Yeah I intend to agree with you Jog.
I read an article yesterday with the views of Chinese scholars, might have been a bit dated, but most think it isn't what the west is playing it up to be.
N.Korea was not assured any help once they drafted some agreement of power to the peninsula after WW2, I think it was.
They didn't know if China would evade, or us.
I am not wise on the matter, but I can't help but think anybody who is not driven by a religious zealot, has their own immediate welfare in mind, and total annihilation seems counter to that, to me....