Likely, nothing different. Clearly no facts will penetrate anyway.

I was already aware of these details...what doesn't penetrate is obviously my sarcasm...

Gee, thanks for those oh so keen insights...what would I have done without you informing me of those crucial details....

Likely, nothing different. Clearly no facts will penetrate anyway.

Meanwhile, I seem to recall that during the darkest days of the Cold War...

Uhh.. no. These are not the Soviets.

These are people even the Soviets had major problems with in both cases.

But Allah is on their side, you see.
Just because you think the action crazy doesn't mean they're not devoted to it.

And Kim is a God-like figure in NORK, in case you've not heard.

Gee, thanks for those oh so keen insights...what would I have done without you informing me of those crucial details....

Meanwhile, I seem to recall that during the darkest days of the Cold War, similar talk was bandied about concerning the apparatchiks in the Kremlin who had far more firepower than the tiny one in Pyongyang or the demagogue in Tehran...of course, such claims were also made of Saddam Hussein, and we all have seen how that's turned out...

So both countries are led by suicidal regimes?

If we are to believe their words and their actions, yes.

Surely they must realize what kind of retaliation they would receive if they directly attacked this country...

But Allah is on their side, you see.
Just because you think the action crazy doesn't mean they're not devoted to it.

And Kim is a God-like figure in NORK, in case you've not heard. They'll do about anything for them.
In both cases the leadership may know what's going on, then again if their full goes bozo as I suspect, they may not.

Either way, as isolated as the general populations and both of those countries are, I have no doubt that they are completely ignorant of the kind of retaliation they will receive.

That is, assuming that they care; and I have reason to believe that a large enough number of those in Iran, willing to sacrifice themselves in jihad, don't.

So both countries are led by suicidal regimes? Surely they must realize what kind of retaliation they would receive if they directly attacked this country...

An, They don't care....

And to what to do about it, Well ignoring it and writing letters ain't doing poop, Lets see what the Pres. says.He is going to need all or prayers and support in this endeavor with the way NK is acting these last few days.

In short, if there was the slightest chance of pulling off an attack on the United States, or stirring up trouble in their own part of the world, both of these would do that.

So both countries are led by suicidal regimes? Surely they must realize what kind of retaliation they would receive if they directly attacked this country...

And, no, proper response does not include increased sanctions by the United Nations...

And what would a proper response be...

What I’m scoffing at is the idea that the North Koreans have shown restraint so far.

That seems to me a key element that a lot of people aren't figuring with.... and this applies to both north Korea, and Iran.

We keep being told about how they don't really want to attack us, that they lack the ability, and so on. You are quite correct in pointing out that they lack restraint.

In short, if there was the slightest chance of pulling off an attack on the United States, or stirring up trouble in their own part of the world, both of these would do that. Without that restraint, it simply becomes a matter of time before they achieve the ability, due our lack of proper response.

And, no, proper response does not include increased sanctions by the United Nations, but a given that they have never worked before, or we wouldn't be having this pleasant little chat right now.