There’s a reason the DPRK has nukes and Iran doesn’t, and it’s entirely because of this difference.
They learned the lesson from watching the fall of Gaddafi. The lesson: never give up your ability to mutually assured destruction, lest the west destroy you.
And the lies about Iraq. The US will accuse you of building nukes, invade your country, kill a million people, and then the Secretary of State goes on TV and tells everyone they knew they were lying the whole time. If that’s going to happen, might as well start building nukes.
They learned the lesson from watching the fall of Gaddafi. The lesson: never give up your ability to mutually assured destruction, lest the west destroy you.
And the lies about Iraq. The US will accuse you of building nukes, invade your country, kill a million people, and then the Secretary of State goes on TV and tells everyone they knew they were lying the whole time. If that’s going to happen, might as well start building nukes.