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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guarantee a regime-changing response. DPRK knows this. They bet that 46 sailors wouldn't guarantee that once they had nukes—and were right.
Which incidentally works perfectly with deterrence theory. US in 2010 not willing to risk Seoul for 46 ROK sailors.
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Deterrence may work but why take that chance? KJU may decide to conduct a first strike against US or allies and have sub based deterrent.
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It's a fallacy to believe it's for regime survival. DPRK nuke program is decades old. Hussein killed in 2006 and Gaddafi 2011.
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DPRK's regime threat fears pre-date the 21st century. Look into their history. US has kept troops on the southern border since 1950s.
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