(December 20, 2013 at 11:30 am)Napoléon Wrote:(December 20, 2013 at 11:04 am)Crossless1 Wrote: Yes, it's true that N. Korea lacks the missile capability to strike the U.S. However, hitting S. Korea or another neighbor is within their missile range, so I think the point stands that N. Korea's nuclear arsenal would give us serious pause before conducting any sort of military strike -- even in the hypothetical case of their having vast oil reserves.
Wait, Sadam supposedly had "weapons of mass destruction" but it didn't stop the yanks going in then. As far as I can see the North Koreans have about as much evidence for their apparent nuclear capabilities as what Sadam did. Unless anyone can point me to a source that explicitly proves North Korea has nukes.
http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/publica..._programs/
http://www.nti.org/country-profiles/nort...a/nuclear/
