What if North Korea Isn't Bluffing?

If news springing out from various media organisations for the past few days or so is anything to go by, then we might be having a serious conflict/confrontation/altercation/war in our hands in the next few months. Reason is the "king of the diminutives"- Kim jong-un, who I love to call crazy little Kim j has threatened to attack the US mainland, South Korea, Guam and every other American interests his rockets can reach. Pundits have been talking endlessly about the what ifs and stuffs and some even think Kim is just bluffing. After-all some guy on TV recently said Kim is just trying to unite his compatriots more than ever before in the face of the growing influence of their "adversaries".

But what if Kim isn't bluffing? What if Kim makes good his threats to attack Austin, USA and South Korea? What are the aftermaths? I'm no conspiracy theorist, neither am I an alarmist but this trend is definitely worrying. Even though I haven't witnessed any war in my lifetime, I am aware of the consequences of a revolution needless say a full blown war. The ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Tutsi and Hutsi in Rwanda is still a grim reminder of what guns and violence can do. Iraq, The DR of Congo and Afghanistan are examples of countries which will always have to live with the nightmares and horrors of conflicts. Even Japan learnt a lesson after the leveling of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the 2nd world war.

Another reason why a North Korea/US altercation should have us all worried is that an altercation between these two countries will not be limited to them. China the only ally of Kim will only be willing to play the part of a mediator. There's also Russia! The USA has new toys it's willing to test and it looks like Kim has signed the contract of North Korea being the guinea pig of these new toys. This bring me to another question. Are we really nearing the apocalypse? Will a war between the US and North Korea blow up into another world war. Why is Kim threatening to attack the US? What will China and Russia do in the event of a full scale confrontation between the US and Kim? I'm no political scientist or war expert but from the look of it, Kim had better be bluffing.