After years of debating and negotiations, North Korea has decided that they are going to do what they feel is best for their country and maintain an operable nuclear plant. It seems that North Korea simply wants to develop their nuclear program, while the U.N. wants them to cease and desist in forming their nuclear capabilities. 
If they have the capability and knowledge, then North Korea can do whatever they want within their borders, as it is their sovereign right to do so. And the U.N. has every right to protest the decision in Pyongyang to pursue nuclear energy. However, if North Korea feels threatened by other nations in this world, then can anyone blame them for wanting to be just a little prepared for the days ahead?
But what I find difficult to understand is why it is suggested that there will be dangerous “days ahead” if North Korea has nuclear power. Nuclear power is an efficient way to supply energy, in much more viable ways than mineral fossils ever will be. In spite of this, there’s also the havoc that can be wrought as a result of using nuclear weapons in war. Visit the ruins of Nagasaki and Hiroshima; it’s quite a harrowing experience, so I’ve been told. Is it impossible for people to use nuclear energy for strictly good reasons?
The assumption is that the first thing North Korea will do when they harness nuclear power is to manufacture bombs, and upon creating their first one, they will proceed to attack a rival nation. However, one thing that’s interesting about nuclear weapons is that ever since their use in World War II, they have actually served as a war deterrent in some ways. The simple fact that striking a powerful nation, or the ally of a powerful nation, could result in a nuclear retaliation has prevented many leaders from taking actions they otherwise might have considered.
So if it serves as a war deterrent and a great source of power, what is the problem with North Korea having nuclear plants?
While there are a myriad of reasons, one plausible theory, in my estimation, is that many of the non-nuclear energy corporations (oil companies, etc.) and the world superpowers do not stand to gain much from nations like North Korea and Iran having access to alternate sources of energy. North Korea obviously feels that the negotiating playing field would be more evened out for them if they had the same weapons as the world’s superpowers. And surely North Korea must realize that attacking their #1 enemy, South Korea, with weapons of mass destruction, would result in a U.S. nuclear retribution they may not be able to handle.
In light of all this, I believe the debate we’re seeing of whether or not North Korea should have nuclear power is more of a complaint from the big oil sector about the potential loss of business this situation presents, rather than a declaration of war on North Korea’s part.
But maybe the U.N. is right to feel unsafe by an armed North Korea, and let’s say North Korea does do something rash with their new found power. It would be terrible, to say the least. Much anxiety may be cast, but isn’t this also a part of the secret desire many people have for the world to end? Countless people have stated that this world is going to hell in a handbasket. Many books have been published that discuss 2012, the end is near, etc. Obviously “end of the world” topics is popular reading material; otherwise no more of these type books would be written.
Maybe it’s inevitable that nuclear weapons will be used once again. This can be capped by what the revered genius, Albert Einstein, once said regarding the invariable use of nuclear weaponry during a much-feared World War III…
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Perhaps Einstein was not making a forecast of what was to come, just merely stating a fact of the devastation of the use of nuclear weaponry. Prophecy or Description? What say you?
interesting perspective