Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
When we buy and build and field thermonuclear weapons it is a GOOD thing
When the N Koreans do it it is a BAD thing
TBH anyone who can should ... if they want to stay independent........
There was an Adelphi paper published by the Institute for Strategic Studies about 20 years ago that highlighted that independence aspect. Iirc, it was authored by an Arabic scholar, someone who had an appreciation of how an underdog feels.
Qaddafi's decision to abandon his nuclear program was swiftly followed by his overthrow. As a result, no rational observer or politician could suggest going non-nuclear in the future. I'd be astonished if Venezuela did not have nuclear program at this point, it is just life insurance.