The real problem is who he might sell them to.
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The real problem is who he might sell them to.
If he actually develops them, I doubt he'd sell them. There's always the chance that if he sells them to some crazy radicals, those radicals could use them on him.
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I don't think that Kim whatever-his-name-is is intent of world domination. Hitler wanted a short,sharp war against Poland but events got out of his control. That is what I am worried about here.
I think it was British PM Harold MacMillian who noted that it wasn't large events that changed the world but a series of small events that got out of control.
Anyway who wanted to invade Nth Korea? What;s on offer?
I still remind myself that the Nth invaded the Sth not the other way around.
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Why would they do that? The only ones who can possibly buy it are the enemies of US who don't have a nuke already - islamic terrorists. The only problem is that they don't have enough money I think.
T.G.G. Moogly
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North Korea having and using nukes is a much simpler problem than a terrorist cell having a nuke and using it. Even though Kim is a religious nutcase if he ever used a nuke that reached an american population, he knows it would be his regime's death sentence. Terrorist cells are more complicated. Who do you bomb? Things are just more complicated. Maybe they're not so complicated for religious nutcases bent on afterlives and armageddon, but Kim is interested in neither. He sees himself a living savior who must unite all Koreans and save his chosen race from aggressors like the U.S. If he nukes the U.S. he dies and all he worked for is done and ended. He's not your typical religious nutcase out to kill infidels.
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North Korea has the bomb. This is a fact. The Kim Dynasty has been trying to build one for several decades as a means to solidify their reign in North Korea. North Korea using the bomb would definitely mean the end of the Kim Dynasty, which would be counter productive to why they developed in the first place. North Korea is isolated, with China (and Russia, I think) to the north and South Korea to the south.
The direction with North Korea needs to change drastically. They have the bomb, that cat is out of the bag. So the world needs to keep North Korea from selling it, to say Iran, which would mean Saudi Arabia gets it too, one way of the other. The other thing, which we likely are already working on, is developing methods to take the rockets out right after launch by disrupting their systems.
It is up to North Korea to make a move (which I would presume China would step in to block as any North Korean military effort endangers the Chinese border... turning it into a South Korean border). The US can not strike first.
The direction with North Korea needs to change drastically. They have the bomb, that cat is out of the bag. So the world needs to keep North Korea from selling it, to say Iran, which would mean Saudi Arabia gets it too, one way of the other. The other thing, which we likely are already working on, is developing methods to take the rockets out right after launch by disrupting their systems.
It is up to North Korea to make a move (which I would presume China would step in to block as any North Korean military effort endangers the Chinese border... turning it into a South Korean border). The US can not strike first.
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Establish a UN blockade around NK in exchange for becoming an ally and most favored trading partner with China.
T.G.G. Moogly
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They not only have the bomb but an arsenal of chemical and biological weapons.
I am confident that Kim understands in no uncertain terms that he will be annihilated utterly and completely if he uses his toys recklessly. Yes, he can inflict great loss of life, and he may, but he hasn't. Strategic patience worked in the Cold War and is still working.
And when they attack Seoul?