china sittin on top of them is the huge elephant in the room no one really wants to mention whenever NK is brought up.

But i see this take pretty much every time a thread like this comes up.

I disagree with your comment but I agree that it doesn't break the rules. @mods let us have a discussion with people of different opinions.

In any case, it was the Western world and the US that has been posturing. They hold north Koreans under brutal suffocating sanctions. North Korea resisting this must not be condemned.