Bolton: North Korea Sees Nukes as Way to Reunify Peninsula Under Its Control

By Patrick Goodenough | February 23, 2018

Kim Jong-un’s nuclear weapons program is designed not merely to defend his regime, but in pursuit of its ultimate aim to reunify the peninsula under its grip, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton said this week.

“At some point, people have to recognize that North Korea wants nuclear weapons not for self-defense, but because they still want to reunify the Korean peninsula, under their control,” he said during a lecture at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security.

Bolton said South Korea’s long-term security will be badly undermined if the Stalinist North acquires the capability to deliver a nuclear weapon by missile.  He made the comments in response to a question about the potential costs to South Korea of a preemptive so-called “bloody nose” U.S. strike against North Korea.......To Read More.....