Why does North Korea want to blow up the US?

They don’t want to be thought of as little.
Japan declared war on China.
Japan declared war on the US.
Have you ever watched The King And I? “Siam is not SO small…”

They are hub caps. The US is a big wheel. They want to be big wheels, too, and bigger big wheels than the US. So to threaten the US, they assume to be big wheels. (But they continue to show the world that they are still only lowly hub caps.)
(What is a hub cap? A hub cap is a cat who thinks, or wants to be, a big wheel, in bop-speak.)
They endeavor to end, and win, the Korean War, which never actually ended, by bullying the US and the UN.

Does South Korea want to invade or take over North Korea at this point? Does North Korea even have to worry about that? Does any country want to go in and take down the dictator, and I guess “free” the North Korean people. I’m sure many of us want the people there to be freed, but at present time are there countries out there willing to put resources towards doing it?

North Korea, most probably. doesn’t want that. Kim does.

And he wants it because he’s an idiot with big dreams.

Kim has to do it to keep his dictatorship going by creating impression that country is under threat by external forces like SK and US being it’s biggest ally must show aggression against it. Its compulsion on his part i think.

^^I had assumed he needs to keep his own people afraid of the outside. That makes sense. It seems crazy to me he might actually drop a bomb on anyone though.

Dictatorships are dependant on a militarized nation to remain in power. The only reliable way to get a nation to accept militarization is to continually feed the nation the idea that they are under threat from outside forces.

The rulers of North Korea have been pounding the anti-US drum for decades. It’s how they keep their power. They’re not about to actually act on it though.

^^So, should America just ignore it? Not even bother with it in the news. Or, does America use scares from NK and places like Iran to keep our own people afraid and signing up for military service?

What I said already is a clue. Tiny little Japan made some pretty bold attacks. They caused a huge amount of damage BECAUSE they were not taken seriously enough.
By standing over NK, hands on hips, we demonstrate that we see the threat they can be, but that we won’t allow them the room to wriggle.

We are one of South Korea’s biggest allies. NK is still technically at war with SK. Their border is the most heavily guarded on the planet. The US has thousands of troops stationed in SK, Japan, The Phillipines etc…

The US leads an annual “war games” in the region, in which SK participates. NK views the annual war games as a practice invasion by the US and SK. Most of NK’s bellicose rhetoric is around the time of the war games.

In addition, NK’s leadership is aware of the US history of regime change, and their perception as a oppressive, tyrannical, dictatorship. (Which thy are.)

Their sabre rattling is mostly just that. Unless they can get consistently functional ICBMs, they pose little long term threat to the US. At least the US mainland…

Trump’s rhetoric only vindicates Kim’s paranoid calls for nuclear weapons, as a defensive weapon, or deterrent. Kim, like Trump, is a pathetic little man,with a childish ego, and little to no opposition to his incorrect thinking. Kim cannot stand the sanctions imposed on him, as they essentially mean that he is anything but a god ruler. Kim’s family worked hard to oppress, and brainwash their country’s people for their own advantage. They don’t like America “making them look bad.” Much like Trump, he has labeled all media,or criticism as false,in hopes of keeping from being held accountable for their own actions.

Now, Kim, and Trump will play a dangerous game with the lives of their respective people, and the world in general.

Kim is a bad person, who wants to do bad things, without interruption. The US is his biggest obstacle to being able to just do whatever he wants. So. Like Trump, he has knee jerk, stupid reactions to any scrutiny.. .

He wants to blow up Australia now. Keep up @JL!

Is there anyone, who does not want to blow up the colonies?

I just can’t let myself worry about North Korea. I just can’t!

@JLeslie Because we exist.

It isn’t so much that North Korea wants to blow us up. I think it’s a mistake to assume that they do. North Korea is justifiably terrified by the reality around just who it is that is capable of blowing up whom. Napoleon complex.

I read an article by Nick Kristof that said that North Korea knows that if they drop a bomb on us they will be destroyed. It also said that there is no way we will win a land war there. I think they like poking a stick, I just hope Trump doesn’t poke back. And I still think working with China to contain them is the best idea.

Maybe he realizes that the United States is an imperialist government who is running rampant around the world starting wars all over the place and feels it is his place to stop them.
Many of the Americans I talk with seem to be just as brainwashed as they believe Norh Koreans are.
Sure most Americans aren’t starving like they are told of North Koreans, but they have settled to accept GMO’s sprayed with pesticides and lead-filled water. What’s the difference, really?

@SquirrelEStuff I don’t think your interpretation of what “most Americans” or even “many of the Americans” do or think is correct. Some Americans, yes, probably, possibly, but not “most” or “many” (as in a majority of) Americans. So there is a difference.

I think that N.K. wants freedom from coercion from outside countries Also the freedom to be a dictatorship emphasis on the Dick. Kim wants to be worshiped as a god or emperor.

What’s the difference? Lead contaminated water is real, is dangerous, and is found through testing.
When found, measures are taken to fix it. How does that compare in the slightest to a nation duped about the world outside its borders?

They don’t
They just want to be allowed to say that they do

@josie One would certainly hope so! But I, for one, wouldn’t bet my life on it!

I second that emotion.

Based on the build up of propaganda against NK since Trump, shouldn’t this question be “Why does the US want to blow up NK?”

I just got the downlow from an insider.
Remember the bay of pigs, miscommunication, all that?
When Trump won the election, Un sent him a fax to congratulate him. Donald sent one back that said, “BLOW ME!”
It was translated badly.
Aides are trying to convince Donald to send Milk Duds and make nice.