Are Hungry Soldiers Good Fighters?
North Korean soldiers participate in the Pyongyang City People's Rally in Pyongyang on June 15, 2009. (KCNA/Reuters)
Dealing With Soldiers Who Are Really, Really Hungry -- Strategy Page
January 2, 2013: South Korean military planners are trying to figure out if two decades of food shortages and growing corruption in the north would have an impact on the fighting abilities of North Korean soldiers. The years of food shortages resulted in noticeably shorter recruits for the North Korean Army, and there are growing reports of falling morale among troops because of the more frequent, and severe, food shortages. But at the same time South Korean officers are well aware of how North Korean children are indoctrinated, from a young age, to hate the United States and South Korea and to admire North Koreans who fight to the death against these enemies. This kind of indoctrination has created lots of Islamic terrorists willing to be suicide bombers, or simply make suicidal military type attacks. Could it be having a similar impact on young North Korean men.
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My Comment: Napoleon Bonaparte was right 200 years ago .... "An army marches on its stomach".
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