i agree Jolly...North Korea is famous for just making threats and usually not living up to them for the past who knows how many years. Heres a settling fact of the Korean war no one won or lost it was a draw because of the treaty which established the demarcation line known as the 38 parallel(Panmujon) and the American forces not only fought the N Koreans but their Chinese allies at Chosin resivoir in north korea as well. This was settled with bloodshed. Americans were out numbered on a ration of 4:1 but came back to fight even though the Americans were still outnumbered after that loss. After the treaty between north korea and south korea China basically dropped out of the war because they had nothing to gain/loose. The parallel is patrolled by both countries today and is there to keep the north koreans from going south and stop the south koreans from going north. Today South Korea is the economic power house and north Korea is strictly a 3rd world country. Thier leadership continues to rattle the sabers because they think they can use this as leverage within the civilized societies. This being said I've gather my sources from my dad who is an active duty Air Force member and lived in South Korea for a year for those of you who doubt my information.

[Edited by ketsueki15 on 12-15-2003 at 05:30 PM]