Trump’s war with Iran has left prospects for North Korea talks on life support -Will Trump bomb North Korea?

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Over a month into the U.S. war with Iran, the repercussions for North Korea are coming into focus, and they aren’t good.

The U.S. decision to attack an adversary in the middle of nuclear talks — going so far as to take out its leadership — will be raising alarm bells in Pyongyang.

For one, the developments in Iran once again confirm what North Korean decision-makers have believed for decades: Nuclear deterrence is the only reliable guarantee of both national survival and regime security. 

One can argue that the attack itself was triggered by Iran’s pursuit of such a deterrent. But from Pyongyang’s perspective, Iran has now joined the long list of states that were attacked and devastated because they failed to go nuclear while they still had the chance.