Neo-conista cretian judaphilism and (((sayinim))) are to blame!-Libya: The Forgotten Reason North Korea Desperately Wants Nuclear Weapons

Ted Galen Carpenter
The National InterestNovember 10, 2017

Washington's actions in Libya reduced prospects for diplomacy to the vanishing point.
Libya: The Forgotten Reason North Korea Desperately Wants Nuclear Weapons

The United States and its allies continue to cajole and threaten North Korea to negotiate an agreement that would relinquish its growing nuclear and ballistic-missile programs. The latest verbal prodding came from President Trump during his joint press conference with South Korean president Moon Jae-in. Trump urged Pyongyang to “come to the negotiating table,” and asserted that it “makes sense for North Korea to do the right thing.” The “right thing” Trump and his predecessors have always maintained, is for North Korea to become nonnuclear.

It is unlikely that the DPRK will ever return to nuclear virginity. Pyongyang has multiple reasons for retaining its nukes. For a country with an economy roughly the size of Paraguay’s, a bizarre political system that has no external appeal, and an increasingly antiquated conventional military force, a nuclear-weapons capability is the sole factor that provides prestige and a seat at the table of international affairs. There is one other crucial reason for the DPRK’s truculence, though. North Korean leaders simply do not trust the United States to honor any agreement t       https://www.yahoo.com/news/libya-forgotten-reason-north-korea-011700530.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/libya-forgotten-reason-north-korea-011700530.html