Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"This only applies if both sides are rational actors who are not seeking the end of the world."
Well NK has one - and they have to be as irrational as it gets............... but they still don't want to lose power. Even the maddest mullah who would bomb Israel tomorrow is held back by the certainty that they and all their supporters will also die
That rationale was used to plan the response to aircraft hijackings, until the events of 9/11 exposed the simple flaw:
It is not always correct to assume that an adversary will wish to survive.