It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.
The North Koreas of the world are trying very hard to acquire the material they need to acquire nuclear weapons, as is the case with Iran.
The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.
The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an ongoing nuclear weapons program.
Satellite images suggest North Korea is building a light-water reactor and working on uranium enrichment. This is troubling.
We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national security. But this argument can be made by other countries as well.
The greatest threat that the world faces is a nuclear Iran. A nuclear North Korea is already troubling enough.
When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn't producing any more.
If we are to assume that North Korea becomes a nuclear-power state, of course the danger of having an all-out nuclear war, that possibility is very slim.
North Korea has taught a great lesson to all the countries in the world, especially the rogue countries of dictatorships or whatever: if you don't want to be invaded by America, get some nuclear weapons.