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On an interesting side note of how a nation like Iran can view this. Iran might look at this and think that North Korea tested a bomb and then all efforts were focused on diplomacy. Iran could interpret this as a signal that obtaining the bomb will forever take US invasion pressure off the table.
That said, China also plays a large role in how we deal with North Korea. The Chinese have propped up this North Korean regime for years because they have always wanted a "buffer" between the massive US troop presence in South Korea and the Chinese border.
On an interesting side note of how a nation like Iran can view this. Iran might look at this and think that North Korea tested a bomb and then all efforts were focused on diplomacy. Iran could interpret this as a signal that obtaining the bomb will forever take US invasion pressure off the table.
That said, China also plays a large role in how we deal with North Korea. The Chinese have propped up this North Korean regime for years because they have always wanted a "buffer" between the massive US troop presence in South Korea and the Chinese border.
