Given that the North Koreans, like all countries, have seen what happens to countries which are not armed, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya for example,  the government would be derelict in its duty to its citizens if it did not arm.

It would only be reasonable if all countries treated North Korea the same as all countries with nuclear weapons, namely the same as countries without nuclear weapons. It has worked with all the nuclear powers.

To those who criticize North Korea, what would you do?