Note: ‘Recent’ history shows us that when a country is desperate they will do desperate things. Japan was economically desperate before WWII, Germany was ‘nationally’ bankrupt or beaten down with no national pride prior to WWII, a result of what were overly harsh post WWI treaties. North Korea is very much desperate now, in many ways.
WASHINGTON (CNN) # With international pressure mounting against Pyongyang’s decision to resume its nuclear program, North Korea said Tuesday that economic sanctions against it would amount to an act of war.