Nuclear North Korea and America

American media has portrayed this as acquiring of Nuke by a nation that is unstable and unpredictable. Unstable, probably. But when it comes to predictability, America's behaviour on nuclear issues is difficult to plot in a model: Iraq didn't have nuclear weapons or weapons programme. But America invaded them based on nuke programme that existed in their imagination and cooked intelligence.

India exploded real nuke and got rewarded with a deal for nuclear material and technology. Pakistan went nuclear, even exported the technology, but remained America's strong ally. America turns a blind eye to Israel's open secret nuclear arsenal. Iran, which refuses that it is making a bomb, regularly gets threat of sanction, military action, and regime change.

During Shah's time, America strongly advocated nuclear power for Iran so that it could free its oil for export. Now they say Iran doesn't need nuclear power because they have oil.

America refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in the Senate, but expects other countries to abide by it.

With such an unpredictable enemy, no wonder North Korea wanted a deterrent nuclear arsenal. How unfortunate for the peace loving world!