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The country may be planning a missile launch soon, a U.S. official told CNN, as tensions mount on the Korean Peninsula. </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130404142917-north-korean-soldiers-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="North Korean soldiers patrol along the Yalu River in Sinuiju across the border from the Chinese city of Dandong on April 4." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto003" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption003">North Korean soldiers patrol along the Yalu River in Sinuiju across the border from the Chinese city of Dandong on April 4.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130329113834-01-kim-jong-un-0329-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim Jong Un is briefed by his generals in this undated photo. On the wall is a map titled "Plan for the strategic forces to target mainland U.S." " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto004" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption004">Kim Jong Un is briefed by his generals in this undated photo. On the wall is a map titled "Plan for the strategic forces to target mainland U.S." </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130329113837-02-kim-jong-un-0329-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim Jong Un works during a briefing in this undated photo." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto005" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption005">Kim Jong Un works during a briefing in this undated photo.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130326174812-164678119-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects drills by the Korean People's Army navy at an undisclosed location on North Korea's east coast on March 25 in a photo from the state-run Korean Central News Agency." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto006" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption006">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects drills by the Korean People's Army navy at an undisclosed location on North Korea's east coast on March 25 in a photo from the state-run Korean Central News Agency.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130326174800-164678118-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim makes his way to an observation post with North Korean soldiers on March 25." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto007" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption007">Kim makes his way to an observation post with North Korean soldiers on March 25.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130309110325-02-north-korea-0309-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim uses a pair of binoculars to look south from the Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island on March 7." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto008" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption008">Kim uses a pair of binoculars to look south from the Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island on March 7.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130309110515-04-north-korea-0309-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim is greeted by the family of a soldier as he inspects Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island in South Hwanghae province on Thursday, March 7, in a photo from the state-run Korean Central News Agency." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto009" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption009">Kim is greeted by the family of a soldier as he inspects Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island in South Hwanghae province on Thursday, March 7, in a photo from the state-run Korean Central News Agency.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130309110440-03-north-korea-0309-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim is surrounded by soldiers during a visit to the Mu Islet Hero Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island on March 7. North Korea has escalated its bellicose rhetoric, threatening nuclear strikes, just before the U.N. Security Council passed tougher sanctions against the secretive nation on March 7." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0010" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0010">Kim is surrounded by soldiers during a visit to the Mu Islet Hero Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island on March 7. North Korea has escalated its bellicose rhetoric, threatening nuclear strikes, just before the U.N. Security Council passed tougher sanctions against the secretive nation on March 7.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130309110037-01-north-korea-0309-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim arrives at Jangjae Islet by boat to meet with soldiers of the Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near Taeyonphyong Island in South Hwanghae province on March 7." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0011" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0011">Kim arrives at Jangjae Islet by boat to meet with soldiers of the Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near Taeyonphyong Island in South Hwanghae province on March 7.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130307134506-01-nk-0307-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Soldiers in the North Korean army train at an undisclosed location on March 6. " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0012" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0012">Soldiers in the North Korean army train at an undisclosed location on March 6. </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124090131-01-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, poses with chiefs of branch social security stations in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency on November 27. " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0013" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0013">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, poses with chiefs of branch social security stations in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency on November 27. </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124090304-02-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim celebrates with staff from the satellite control center in Pyongyang, North Korea, during the launch of a rocket carrying a satellite, in a photo released by the official North Korean news agency on December 12. " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0014" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0014">Kim celebrates with staff from the satellite control center in Pyongyang, North Korea, during the launch of a rocket carrying a satellite, in a photo released by the official North Korean news agency on December 12. </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":14,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124090420-03-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="A crowd watches as statues of the nation's founder, Kim Il Sung, and his son Kim Jong Il are unveiled during a ceremony in Pyongyang on April 13, 2012. Photos from North Korea are rare, but the country was on full display in April 2012 as it celebrated the 100th birthday of Kim Il Sung." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0015" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0015">A crowd watches as statues of the nation's founder, Kim Il Sung, and his son Kim Jong Il are unveiled during a ceremony in Pyongyang on April 13, 2012. Photos from North Korea are rare, but the country was on full display in April 2012 as it celebrated the 100th birthday of Kim Il Sung.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":15,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124090535-04-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="A North Korean soldier stands guard in front of an UNHA III rocket at the Tangachai-ri Space Center on April 8, 2012." