Sept. 21 (UPI) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned during an address to the United Nations General Assembly that Seoul and its allies will not “stand idly by” if Russia gives North Korea technical assistance with its nuclear and missile programs.

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    Why not? I thought countries should be able to do whatever they want so long as it doesn’t threaten anyone…

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        So it’s ok when the US makes untold numbers of arms deals all over the world but nobody else can? Like screw the Kremlin obviously but help me understand why one is ok and the other is not.

        Why are you afraid of DPRK anyway?

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        Such double standards! How is this different than stationing NATO nuclear capabilities along the Ukrainian-Russian border to enhance nuclear first strike capabilities against Russia?

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            Poland is pushing for that which is exactly what SK says NK can’t do - you can’t be okay with Poland wanting nukes and not okay with DPRK wanting the same…or you can choose to be hypocritical ig

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                So what exactly is the problem with two non-NATO allies assisting each other? You’ve got a lot of words there but I don’t see how this is any different to the Nukes that NATO has stored in central Europe. I don’t blame DPRK one bit for wanting to secure it’s military capabilities while the US continues to sabre rattle against China for absolutely zero reason. The bit I can’t understand is why this is bad when what the US has done historically for decades is apparently A-OK because freedom

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                Not every NATO country gets nukes. Jesus do some research. Only the UK has strategic weapons, which are domestically produced.

                The United States has about 100 tactical B61 nuclear bombs deployed in Europe. These bombs are stored in hardened aircraft shelters at eight bases in six NATO countries: Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom.

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      Sure and South Korea and it’s allies can do the same.

      China is the one who’s going to have a heart attack when there’s even more weapons on their doorstep.

      Shit maybe S.Korea should go nuclear as well, really get the ball rolling.

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        South Korea and it’s allies can do the same.

        Uh, they do. All the time. South Korea is a US military base masquerading as a country. Nuclear-armed submarines were recently deployed to SK as a show of force. South Korea is a site of missile defense systems that give the USA the ability to launch nuclear strikes and shoot down retaliatory strikes, giving them both encirclement over Russia and China and giving them a path to breaking MAD and bringing us closer to nuclear war.

        China is the one who’s going to have a heart attack when there’s even more weapons on their doorstep.

        China has been encircled by violent psychopaths for decades. It’s not like it’s going to be surprised by USA vassal states doing USA’s bidding. That’s been the state of the world since the USA took control of South Korea from the imperial Japanese and dropped more bombs on NK than all countries combined dropped during all of WW2.

        Shit maybe S.Korea should go nuclear as well, really get the ball rolling.

        Least death cultish liberal.

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      I live in Asia and would rather not having North Korea got ahold of some nukes. Things are already pretty hot here between China and Taiwan, no need to add more heat between NK and SK. What are they going to do with the nuke anyway? To deter SK from invading NK? Doesn’t seem to be necessary as annexing NK will ruin SK’s economy, which is a strong enough deterrence.