[el_zorro]

The other important thing to do is to consider what would happen in the aftermath. Who wants to deal with that mess? Unification will be expensive and will take decades. Reintegration in Germany is still ongoing, and East Germany wasn't nearly as bad off as DPRK is today. They clearly cannot win a shooting war, even if they do damage to the other side. The simple reason nothing is done about them is because no one wants to pick up the pieces when it's over.

[belluchan]

It just sucks for those poor people in those horrible detention camps. Maybe there's some kind of diplomatic solution for those people. The ruling elite come across as mafia style corrupt leaders.