LeBrok
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Ah, and what stopped Pakistan to give the bomb to ISIS? See, it is not that easy. I'm sorry, but this is not how the world works. With today's knowledge and technology every country who wants to can make A bomb themselves. The question is what NK or Iran will do with it once they have it? The answer is NOTHING. It is an insurance against foreign aggression. Same way why US and Soviets never used theirs during the cold war, because they were never attacked. They also knew that if they use this bomb on arch enemy they will be bombed too. In case of NK and Iran it equals with the end of regime, if not end of everything.You’re right, we should’ve voted for someone "smarter." Like the Wise Sage of the Choom Gang, Barack Obama. His (non-existent) deals with China on North Korea worked so well the Koreans only created a Hydrogen bomb right under our noses five times more powerful than the ones used in Japan and not ten times more powerful, great. We can only hope Trump makes another fantastic deal like Obama did with Iran that they completely ignore, really miss that smart leadership. There is no reason for petty jabs LeBrock, there is plenty enough of it in the WaPost and the Economist for that.
But I do not buy into your psycho analysis of dictators or Kim Jon Un, it’s beyond the scope of anyone here. First he doesn’t need to create an external enemy by butting heads with Trump. They already have South Korea(The US is already a huge enemy of theirs of course) and he controls the media so tightly in his country that he could make up whatever external threat he needed out of thin air without any real world involvement, I mean they believe unicorns existed there. Second, who important in North Korea is left to bring over to his side anyway? He killed all of the countries major military leaders after his fathers death and he went as far as killing his own uncle. Un isn’t the same pleasure seeking mad man as his father either. Kim Jon Il had multiple wives and a large haram. Meanwhile Un has a single wife that he always appears with publicly and he does not attend his fathers harams. He’s not a simple thrill seeker looking for power and he has a made conscious effort to imitate the more prosperous reign of his grandfather(I believe there was a point where NK was growing fast than SK under his rule) and his grandfathers image as a man of the people. Un is educating more North Koreans outside the country and introducing pro business aspects into North Korea which actually challenges the absolute power given to a dictator by a controlled economy. He's been shown interacting with citizens on an individual basis, even on his knees, something his father never would have allowed. These arent the stereotypical moves of a self obsessed man, he has a vision for his nation beyond that of self aggrandizement. At the least these factors make it is clear that he has more elaborate goals than simply holding onto power and enjoying the ride.
It sounds like Neville Chamberlain commenting about Hitler in the early thirties when you try to brush the North Korean threat off. Are you not worried that the North Korean scientists are working with Iranian’s on creating nuclear weapons? Do you understand what this implies? It implies that they can work with our other enemies as well. They don’t have to launch an ICBM into Japan over our anti ballistic missile systems. They can simply sell a nuclear weapon or material to al-queda or even ISIS and have them plant it in a major city without anyone ever accurately knowing who the source of the weapon was. There is too much of an unknown factor to disregard Kim Jon Un as a simpleton grasping at straws for power in his own country and North Korea as a barking dog without teeth. We should consider a rouge nation with nuclear weapons a very serious threat. Certainly not one to be ignored so they can proliferate with our enemies like previous “smart” administrations have allowed.
In 5, 10 or 20 years I say, I told you so.
What do you think Trump should do to take Kim's bomb away?