[jjsheridan5]

Remind me what other nation is starving it's citizens to develop nuclear weapons ... wake the F up.

Um, you may want to wake up, yourself. I am not talking about "other countries". I am talking about North Korea. They clearly have nuclear capability at this point. They are the ones I was referring to. We have allowed this to happen, and it is now a reality that we have "let a nation like his have the ability to disrupt our society in ways that could cost the lives of tens of millions of our citizens", in your words.

Sorry bud, but you're wrong on a number of counts.

What were the other counts upon which I was wrong?

[DoughtyOne]

Everything you stated.

If you’re wrong, we lose tens of millions of people.

If I am wrong, we end North Korea’s nuclear capability before it is full strength.

Jimmy, is this you?

[Oregon Valkyrie]

Iran used nuclear blackmail to get pallets of currency delivered by Obama. Clearly Kim wants some of that action. Throwing vast amounts of money at Iran has only emboldened North Korea to do the same.

That is one reasonable explanation of “why now”.

It is also yet another reason why the money should never have been given to Iran, and why nuclear blackmail can no longer be allowed to work. It only made the situation so much worse as money was used to fund the nuclear and military programs in these outlaw nations.