortion, and the sales of illicit activities. if north korea we...