What explains North Korea's relentless quest for nukes and missiles? These
programs are obviously not some bargaining chip! And regime survival is
hardly their only purpose. My take? The North Korean regime intends eventually
to fight a limited nuclear war in the Korean Peninsula – and win it.
Pyongyang plans confrontations it can win. The North Korean regime is not
suicidal! It could not have lasted this long if it were. Its threats and
provocations are never sudden, impulsive outbursts.
They're always carefully planned – rehearsed well in advance. If Pyongyang
can force an American president to blink in a future Korean crisis, then the
US-South Korean military alliance will collapse. US forces will be out and the
Kim family regime will take a giant step towards settling the still-unfinished
Korean War on its terms. All the pieces for the North's design are slowly but
deliberately falling into place: the nukes, the missiles, the cyber war
component. America and her allies must wake up to that design and counter it
while there is still time.
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