Quote:As I said NK is likely to crumble if they do anything outward. The people are going to surrender if they get a chance for real food. It'll be a massive assault that peters out once the oppressed people get a chance at an out, that won't get them shot. The problem with NK is the leadership is insane.
Interestingly, the situations with Iran and North Korea are pretty direct clashes between them and America. The surrounding countries which would presumably be under a more immediate threat from a nuclear neighbor...countries near Iran and North Korea, in the Middle East and Asia...aren't really being very vocal about this.
The problem with Iran is the leader thinks he is the second coming of the prophet Mohammed. Iran attacking half the world is not what the people want. If we could stall long enough the older hostile generation will croak and we'll have a country that doesn't like the US, but won't attack and will move on with their lives. The guys ruling Iran know this. Thats why the nukes are a main goal. They get nukes they can start their full-scale jihad of cultures between the west and the Muslims. The problem with Iran is it has good Muslim rulers.
The Iranians won't start anything while Bush is president... They know Bush will actually remove them from power. The Iranian rulers are planning on the jihad in full swing after Bush leaves office. They want another militarily useless president like Clinton. One who will waist ammo and won't engage on the ground.
Because of Clinton the Chinese think they can win a war with the US if they can kill 2,000 troops. The US will then surrender. They have stated this publicly. The media counting US troops dead have influenced them. Nevermind its the lowest percentage of dead troops in none random fluke miltary history. Nevermind that the total casualties are the lowest in history. Period. The US will cave at 2,000 troops dead. Nevermind that it is not true. This is the model the Chinese are working with. Bin Lauden has stated 9/11 was a direct result of clinton ignoring previous attacks. Enough about the military incompetence of Clinton.
That Clinton is a typical president and Bush a freak occurrence is the model they are working with in Iran. They are rational in the Iranian leadership. The problem with Iran they are rational from the Muslem baseline standpoint (called Muslim extremists by the media. I'm going from the stance of their instruction manuals standpoint and so are the Iranian leadership). This means they are taking the logical course of action for their instructions: make all non Muslims convert or die. To them this is perfectly rational.
That is the problem. Iran knows its between to nations the US has taken over and given to the general populous of those nations. If it attacks without causing a civil war in Iraq their boned. They know this. They will get pincered to the regime death if they start anything with Bush. They want a Clinton, not a respected strong leader like Bush (their opinion ours doesn't matter).
The Iranian leadership is rational. Its just that to them its rational to start the End of Days war. The End times. Not the planet gets destroyed type End Times. The permanent change to the world on a global level. Either the Muslims take over the Earth or they lose and the religion turns into something rational to the western world. The Muslims are on a mission from ALLAH to cleanse the world of all nonbelievers. To them this is what ALLAH the creator wants them to do.
The problem with NK is the leadership is bonkers and they attack the regime collapses. The problem with NK is the leadership is not rational. The Chinese have started to notice this. NK goes off it will be messy for a year. Then the reconstruction begins once the leaders are gone.
The problem with Iran is the leadership is rational. Their just not the kind of rational that the western world is. They go off theyll kill everyone they can. This is Allahs will. This is the path of the enlightened.