“There will never be such a thing as our abandonment of the nuclear weapons or denuclearization,” Kim declared last month. After North Korea last month declared itself a nuclear weapons state, it’s time for the U.S. and its allies to accept this reality — and learn to live with it. Jeffrey Lewis, a leading nuclear weapons expert, has called on Washington to “contemplate the unthinkable” and accept North Korea’s nuclear statehood, citing the increasing risks of a flashpoint as South Korea and Japan talk up first-strike capability. The window for military action against North Korea closed during the Clinton administration, when the U.S. considered a preemptive strike. The South Korean public is already roundly in favor of also possessing nuclear weapons.

Source: Libya Today October 25, 2022 16:52 UTC