I appreciate your desire to avoid nuclear war. I'm sure we all (on this forum, I mean) share it.

My feeling is that major wars are virtually always started by great powers...or by clients of great powers who are acting at that great power's behest. They are symptoms of imperial competition and expansion.

I think the USA is very likely to start another war. It has already started two wars in recent times, both of which were planned long before they did start (and before 911 occurred). I think North Korea is quite unlikely to start a war, because they have nothing to gain from doing so and everything to lose. I think their efforts are defensive in nature, which is totally understandable given their position....they are grossly outmatched in destructive power by the USA and its surrogates.

Therefore, we are in fundamental disagreement about who is really a threat in this situation. ;-)

But you won't find me posting 11 times in a row on one thread to make my point. I'm not quite that compulsive, I suppose. Almost...but not quite! ;-)