(March 7, 2016 at 7:07 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Except isolating himself through threatening nukes does not get him out of the hole he is in, and the hole is getting deeper all the time.
He's in a hole, but it's his hole. And no, it's not getting any deeper. Owning nukes, how pathetic they may seem, earns you some slack. You, as many other live under the illusion that he is a lunatic. Truth is, he's learned his lesson. A lesson, Saddam never had the chance to learn. Having nukes and threatening to use them, makes you and undesirable target for regime change. The only thing he has to fear is regime change from within. And he takes care of that as we speak.
The Kims always lived the high life. They don't care about their people, but they aren't lunatics either. Cementing their rule is the only thing they care about.