[Kartographer]

You are joking of course as the North Korean solider is pretty much the Korean version of a Japanese Kamikaze.

Oh they will get beat and they will die, but what a price we will pay.

[kabar]

This is all about extortion and getting the West to negotiate and provide more aid. Remember Albright's visit to the DPRK? Lots of bluster. We caved and gave food aid among other things.

The only way North Korea does anything stupid is if there is some real domestic threat to the leadership. The probability that the DPRK will launch a major attack is virtually nil.