I think both sides want to reunite the original country, and it has been the stated policy of the US to support the South in doing so. So why do we find it OK if one side arms up while the other isn't allowed to do the same? Just asking, I don't know the answer (other then the Alley oop logic). I also rather not see everybody nuke up, but NK doesn't have the largest or most potent arsenal (by a long shot)
Indeed, but how threatening with "Fire and Fury" is going to achieve anything positive is something that only Trump's Psychiater can figure out.
Trump is also very careless in mentioning nuclear options, unaware of what that might trigger in opposing forces.
Here are some of his referrals to the nuclear arsenal.
December 28, 2016 Commentary: With Trump, nuclear brinkmanship is back
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apps-nuclear-commentary-idUSKBN14H145"With barely a single working day left until Christmas, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump appeared to unexpectedly announce an intensified nuclear arms race. "Apparently, he thought that sheer numbers counted and childishly wanted to beat Russia.
January 15, 2017: Trump says wants nuclear arsenals cut 'very substantially'
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-arms-idUSKBN14Z0XS"When asked about the prospect of a nuclear arms reduction deal with Russia, Trump told the newspaper in an interview: "For one thing, I think nuclear weapons should be way down and reduced very substantially, that’s part of it.” "Somebody probably told him that the cost of maintaining the nuclear arsenal would be prohibitive, so now he wanted to cut the arsenal. In fact, that would be a wise thing to do, it would cost less, and after all, the weapons delivery systems are more important than sheer numbers of warheads. And there are still way more than required to take out all major cities of the opponent, which should be enough of a deterrent.
August 9, 2017: Trump says U.S. nuclear arsenal stronger than ever
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-trump-idUSKBN1AP1DQQUOTE
"My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before," he wrote on Twitter. "Hopefully we will never have to use this power, but there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world!"Now it was his first order to renovate and modernize ..., and all the time I was thinking that putting Hillary Clinton in jail, no wait, building a wall, no wait, Coal miner's jobs, no wait, Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the U.S., no wait, what was it exactly that was his first order??? It was an "Executive Order Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", signed within hours of taking office. Whell, that went well ...
Pompous bluster does not convince more intelligent opponents, like the North Korean leadership. Just look at Kim's approval rating from his people (and he is only the figure head of the powers in charge...).
Cheers,
Bart