raharris1973
Gone Fishin'
What if in May 2003 North Korea openly tested a nuclear weapon? And this was followed in July 2003 by an Iranian test of a nuclear weapon?
What policy responses would be possible by outside powers?
1. Opponents of the Iraq war could have the satisfaction of saying to the Americans, "Hey, you missed"
2. Open nuclear arsenals for both of the countries would be scary however and might lead some western powers to cooperate more.
Does the US consider attacking one of the two while the arsenal is relatively small?
3. Do any US allies consider developing their own deterrent?
4. Does the US continue to discourage its allies (Japan and South Korea are two that I have prominently in mind, but Saudi Arabia would be another one) from developing nuclear weapons - or, with the proliferation cat out of the bag, does it prefer an NRA approach of having good allies be nuclear-armed?
What policy responses would be possible by outside powers?
1. Opponents of the Iraq war could have the satisfaction of saying to the Americans, "Hey, you missed"
2. Open nuclear arsenals for both of the countries would be scary however and might lead some western powers to cooperate more.
Does the US consider attacking one of the two while the arsenal is relatively small?
3. Do any US allies consider developing their own deterrent?
4. Does the US continue to discourage its allies (Japan and South Korea are two that I have prominently in mind, but Saudi Arabia would be another one) from developing nuclear weapons - or, with the proliferation cat out of the bag, does it prefer an NRA approach of having good allies be nuclear-armed?