Comments on: Oh no http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/ English, Rationalist and Liberal Conservative Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: mark adams http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15985 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:47:44 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15985 Personally I'm more worried about the thousands of nuclear weapons that went missing when the USSR broke up. Personally I’m more worried about the thousands of nuclear weapons that went missing when the USSR broke up.

]]> by: Serf http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15839 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:12:57 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15839 <i> I don’t see any reason why a nuclear North Korea poses any real threat to.</i> It might look different from Seoul. The guy is a complete nutter. I don’t see any reason why a nuclear North Korea poses any real threat to.

It might look different from Seoul. The guy is a complete nutter.

]]> by: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15837 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:35:21 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15837 The more countries that have nuclear weapons, the more change they'll be stolen/shared. The more countries that have nuclear weapons, the more change they’ll be stolen/shared.

]]> by: mark adams http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15833 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:51:06 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15833 Why is this a concern? Neither the former USSR or the PRC ever used their nuclear weapons aggressively (which, without wishing to sound like a pansy-liberal, the US is the only country in the world to have ever done so). I don't see any reason why a nuclear North Korea poses any real threat to. Why is this a concern? Neither the former USSR or the PRC ever used their nuclear weapons aggressively (which, without wishing to sound like a pansy-liberal, the US is the only country in the world to have ever done so). I don’t see any reason why a nuclear North Korea poses any real threat to.

]]> by: james higham http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15751 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:53:26 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15751 I've run five pieces on Korea. Here is General Kim: "The general has declared that not even a tiny concession will be made to the imperialist US invaders, our archenemy," said a broadcast on North Korean state television. Kim, who never speaks himself in public, said that if the US took "revenge," it would mean "all-out war." "It is not empty talk for the DPRK [the Democratic People's Republic of Korea] to respond with revenge to any revenge by the enemy and with all-out war to an all-out war," the TV said. That's why the nuclear programme is inevitable. I’ve run five pieces on Korea. Here is General Kim: “The general has declared that not even a tiny concession will be made to the imperialist US invaders, our archenemy,” said a broadcast on North Korean state television. Kim, who never speaks himself in public, said that if the US took “revenge,” it would mean “all-out war.” “It is not empty talk for the DPRK [the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] to respond with revenge to any revenge by the enemy and with all-out war to an all-out war,” the TV said. That’s why the nuclear programme is inevitable.

]]> by: John King http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15749 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:43:17 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15749 Well I suppose you could say thats more honest than a certain Middle Eastern country who denies they have nuclear weaponry. ;) Well I suppose you could say thats more honest than a certain Middle Eastern country who denies they have nuclear weaponry. ;)

]]> by: Unity http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15734 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:31:54 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/03/oh-no/#comment-15734 I'm afraid this is an inevitable, if delayed, consequence of the end of the Cold War balance of power. Countries that see themselves as being 'threatened' by US - not necessarily in a literal sense, but certainly ideologically, will make every effort to develop their own nuclear capability to counterbalance the US's massive superiority in conventional forces. What we're moving into as far the realpolitik goes is an era of assymetric deterrence. I’m afraid this is an inevitable, if delayed, consequence of the end of the Cold War balance of power.

Countries that see themselves as being ‘threatened’ by US - not necessarily in a literal sense, but certainly ideologically, will make every effort to develop their own nuclear capability to counterbalance the US’s massive superiority in conventional forces.

What we’re moving into as far the realpolitik goes is an era of assymetric deterrence.

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