Back to the 1930's (Stalin's Red Army purges).

I hope so. That will destabilize the regime, and hopefully scare more important North Koreans into defecting to escape the wrath of Kim. It'll also reinforce the world's perception of Korea as a backwards, barbaric regime.

Of course, if they believe that Saddam fell solely b/c his military leaders betrayed him, they're missing the forest for the trees. Their military leaders betrayed him b/c they knew they had no chance to win. If NK thinks they can win a war with America, even if they use nukes, they're dead wrong. That's the lesson they need to learn.

Kim Jong Il: you're right you can't trust any of them. And if you're not sure, kill them...

The more you tighten your fist, the more star systems slip through your fingers.

Saddam's army was also rolled up because commanders had no accurate information because no one wanted to be the bringer of bad news...

What a perfect strategy... No one wants to say that they are being attacked, meaning tactical decisions never get made...

Germany got rolled up in WW2 when commanders couldn't act independently, the same was true in Iraq, the same will hold true in NK.

Mark you don't know World War Two or Wehrmacht history. Germany's commanders had more leeway than any force in world war two, including US forces.

As far as Stratfor is concerned I used to subscribe, they have an incredibly bad record of predictions and analysis. Just look at their predictions of which European countries would support the US.

Hmmm... thats true at the START of the war. But more and more toward the end Hitler became more and more a control freak. A good exampleis Russia, at the start of the russian offensive the german commanders had a great plan of attack (capture the oil fields), but they never got to do it because Hitler ordered them to attack Stalingrad(sp?) Same for the no-retreat-or-we'll-kill-you thing. Toward the end they had very little personnel control.

So, in conclusion Mark wasn't far off.

I know my German history... I've studied WW2 pretty extensively.

What made Germany powerful in the beginning was daring strategies that were never seen in battle before.

By D-Day, Hitler refused to allow retreats in Russia which lead to over-stretched supply lines and devasting losses.

In Normandy, a Panzer division wasn't allowed to move north because Hitler believed the main invasion was still coming.

German commanders were superior to their Russian counterparts, the Russians bled badly for every mile retaken.

Hitler also kept on believing that a "super" weapon would appear and that he would still be victorious. That's why he continued development on so many freakish weapon systems right to the end.