Not that I condone the missile testing, because I don't,but does it not seem hyprocritical to you guys that all these countries that have the weapons, and have done countless more missile tests in the past to come out and condemn North Korea?
Where were the threats to nuke and invade France when they were doing LIVE nuclear testing in the Pacific in the 80's?
Am I naive or is this a case of that question of people in glass houses........?
Im not 100% sure, but if i remember right from the countless hours of PME (professional military education) it wasnt until 1996 or 1998 the ICJ reassessed the legality of Nuclear weapons. There findings at tha point were that Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Warfare (NBC) and the use of weapons of mass destruction conflicted with the geneva conventions and the st petersberg declaration (as well as a few other standing declarations that i dont recall. So my guess would be that until this assessment was made nuclear testing wasn't as big on the radar, so maybe thats why no one really threatened to enforce a restriction on NBC warfare. I really dont know for sure, just a guess. It is however illegal for us to nuke any country.
