Still, can&#x27;t you see it from their side?  I&#x27;m pretty sure if I were running North Korea or Iran I&#x27;d be doing whatever I needed to do to acquire a credible nuclear deterrent.<p>Particularly after Libya.  When the US invaded Iraq the Libyans decided the best way to avoid the same fate was to accede to demands from the West.  They gave up their nuclear program, paid compensation for Lockerbie, and generally stopped messing with other countries.<p>And when it was convenient, we (mostly the UK and France, but the US too) provided the air power to overthrow the Libyan government.  Kadaffi himself was tortured to death.<p>If you&#x27;re Kim Jong Un, what lesson do you draw from that sequence of events?