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The analog we should be looking to isn't Pakistan or DPRK... it's Israel.

It's widely held that while the US and allies were publicly condemning Israeli pursuit of a nuclear weapons program, they were secret helping or at the very least cheering it on.

In short, Ukraine almost certainly has a program. At what stage? Who knows.

Also, regarding corruption. Yes. Ukraine is corrupt. Very. But the problem isn't that Ukraine is more corrupt than the west, it's that it is differently corrupt.

In the west we use loopholes and quid pro quo. In Ukraine they use bribery and intimidation. In the west you pay a family member to sit on a board. In Ukraine you just pay a bribe.

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