Author Topic: 2 U.S. Presidents Considered Attacking North Korea with Nuclear Weapons  (Read 261 times)

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Offline DemolitionMan

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by Dave Majumdar

While tensions with North Korea are especially high following Pyongyang’s repeated ballistic missile and nuclear tests, Donald Trump is not the first U.S. president to consider launching a nuclear strike against the so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Both Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon considered launching nuclear strikes against the Kim regime during earlier provocations during the Cold War.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/2-us-presidents-considered-attacking-north-korea-nuclear-22472

 
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