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Do we have world peace? I suppose that in comparison to a war involving large numbers of the world's nations, such as the Great War of 1914 to 1918 and World War II from 1939 to 1945, we might consider the current world situation to be relatively peaceful. But I doubt that that particularly signifies to the large numbers of civilians in many nations in today's world who find themselves constrained between violently opposed forces armed with military grade weapons supplied by companies of the developed nations, or those dominated by totalitarian governments.

While North Korea has demonstrated recently that they have both nuclear weapons and missile delivery systems, does this really make them a threat to other nations? While they might reasonably be considered a paranoid nation they certainly have significant reason to feel threatened by much larger nations with military forces far exceeding their own. The previous president of the United States of America labeled them a member of the "Axis of Evil", hardly conducive towards constructive conversation, although admittedly they would be unlikely to be receptive to any reasoned discourse anyway. But geographically they are a very small nation, their minute nuclear arsenal is exactly what the US claims theirs has always been, a deterrent!

Yes, they believe the world is against them, why shouldn't they, it is! They will almost certainly use their nuclear weapons if they are invaded from South Korea, but are we going to do that? I for one certainly hope not. As such they are not a threat to world peace or even peace in north-east Asia. The ruling elite in North Korea have it sweet in comparison to everyone else in their nation; while they will vigorously defend that, why on Earth would they throw it away if they are not threatened? They will periodically posture to satisfy their egos, but they will do nothing that might seriously threaten their own dominance within their own nation. More than fifty years of "war" without military conflict on the Korean peninsula should make that clear to anyone with an iota of sense.

Iran, as far as we know, does not yet have nuclear weapons. However, while North Korea is essentially an isolated nation, Iran is a Muslim nation with a dominating theocracy. They exist in a middle-eastern region surrounding by nations with large populations that follow similar religious beliefs. The concept of jihad or religious war is a foundation concept accepted by not only many within Iran

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