Is North Korea's Leader losing it?

[Sarmatian]

I'm not talking about population (but I will come back to that) but the 6,000,000 people in the army. 6 million people strong army that spent the last 70 years figuring out how to inflict maximum to damage to SK and US troops. For reference, Soviet had about 6 million men in the western theater in 1945. Even if they were equipped to WW2 standards, that's still 6 million men, with enough reserves to operate at peak efficiency for several months. Every person in that army has had 5-10 years of military training. They're dangerous with sharp sticks, not to mention modernized AK copies. Again, for reference, Iraqi army in 2003 had barely half a million men. And it's not gonna be mostly desert. Most importantly, they won't underestimate "decadent westerners".

Now, the civilian population. All had also 5-10 years of military training, including women. While some parallels could be drawn with WW2 Japan, most obviously that the Dear Leader is for all intents and purposes a god Emperor, there are many more differences.

1) Japanese population was told that it was Japan's destiny to rule Asia and that Europeans and Americans were decadent people who wouldn't be able to stand the might of Japanese. They never expected a defensive war, which it had become already in 1942. NK civilian population is expecting and preparing for a long defensive war if need be.

2) Also, the very fact that Home Islands were under threat made people question the narrative. They felt they were lied to and doubts started to appear. In case of North Korea, they aren't believing they're gonna walk into Washington and dictate terms, they're preparing to beat SK and US troops or inflict maximum casualties if they fail.

3) Japanese morale was slowly dwindling as casualties started increasing and supplies became scarcer and scarcer. North Koreans are expecting high casualties and scarcity. It wouldn't be the first time the population felt a lack of food.

4) Japanese morale didn't collapse instantly. It took 3 years of heavy bombing, that only got stronger with each passing day.

5) Standards are different today - you can't just bomb civilians centers into submission without mass international outcry. You can't drop napalm on Pyongyang and kill 100,000 civilians to sap their will to fight.

This won't be Iraq, if it happens. It will probably resemble Vietnam.