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I don't think DPRK really wants to nuke anyone. They just look at countries in the last 30 years and look at their options: Libya: Gave up their WMDs, Libya
by WillyOnWheels 9y ago
I don't think DPRK really wants to nuke anyone. They just look at countries in the last 30 years and look at their options:
Libya: Gave up their WMDs, Libya government gone.
Ukraine: Gave up their nukes, Russia invaded (I admit this is a bit contrived)
Iraq: Didn't have nukes, Iraqi government gone.
Pakistan: Has nukes, is incredibly unstable, still there!
- pdelbarba 9y agoThat's pretty much my point. Short range nukes = a few countries forced to cooperate. Long range nukes = all countries forced to cooperate. Edit: interesting comparison with the noted countries BTW.
- WillyOnWheels 9y agoThere is a Twitter account from a right leaning Westerner(as in he occasionally favors a military solution to NK politics, writes policy papers for a think tank) in Seoul who speaks and reads Korean, reads all of the North Korean press releases, he claims that the NK government is the sanest government around. They want to stay in power. Everything they do, in their mind, furthers this goal. They don't want to be regime-changed! I'll see if I can find his URL again.
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- lettergram 9y agoYou can also look at places like South African. Where the government gave up nukes, transitioned to a different government, and everything was fine (internationally)