PACOM Commander Testifies that North Korea Will Use Nuclear Weapons to Blackmail South Korea

Admiral Harris seems to understand what the Kim regime’s ultimate goal of their nuclear weapon’s program is:

This file photo shows U.S. Pacific Command chief Adm. Harry Harris. (Yonhap)

A top U.S. military commander said Wednesday he believes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is intent on reunifying the Korean Peninsula under a single, communist system.

Adm. Harry Harris, chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, told a congressional hearing he does not agree with the predominant view that Kim is pursuing nuclear-tipped missiles to safeguard his regime only.

Kim is “after reunification under a single, communist system,” Harris told the House Armed Services Committee, adding that is the “long view.”

The North Korean leader’s nuclear ambitions contribute to that view and help him blackmail countries such as South Korea and the U.S., the commander said. And Washington should continue to increase economic and diplomatic sanctions on Pyongyang under its “maximum pressure” campaign to persuade Kim to abandon his nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.  [Yonhap]

As I and others have said repeatedly the development of nuclear weapons solely to deter US led regime change does not make sense.  North Korea’s conventional capabilities have proven to be an effective deterrent for decades.  Look at what they have done over the years with killing US soldiers, taking US naval personnel hostage, shooting down a US plane, attacking the Blue House to kill the ROK president, bombing an airliner out of the sky, hijacking an airplane, shelling a ROK island, sinking a ROK ship, etc.

None of these attacks led to a retaliatory strike because of their conventional capabilities were an effective deterrent.  So clearly there is more to why they want to develop nuclear weapons so aggressively.  The theory that makes the most sense is that the true intention of their nuclear program is to separate the US from South Korea and then seek a confederation on North Korean terms.

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setnaffa
setnaffa
6 years ago

Given the Admiral is listening to what the Norks say to each other, I completely agree.

setnaffa
setnaffa
6 years ago

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UIS
UIS
6 years ago

If North Korea wants to eat up South Korea, why should the US get involved when South Korea does little to stand up to the North? What’s the point? Why not just leave South Korea and let them take care of themselves?

J6Junkie
J6Junkie
6 years ago

Smart man. Spineless Commies in power doesn’t help matters either.

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