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The Washington Post usually is the official voice the USA Gov. Can someone tell my why the allegations this time are different than Saddam's WMD?
by neves 9y ago
The Washington Post usually is the official voice the USA Gov. Can someone tell my why the allegations this time are different than Saddam's WMD?
- alva 9y agoA very worthwhile thing to question. I think I am more likely to believe the accusations as they have been reaffirmed by those who are "on NKs side". China and Russia have confirmed the various missile and nuclear tests, despite having a strong incentive to dismiss them.
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoWell externally measurable events such as actual nuclear tests are easier to verify that allegedly covert operations. And it helps when NK publicly documents successful tests in their media.
- hyperbovine 9y agoIn the runup to the Iraq war there was a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein did not even have an active WMD program, or stockpiled WMDs, and had not since probably the mid-90s. In contrast, there is universal agreement that NK has a highly active WMD program and the ambition to possess a big threatening nuclear arsenal.
- jonknee 9y agoNorth Korea proudly talks about their nuclear program and has tested it extensively. Nuclear tests are globally verifiable in ways that chemical weapons are not. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/earthquakes-north-korea-nuclear-testing https://www.sciencenews.org/article/earthquakes-north-korea-...