Thompson_NCL wrote:You think North Korea developed nuclear weapons in the space between 9/11 and their 2006 test? They were developing them throughout the 90's when Clinton took a softer touch. That is not reasonable, at least from the anti-proliferation position. Although I find it odd that you think things got worse under Bush, because following their first nuclear test he made big diplomatic efforts to reverse the trend there. It wasn't until Jong-il died and his son took over that things began the new downward spiral.
If we leave North Korea alone, they'll just continue to develop more and more powerful weapons. Best to deal with it now before it gets worse. We should have dealt with it back in the 90's.
The DPRK's goal of attaining nuclear proliferation is their most reasonable endevour. If any nation in the world needed nuclear weapons to protect their soverignty it's the DPRK who are under constant threat from the worlds grestest military coalition.
@Zionist Nationalist
"Bow down"? Tell that to the Libyan's or the Iraqi's or Afganistan or any of the other nations America has deemed a threat or nuisance. America wants nations to submit the DPRK want to remain independant and eventually re-unify their nation, which of those two sound unreasonable to you?
Life in the DPRK is harsh and terrible but that's what life looks like when you find yourself on the wrong side of the great US of A.
The US has the world in the grip of an unrelenting strangle hold but the DPRK resist to their detriment and they should be lauded for such resilience.