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0016" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0016">A North Korean soldier stands guard in front of an UNHA III rocket at the Tangachai-ri Space Center on April 8, 2012.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":16,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130325015028-north-korea-rocket-launch-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="In April 2012, Pyongyang launched a long-range rocket, which broke apart and fell into the sea. The UNHA III rocket is pictured on its launch pad in Tang Chung Ri, North Korea." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0017" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0017">In April 2012, Pyongyang launched a long-range rocket, which broke apart and fell into the sea. The UNHA III rocket is pictured on its launch pad in Tang Chung Ri, North Korea.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":17,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130325020251-north-korea-rocket-launch-3-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="A closer look at the UNHA III rocket on its launch pad in Tang Chung Ri, North Korea." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0018" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0018">A closer look at the UNHA III rocket on its launch pad in Tang Chung Ri, North Korea.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":18,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military "}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124090843-05-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="A military vehicle participates in a parade in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0019" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0019">A military vehicle participates in a parade in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":19,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124091028-06-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="North Koreans wave flags in front of portraits of Kim Il Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong Il during celebrations to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on April 16, 2012. " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0020" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0020">North Koreans wave flags in front of portraits of Kim Il Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong Il during celebrations to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on April 16, 2012. </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":20,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124091218-07-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="North Korean soldiers relax at the end of an official ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un at a stadium in Pyongyang on April 14, 2012." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0021" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0021">North Korean soldiers relax at the end of an official ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un at a stadium in Pyongyang on April 14, 2012.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":21,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124091302-08-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim Jong Un applauds as he watches a military parade in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0022" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0022">Kim Jong Un applauds as he watches a military parade in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":22,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124091401-09-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="A North Korean soldier stands on a balcony in Pyongyang on April 16, 2012." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0023" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0023">A North Korean soldier stands on a balcony in Pyongyang on April 16, 2012.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":23,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img 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Korea, Iran"); } }); </script> <a name="em0"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr"> <div><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS</strong></div> <ul class="cnn_bulletbin cnnStryHghLght">  <li>Barry Blechman: U.S. never attacked another nation to stop it from becoming a nuclear power</li> <li>Blechman: Why does it seem that the U.S. has a different strategy toward North Korea and Iran? </li> <li>He says if deterrence theory worked in the Cold War </li> <li>Bleckman: Iran's and North Korea's supreme leaders will be deterred, just like the Soviet leaders</li>  </ul> </div></div>  <p class="cnnEditorialNote"><em><strong>Editor's note:</strong> Barry M. Blechman is co-founder of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://www.stimson.org/" target="_blank">Stimson Center</a>, a think tank that promotes international peace and security. </em></p> <p><strong>(CNN)</strong> -- Throughout the Cold War, the United States relied on the theory of deterrence for protection against nuclear attack. American leaders believed that so long as the U.S. maintained nuclear forces able to survive a first-strike and retaliate with devastating power against the Soviet Union, Kremlin leaders would be deterred from mounting a nuclear attack.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2">In retrospect, this arms race was incredibly costly, wasteful and dangerous. If war had started, the two superpowers would have destroyed each other and probably all of humanity.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3">But deterrence did work. And the U.S. never attacked the Soviet Union or any other nation to stop them from becoming nuclear powers.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4">So, why does it seem that the U.S. has a different strategy toward <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/world/north-korea/index.html" target="_blank">North Korea </a>and Iran?</p> <script> var currExpandable="expand15"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='bestoftv/2013/04/12/exp-erin-north-korea-latest-panel.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl=''; mObj.lgImage="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130412191637-exp-erin-north-korea-latest-panel-00002001-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand15Store=mObj; </script> <a name="em1"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand15"> <div class="cnn_strylceclbtn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/mosaic/bttn_close.gif" alt="" border="0" height="23" width="58"/></div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130412191637-exp-erin-north-korea-latest-panel-00002001-story-body.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" width="214"/><cite class="expCaption"><span>Is North Korea bluffing?</span></cite> </div> <script> var currExpandable="expand25"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='tech/2013/04/12/tsr-foreman-how-to-launch-a-nuclear-bomb.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl=''; mObj.lgImage="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130412192315-tsr-foreman-how-to-launch-a-nuclear-bomb-00014012-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand25Store=mObj; </script> <a name="em2"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand25"> <div class="cnn_strylceclbtn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/mosaic/bttn_close.gif" alt="" border="0" height="23" width="58"/></div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130412192315-tsr-foreman-how-to-launch-a-nuclear-bomb-00014012-story-body.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" width="214"/><cite class="expCaption"><span>How to launch a nuclear weapon</span></cite> </div> <script> var currExpandable="expand35"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='world/2013/04/05/id-watson-iran-nuke-talks.