"The US in no universe will launch a military action against a rogue, shells-pointed-at-Seoul, nuclear armed nation because they hacked Sony."
Is that your gut feeling? :p I understand it's backed by strong arguments but so were (some) security professionals opinion. They might give updates after the FBI's communiqué and are aware of the limitations of their argumentation. That being said I do share your opinion on the matter...
EDIT: elaborating...
EDIT 2: Not sure why I'm getting downvoted. No matter how much I believe US won't go to war there is always a possibility I could be proven wrong. I don't think security professionals analysis was based on "no information at all" (think things we know about North Korea), no more than the analysis we have about US not going to war.
(I guess to add on to yours and the previous posters' comments...)
Even if it wasn't North Korea, the U.S. still gains nothing from this except for maybe making NK look even worse.
And the U.S. might make some stupid political decisions, but there's a difference "ill advised" decision and a flat-out stupid decision. Going to war with NK would mean South Korea getting attacked by NK. Would the U.S. risk that?
I honestly do not think so, because it'd signal the end of the U.S.' diminishing credibility in the global sphere. Nobody wants to be friends with a country who'd willingly throw a friend under the bus simply because another country (which has very few friends) hacked into one of millions of corporations in said country.
If the U.S. and USSR could go years without nuking each other, I believe the U.S. has enough restraint to not launch (enough of) an attack on NK that would provoke a NK response towards their southern neighbors.
Is that your gut feeling? :p I understand it's backed by strong arguments but so were (some) security professionals opinion. They might give updates after the FBI's communiqué and are aware of the limitations of their argumentation. That being said I do share your opinion on the matter...
EDIT: elaborating... EDIT 2: Not sure why I'm getting downvoted. No matter how much I believe US won't go to war there is always a possibility I could be proven wrong. I don't think security professionals analysis was based on "no information at all" (think things we know about North Korea), no more than the analysis we have about US not going to war.