Did anyone else hear Greg Gutfeld's rant on the North Korean conflict?

Who?

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the propaganda machine has endocrined those people in lies so strongly, how do you reverse it?

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With lots of bombs, bullets, and fire....... or a couple nukes.

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It's a nice take

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No it isn't.

In fact, it is nothing but a variant of the same blame-the-US globalist crap news networks, Dems, and neocons spew continuously. Gutfeld, Kristol, McCain -- peas-in-a-pod. Gutfeld just lacks the intellectual consistency to make it obvious.

Various countries are poorly led and make poor decisions all the time. When they do, it's their responsibility. During the Cold War that was not necessarily the case. But for the past 30yrs it has been. E.g., Venezuela is now in dire straits. Venezuela is not Russia's fault. Venezuela is Venezuela's fault.

In the same vein, North Korea is not China's fault and it certainly is not the US's fault. North Korea made the post-ColdWar decision to put missiles in the air before they put food on their table. China did not make that decision. North Korea made the decision to uniform legions of troops before putting electricity in its homes. Russia did not make that decision. NK did.

Wars are ultimately economic precepts. Undermining one's economy to bolster the army is never a long term solution unless invasion/confiscation of a neighbor is an option. But that is exactly where NK is.

It is a position of NK's choosing. So eventually they'll either need to invade the South, or wither away, collapsing under their own stupidity and paranoia. They badly need an excuse to restart the Korean War. It is what it is.

No one without provocation is/was going to invade them. No one wants them. So when North Korea spends 22% of its GDP on military despite blackouts and starving population, blame lies squarely on North Korea, not on a "bad parent".

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Probably not wrong at all

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It is about as wrong as wrong gets..

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I mean we can toss the NK logic aside as madman lunacy, or we can try to understand our enemy on as deep a level as possible

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Right.

Again the logic of wrecking an economy while continually spending on military expansion is neither "lunacy" nor is it somehow difficult to understand.

The calculation is that at some point the Korean War can be rejoined. This time with a better ending for NK. Treasure and resources from the South would be confiscated, and the long sacrificing militarized North would be rewarded.

If the North could isolate a Korean conflict from involvement of other combatants, namely the US and China, it would invade the South tomorrow. The problem is, they can't. And thus far without such isolation, they are unwilling to do what they are itching to.

Maybe you missed the point.

The country that supports them by doing business with their leaders likely encouraged the behavior. It only helps China to have a communist NK in the region.

China is not a role model for NK like the US is for SK.

He never said they weren't ultimately responsible. He said, had NK been partners with US instead of China, things would have been different. You can agree or disagree.

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In the same vein, North Korea is not China's fault and it certainly is not the US's fault. North Korea made the post-ColdWar decision to put missiles in the air before they put food on their table. China did not make that decision. North Korea made the decision to uniform legions of troops before putting electricity in its homes. Russia did not make that decision. NK did. Wars are ultimately economic precepts. Undermining one's economy to bolster the army is never a long term solution unless invasion/confiscation of a neighbor is an option. But that is exactly where NK is. It is a position of NK's choosing. So eventually they'll either need to invade the South, or wither away, collapsing under their own stupidity and paranoia. They badly need an excuse to restart the Korean War. It is what it is. No one without provocation is/was going to invade them. No one wants them. So when North Korea spends 22% of its GDP on military despite blackouts and starving population, blame lies squarely on North Korea, not on a "bad parent". quote: Probably not wrong at all It is about as wrong as wrong gets..

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Wrong, NK does not acquire the technology to build advanced weapons without assistance from China and indirectly the US.

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The country that supports them by doing business with their leaders likely encouraged the behavior. It only helps China to have a communist NK in the region.

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Maybe you missed the point.

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To decide if someone missed the point, compare the NK model with Vietnam.

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NK does not acquire the technology

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You are conflating assistance with intent. e.g., Was it BillClinton's intent that NK develop NukeICBMs when he assisted them?

You are also conflating potential to control with control.

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North Korea made the post-ColdWar decision to put missiles in the air before they put food on their table.

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This is all you had to say. This is the problem with Gutfeld's "awww poor NK" argument