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl='https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/WORLD'; mObj.lgImage="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130405102515-id-watson-iran-nuke-talks-00024120-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand35Store=mObj; </script> <a name="em3"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand35"> <div class="cnn_strylceclbtn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/mosaic/bttn_close.gif" alt="" border="0" height="23" width="58"/></div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130405102515-id-watson-iran-nuke-talks-00024120-story-body.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" width="214"/><cite class="expCaption"><span>Eased sanctions for Iran if ...</span></cite> </div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5">In response to North Korea's recent threats to launch nuclear attacks, the U.S. announced it would bolster missile defenses in Alaska and California and speed the deployment of missile interceptors to Guam. With respect to Iran, President Obama <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/03/20/remarks-president-obama-and-prime-minister-netanyahu-israel-joint-press-" target="_blank">said</a> as recently as March 20: "We will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining the world's worst weapons.''</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6">America currently has about <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat" target="_blank">5,000 nuclear weapons</a>. Even though it could retaliate against a hypothetical Iranian or North Korean nuclear attack and obliterate both nations while utilizing only 1 or 2% of its arsenal, the Obama administration is acting as if the theory of deterrence no longer applies. Why?</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/03/world/nuclear-weapon-states/" target="_blank">Nuclear weapons: Who has what?</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8">It appears that the U.S. is treating Iran differently than other countries trying to go nuclear because it perceives Iranian leaders as aggressive religious fanatics willing to sacrifice everything for their goals. After all, Iran supports terrorist organizations, conducts assassinations and bombings, seeks to subvert neighboring countries, and makes fearsome threats against Israel and the U.S.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9">Similarly, the U.S. seems uncertain about North Korea's young and untested new leader. Pyongyang not only has a history of provocative verbal threats, but it has taken reckless military actions as recently as two years ago, when the North sank a South Korean naval vessel and shelled an island occupied by the South.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10">But wait -- didn't the Soviet spout dangerous rhetoric and take deadly actions? Didn't some of their leaders threaten to "bury" America and nuke London and Paris? And let's not forget that Leonid Brezhnev launched proxy wars against U.S. friends in Latin America, Africa and Asia.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11">Yet the Obama administration seems to think that while Soviet leaders were deterred from using their massive arsenal, the Iranians and the North Koreans might not be deterred from using a nuclear force of no more than a handful of weapons at best.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2013/04/world/north-korea-missile-capabilities/" target="_blank">North Korea's missile capabilities</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13">But if deterrence theory is valid, then this double standard is invalid.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14">Both Iran's and North Korea's supreme leaders will be deterred, just as were successive generations of Soviet leaders. Both would not authorize the use of nuclear weapons, for fear of seeing their nations destroyed, their people wiped out, and their ambitions for themselves and their countries turned to dust.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15">If deterrence theory is no longer valid, the U.S. had better work harder to achieve President Obama's Nobel Prize-winning goal of a world in which no nation possesses nuclear weapons.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16">No one can say with great confidence what North Korea's Kim Jong Un will do. While the U.S. needs to be prepared for North Korea to act on Kim's threats of nuclear war, unless he has lost his mind, it seems doubtful that he would follow through and commit national suicide by inviting devastating nuclear retaliation.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17">Reaching an agreement with Iran seems possible. Such an arrangement would permit Tehran to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, but not to build nuclear weapons. This is Iran's right as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The question is whether Iran and the U.S. can get past decades of conflict, mistrust and suspicions.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18">But President <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/04/biden-aipac-speech-iran-threat" target="_blank">Obama's threats to use military force</a> to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons do not facilitate talks. They only reinforce Tehran's suspicions that America's real goal is to bring down the Iranian regime.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/12/opinion/green-north-korea-scenarios/index.html" target="_blank">Opinion: North Korea endgame -- 3 scenarios </a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph20">With a deterrent strategy in his hip pocket as "Plan B," a less threatening posture by President Obama might help him bring about a peaceful resolution in future negotiating rounds with Iran.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21"><i>Follow </i><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://www.twitter.com/CNNOpinion" target="_blank">@CNNOpinion on Twitter.</a></i></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22"><i>Join us at </i><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826/http://www.facebook.com/CNNOpinion" target="_blank">Facebook/CNNOpinion.</a></i></p> <script type="text/javascript">if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();}</script> <p class="cnn_strycbftrtxt">The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Barry M. 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href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/opinion/chertoff-wearable-devices/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Google Glass, the start of wearable surveillance</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 10:26 AM EDT, Wed May 1, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/opinion/chertoff-wearable-devices/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130228105138-sergey-brin-google-glass-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Michael Chertoff says imagine wearing the equivalent of a drone on your head everyday. Scary, isn't it?</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/opinion/schwartz-martha-stewart-dating/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Martha Stewart on Match.com? Don't laugh</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 7:37 AM EDT, Wed May 1, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/opinion/schwartz-martha-stewart-dating/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130430193717-schwartz-martha-stewart-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Pepper Schwartz says Martha Stewart's going public about online dating may help people over 50 who want romance but are afraid to go after it</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/jones-collins-nba/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Here's to Collins -- and the NBA</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 6:06 AM EDT, Wed May 1, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/jones-collins-nba/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130430133013-jones-collins-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Roxanne Jones says the accepting culture of the NBA made coming out easier for Jason Collins.