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Episodes like these only serve to cement that Iran and North Korea are right to think that having nuclear deterrence is the only viable insurance policy. (Deli
by aneutron 9mo ago
Episodes like these only serve to cement that Iran and North Korea are right to think that having nuclear deterrence is the only viable insurance policy.
(Delivery & effectiveness is another subject on its own but still)
- tsimionescu 9mo agoNot sure why you're putting Iran and North Korea together here, as Iran is hoping for a nuke, while NK already has them, and has for many years. And yes, calls for toppling the brutal NK dictatorship have completely disappeared once that happened - so the theory is extremely soundly proven.
- AlecSchueler 9mo agoBecause they're trying to get one for the stated reason of it working as a deterrent.
- tsimionescu 9mo agoNorth Korea is not trying to get a nuclear bomb, they've already got nuclear bombs and have for more than 10 years. This is why I'm confused. They're also not the only examples of dictatorial states getting nuclear bombs - surely the Soviet Union and China are earlier examples of that.
- AlecSchueler 9mo agoI was speaking of Iran. You could use other examples of successful nuclear deterrence, yes.
- AlecSchueler 9mo agoI thought exactly this. The first comment talked about potentially destabilising not only the country but the entire region. In reality it perpetuates violence globally.