We have to—and we can. We have 100X the population, 1000X the economy, and 1000X the nukes they do. They know striking first is suicide.https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/921357753720991744 …
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Nobody claims deterrence would stop all nasty/undesired/abhorrent state actions. But would probably stop nuclear use, because would
guarantee a regime-changing response. DPRK knows this. They bet that 46 sailors wouldn't guarantee that once they had nukes—and were right.
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Which incidentally works perfectly with deterrence theory. US in 2010 not willing to risk Seoul for 46 ROK sailors.
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