US VOA Republican Vs Democratic 'South Korean military controls US nuclear weapons', 'Japan and Taiwan join in international isolation' Confrontation

US VOA Republican Vs Democratic 'South Korean military controls US nuclear weapons', 'Japan and Taiwan join in international isolation' Confrontation

The Heritage Foundation, a pro-Trump U.S. Republican Party, proposed ‘Korean nuclear armament for Northeast Asian security’ by “Korean pilots flying Korean aircraft equipped with American nuclear weapons,” and a former non-nuclear official from the Democratic Party said, “Korean nuclear weapons are not free, but are triggering serial nuclear armament by Taiwan and Japan.” They opposed it as “pressure on international isolation.”
The U.S. State Department's Voice of America (VOA) reported that representatives of South Korea's government-affiliated political parties, one after another, are discussing the promise of 'nuclear armament' when they take office next, with pro-Trump Heritage Foundation researcher Robert Peterson and Democratic Party member Thomas Countryman, former Undersecretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation. The conflicting conversation between the agencies was reported on the 1st.
Researcher Peterson said, “It is a decision for the future president (the next U.S. president) to make,” and suggested a method of arming Korea with nuclear weapons: “Korean pilots flying Korean aircraft equipped with American nuclear weapons.”
He said, “The security situation in Northeast Asia is worsening,” and “North Korea’s nuclear weapons capabilities are steadily increasing and developing. The fastest growing nuclear power on Earth is China. We have a problem with deterrence. “Especially in Northeast Asia,” he announced ‘Korea’s nuclear armament in response to Chinese nuclear weapons’ as an actual strategy.
Former Acting Vice Minister Countryman said, “South Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is not free and will not help its current defense capabilities, but rather will fundamentally change its defense capabilities,” adding, “No one believes that withdrawal from the NPT will affect the economic and political relationships that Korea currently enjoys.” “I cannot guarantee that its status will not be damaged,” he said.
In response to the moderator's question about the comparison between Israel and France's nuclear weapons and the NPT, former Acting Vice Minister Countryman said, "They (Israel) possessed nuclear weapons before signing the NPT, but Korea signed the NPT first, and it was a promise between the two presidents of the two countries (Biden Seok-yeol Yoon)." “We once again agreed to respect the NPT,” he said. “If you promise to do something and then less than a year later start saying, ‘I changed my mind,’ the credibility of the partnership will be questioned.”
Former Acting Vice Minister Countryman went on to say about Korea’s public opinion polls, “In Korea’s public opinion polls. ‘Should Korea possess nuclear weapons? Even though it means nuclear armament of Japan and Taiwan?’” It was stated that the clause should be included.
Former Acting Vice Minister Countryman said, “As for the reason for opposition,” he said, “I led civil nuclear energy negotiations with Korea for more than two years, and the goal Korea stated at the time was not to have potential nuclear weapons, but to be treated the same as Japan,” and added, “A true political leader is a leader in Washington. The public must be reassured that the agreement is appropriate for national security. “If the Korean leadership doubts that and conveys that suspicion to the people, Korea’s defense will be undermined,” he said.
“Support for redeploying U.S. nuclear weapons to South Korea is in part a deterrent and to reassure South Korean politicians and leadership that they do not have to go down the path of nuclear armament of their own,” said Peters, a Heritage researcher. “We consider nuclear weapons to be as much a political weapon as a military weapon of war.” See it as “So, if redeploying U.S. nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula can avoid an independent Korean nuclear armament, even if it means they can only be used by Americans flying U.S. aircraft, I am willing to go down that path,” he said, expressing his policy of redeploying nuclear weapons to Korea.
Regarding concerns that South Korea's nuclear armament could lead to a recurrence of the Iran and North Korea nuclear crisis, Researcher Peters said, "Iran and North Korea are being ostracized not only because of their nuclear programs, but also because of the nature of the Iranian and North Korean regimes." He added, "Former Acting Vice Minister Countryman said that South Korea, North Korea, "I don't think I'm glossing over the differences in the Iranian regime, but I do not support the result of South Korea possessing its own nuclear weapons at this point, but I cannot equate it with North Korea and Iran moving down that path," he said. Denied preparation.
With the strategic advice of the Heritage Foundation even before its inauguration, Yoon Seok-yeol's regime changed from the pro-Republican Party's Reagan policy of 'concealed strategies superior to open policies' to 'ordinances and presidential decrees superior to the neutralization of laws' and 'minority political parties take the lead in politics with enforcement decrees and hidden strategies to neutralize Congress.' ', etc. have been implemented.
VOA, affiliated with the U.S. State Department, conducted a conversation on the 29th of last month.

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