Comment by JumpCrisscross
9 hours ago
> We'd called them china's vassals and attack china for being bullies who deprived nations of their sovereignty
The treaty restricting Korea is the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [1]. America is giving Seoul a loophole by offering to do the NPT-governed work.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferatio...
Can you stop with the nonsense already. It never ends with you.
> The treaty restricting Korea is the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [1].
Or maybe Korea could be like India, your native country, and not be part of it.
> America is giving Seoul a loophole by offering to do the NPT-governed work.
Yeah, a loophole seoul doesn't need. You act like america is doing korea a favor. All this does is make korea even more dependent on the US. Even more of a vassal.
America is doing South Korea a favor. It could ratchet sanctions (see: Iran) and ravage SK’s position and economic power on the global stage without its sign-off.
> America is doing South Korea a favor.
No. America is doing itself a favor. Not south korea.
> It could ratchet sanctions (see: Iran) and ravage SK’s position and economic power on the global stage without its sign-off.
So you are saying that korea is not a sovereign state like iran but a vassal to the US. Maybe the US could protect korea (see: Israel) and send billions of taxpayer dollars to korea.
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> Or maybe Korea could be like India...and not be part of it
Sure. That comes with costs. Cost that may not make sense for Korea, which is a defense exporter globally and within the American-led Pacific alliance.
(Operating a nuclear shipyard and supply chain is incredibly expensive. It's would also be a high-value target for Pyongynag.)
> your native country
Is this a troll account? (EDIT: 4 months old. Peeked through comment history. All flamebait and racism. Flagged.)
> a loophole seoul doesn't need
You're using the word "need" ambiguously. It's a loophole Seoul benefits from. It gets the benefits of being an NPT signatory and alliance member. And it gets nuclear submarines.
We can debate the costs and benefits. But Seoul wasn't coerced into building a nuclear submarine. Put plainly, it's unclear what security benefits it gets from one given it doesn't project into blue waters.
> You act like america is doing korea a favor
Within narrow confines, it is. Within broader confines, it's acting as the senior security partner. That obviously involves a cession of sovereignty. Same goes for Pakistan vis-a-vis China, or Belarus with Russia.
> Is this a troll account?
If you have to ask, no. But then again, since you went through my comment history, you know it's not.
> (EDIT: 4 months old. Peeked through comment history. All flamebait.)
Flamebait? That's rich coming from you.
> Same goes for Pakistan vis-a-vis China,
Are you seriously comparing nuclear armed pakistan/china with south korea/US? You are so unserious that it's hard to take you seriously.
You truly are an expert at everything. Where do you find the time with your nonstop posting here.
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