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Old 08-07-2017, 10:30 AM   #1
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I am assuming that his only goal is to stay in power. I may be wrong, but I don't think he actually wants to do what is best for the North Korean people. He has seen what the West, including the US, did to Gaddafi when he gave up his nuclear program and tried to make nice.


Oh well . . .
I agree 100% the same goes for Iran they want them as a deterrent .. his only chip on the table ..as an offensive weapon they are useless in both cases the retaliation would be nothing short of complete annihilation via tac nukes and conventional weapons from the US
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Old 08-07-2017, 01:25 PM   #2
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I agree 100% the same goes for Iran they want them as a deterrent .. his only chip on the table ..as an offensive weapon they are useless in both cases the retaliation would be nothing short of complete annihilation via tac nukes and conventional weapons from the US

Depends - how many millions is it worth to gamble that?

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Well this escalated quickly:

North Korea has new miniature nuclear weapons, U.S. officials say

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/345...-officials-say

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