Can a nation totally change its characteristics and national character throughout history?

With that lame rational then when N. Korea launches their first ICM with a cluster of nukes in the warhead and takes out say Chicago we shouldn't go to war with them because they were not planning to invade the U.S. ?

Yes, I know. Your bosses in the troll factory in Russia ordered you to try to establish good relations with me at any cost so that I suspend or at least reduce my campaign against imperial Russia.!!!! Ha! I know everything.