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/opinion/malvesti-collins-bin-laden-leaks/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Special ops' bragging hurts national security</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 8:36 AM EDT, Wed May 1, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/opinion/malvesti-collins-bin-laden-leaks/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130501081520-13-osama-death-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Michele Malvesti and Nancy Walbridge Collins say two years after the bin Laden raid, the indiscreet promoting of the glories of the mission and participants undermines security</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/opinion/camacho-alpert-immigration-may-day/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">May Day is for immigrants, too</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 8:42 AM EDT, Wed May 1, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/opinion/camacho-alpert-immigration-may-day/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130430175652-camacho-zucchini-pickers-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Gabe Camacho and Arnie Alpert say immigration reform must include labor protections and a path to citizenship for undocumented workers.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/brazile-jason-collins/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Brazile: But can the dude play?</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 9:16 AM EDT, Wed May 1, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/brazile-jason-collins/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130430132246-brazile-jason-collins-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Donna Brazile's sports fan dad would have asked "Yes, but can Jason Collins play ball?"</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/bergen-bin-ladenism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">From bin Laden to Boston</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 4:04 PM EDT, Tue April 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/bergen-bin-ladenism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120317021404-peter-bergen-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Killing the man proved easier than killing his ideology, says Peter Bergen. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/sutter-oklahoma-city-run/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">In Oklahoma City, a run to finish what she started</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 8:28 AM EDT, Tue April 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/sutter-oklahoma-city-run/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130325145220-john-sutter-cnn-opinion-headshot-video-tease.jpeg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">John Sutter accompanied marathon runner Sara Hunt to Oklahoma City for a run she hoped would help her past the trauma of Boston offer lessons in endurance.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/blechman-nuclear-deterrence/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Nuclear deterrence could restrain N. Korea, Iran</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 11:39 AM EDT, Tue April 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/blechman-nuclear-deterrence/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130416114559-south-korean-soldiers-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Barry Blechman says there's a reason why the U.S. never attacked another nation to stop it from becoming a nuclear power.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/simmons-girls-leadership/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Teach girls to be more like boys </a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 1:27 PM EDT, Tue April 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/simmons-girls-leadership/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120913102752-education-college-campus-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Rachel Simmons says at Phillips Andover Academy, a fiery debate has erupted over the gender gap in student leadership.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/mcwhorter-lol/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">LOL isn't funny anymore</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 10:38 AM EDT, Tue April 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/mcwhorter-lol/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130429180855-orig-ideas-texting-language-00002414-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">John McWhorter says the evolution of "LOL" shows how texting has become a new language.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/frum-less-homelessness/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Fewer homeless, a Bush legacy </a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 3:45 PM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/frum-less-homelessness/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130429153323-frum-homeless-guy-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">David Frum asks: Have you noticed that despite the joblessness crisis, fewer people are living on the streets? </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/zelizer-obama-government/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Why can't Obama reform government?</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 3:29 PM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/zelizer-obama-government/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130417190101-raw-video-pres-obama-on-gun-control-vote-in-senate-00070418-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Julian Zelizer says President Obama's trouble has more to do with the way government works rather than his skills. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/larsen-sequester-cuts-still-hurt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Sequester cuts hurting our kids, elderly</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 9:29 AM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/larsen-sequester-cuts-still-hurt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130426193640-larsen-head-start-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Sure, Congress rolled back cuts affecting flight delays; unfortunately, kids losing a school bus to budget cuts can't fly to class. Head Start and Meals on Wheels also hit. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/bergen-warning-signs-terrorism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Agencies often miss warning signs of attacks</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 5:27 AM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/bergen-warning-signs-terrorism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130424160912-boston-bombings-boylston-street-reopens-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Peter Bergen says missed signals and lack of inter-agency communication are factors that help enable terrorism to succeed</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/rotenberg-google-privacy/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Put teeth in Google privacy fines</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 9:01 AM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502163826/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/rotenberg-google-privacy/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502163826im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130426163607-rotenberg-google-fines-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Marc Rotenberg says the small fine against the search giant for secretly collecting private data shows how public agencies have dropped the ball on users' privacy</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div 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