North Korea...suicidal, or attention whore?

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http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/...ttack?lite

North Korea threatened to exercise its "right to pre-emptive nuclear attack" Thursday as Pyongyang ratcheted up its rhetoric ahead of a United Nations vote on new sanctions.

"Since the United States is about to ignite a nuclear war, we will be exercising our right to pre-emptive nuclear attack against the headquarters of the aggressor in order to protect our supreme interest,'' the North's foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.

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Earlier in the week, Pyongyang threatened to end the 60-year truce that ended the Korean war.

Are they really this desperate for attention? What if they actually got it. It would be an interesting way to commit suicide...

War-game scenarios have suggested that a war on the peninsula would be over quickly, with the North under U.S. and South Korean control within 24 hours, Walker said.

No surprise here.

However, the Korea Economic Institute earlier this week warned that Pyongyang could "certainly inflict serious damage along the Southern side of the [demilitarized zone] in the event of a surprise attack" using artillery.

I doubt they're actually crazy enough to go through with this, but who knows. The North Koreans are pretty out there...