Drink the Kool-Aid if you want.
I am more concerned with keeping the nuclear materials necessary to create crude dirty bombs out of political terrorist hands. As long as ships are coming and going from North Korea this is the only 'clear and present danger' (as they say).
Half ass sanctions only create financial need. If Fat Boy wants to get back at the west this is his easiest way.
The Long History of the Pakistan-North Korea Nexus | The Diplomat
Our enemy's enemy is not our friend ...
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The Pakistan-North Korea partnership expanded significantly during the 1990s, as Pakistan?s pursuit of nuclear weapons and close relationship with the Taliban isolated Islamabad from the international community. The Chinese government refused to sell Pakistan M-11 missiles during this period, as Beijing attempted to normalize relations with the United States that had been strained by the deadly crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and subsequent Western arms embargo on China.
During the early 1990s, Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto purchased Rodong long-range missiles from North Korea. In exchange, Pakistan supplied Pyongyang with ?civilian nuclear technology? and encouraged North Korean students to study at Pakistani universities.
Even though Pakistan became a vital ally in the U.S. war on terror after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, Islamabad?s military cooperation with North Korea continued under Pervez Musharraf?s watch. In 2002, U.S. officials announced that Pakistan had exported gas centrifuges to help North Korea enrich uranium and construct a nuclear bomb. While Pakistani military officials denied their involvement in this scheme, the report?s release did not trigger an official downgrade in the Islamabad-Pyongyang security partnership.
After the 2002 report?s release, Musharraf prevented the United States from interrogating AQ Khan, a prominent nuclear scientist who assisted the nuclear programs of North Korea, Iran, and Libya. The Pakistani government declared Khan a ?free citizen? in 2009. Senior U.S. officials emphatically opposed Pakistan?s exoneration of AQ Khan, insisting that Khan remained a ?serious proliferation risk.?
Even though Pakistan has avoided overt military cooperation with North Korea in recent years, Islamabad remains unwilling to fully comply with UN sanctions against the DPRK. Although the last regular sea cargo route between Pakistan and North Korea was suspended in 2010, NK News recently reported that at least one major Pakistani company offers shipping service to Pyongyang.
In recent months, many Indian media outlets have released reports on Pakistani nuclear technology sales to North Korea. These allegations remain unsubstantiated. However, the presence of a North Korean consulate in Karachi and an embassy in Islamabad demonstrates that UN sanctions have not hindered diplomatic cooperation between the two.
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This is a lot more complex than Trump sending the Great US Armada to change the world. As long as your enemy has the will to fight on you have no victory.
Only a pyrrhic victory ...
