Not that long ago it would have been un-thinkable to allow a rogue state like. N. Korea to obtain a nuclear weapon....yet it happened....now they not only have nuclear weapons they have the means to send them against the continental United States.
How was this allowed to happen? Several factors were at play which allowed the N.Koreans to obtain nuclear status.
The number one reason being the U.S. feared to attack and eliminate the N.Korean nuclear program would run the risk of War with China.
This was extremely flawed thinking....the Chinese leadership is rational....when the N.Koreans first began their quest for Nuclear Weapons China was in no position to declare a all out War on America...now they may have initiated some sort of conventional and limited milirtary action....nothing that would have seriously threatend America because they knew back then they could not afford a big war with America because our military power was overwhelming compared to what China had at that time.....there are other factors....but the flawed thinking of our leadership at that time is the primary reason that a small rogue nation like N. Korea now has the ability to hit us with nuclear weapons....essentially allowing them now to engage in Nuclear Blackmail.
How was this allowed to happen? Several factors were at play which allowed the N.Koreans to obtain nuclear status.
The number one reason being the U.S. feared to attack and eliminate the N.Korean nuclear program would run the risk of War with China.
This was extremely flawed thinking....the Chinese leadership is rational....when the N.Koreans first began their quest for Nuclear Weapons China was in no position to declare a all out War on America...now they may have initiated some sort of conventional and limited milirtary action....nothing that would have seriously threatend America because they knew back then they could not afford a big war with America because our military power was overwhelming compared to what China had at that time.....there are other factors....but the flawed thinking of our leadership at that time is the primary reason that a small rogue nation like N. Korea now has the ability to hit us with nuclear weapons....essentially allowing them now to engage in Nuclear Blackmail.
North Korean nuclear attack would end Kim's regime, US warns
"The US side reiterated that any nuclear attack by the DPRK against the ROK will be met with a swift, overwhelming, and decisive response," a joint US-South Korean statement said on Saturday.
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