John Bolton wants the U.S. to attack N. Korea. He has several arguments in favor of this. Each one is superficially plausible, but each one is also nonsensical or unsupported when analyzed. His first argument is that N. Korea is jeopardizing the U.S., South Korea and Japan, and since diplomacy has not altered their development of weapons, a U.S. attack on N. Korea is the only option left. Let’s leave aside the history of diplomatic failure. It’s irrelevant to his basic argument, which goes like this. State X is developing weapons, and State Y thinks that they create a risk … Continue reading John Bolton’s Extremely Poor Arguments for Attacking N. Korea