South Korea should possess nuclear weapons

For the last round of the debate, I would like to state another argument, but before I go on, I would like to rebut to the previous arguments made by my opponent. First, my opponent seems to be trying to say how creating nuclear weapons will not be a solution for self defense. However, there would be something called a 'nuclear deterrence' that the opposition had perhaps not heard about. Nuclear deterrence is an idea that if two countries have similar or equal amount of power, then both countries will not be willing to attack because they know that they will be destructed as much as they attack. Not only that, countries around us (South Korea) are already powerful. For example, North Korea owns nuclear weapons. Japan produces 9 tons of plutonium every year. China itself is already a rising star in both political and economic perspectives. WE need a balance of power, and one of the only ways to is to let South Korea own nuclear weapons. Second, he had said how South Korea is already safe because of the U.S nuclear umbrella. This point will be rebutted through the argument that I would say in this last round Third, he had stated how there are unforseen consequences. However, I would like the opposition to look at the current status quo. Right now, North Korea is known for its nuclear weapons, its dictatorship, and etc. In other words, North Korea has a negative image to other countries. Not only that, many countries know that North Korea had declared a thermonuclear war to South Korea. So, even if South Korea develops nuclear weapons, it is likely that they will be able to understand that we are doing it for our own self defense. Now, I would like to continue with the last round of this debate with another argument from the proposition. There is the need of independency in South Korea. This argument can be divided into two different parts. First, there isn"t 100% guarantee that the US will always be here for our country. Ladies and gentlemen, every single nation has different interest. They cannot possibly be exactly the same. And because of this, the US may not be in the situation to volunteer all happy and come to rescue South Korean citizens as their top priority. What"s even worse, let"s analyze the financial situation America is in. Currently, the US declared that they will be cutting down 500 billion dollars on their military, because they have a debt of 16.8 trillion dollars which is nearly 78.1% of the United States" GDP. So, looking at the US"s curret economic system right now, it can be clearly said that the US is incapable of doing their job. Not only that, America doesn"t only support South Korea, but they also provide military service to 25 other countries including the Philippines, Sudan, Nigeria, and etc. This means they already have too much on their plates, and we should NOT be jeopardizing our security in the hands of America. Just blindly believing in the US for help everytime, just simply waiting for them to come and help us --this is rather a very reliant and dependent attitude, and such attitude should no longer be shown by the South Korean government. Moving on to my second sub-point, sovereign right is crucial for all nations. The government of this country, South Korea, definitely should have the right to defend itself, and its citizens. If the government of the country cannot even protect its citizens, then what kind of government is that? Are we to continue being the "puppet" of the US for a few more decades in the future? The citizens of this country are the citizens that this government has to protect. It is not the responsibility of the US, nor the responsibility of China, or any other nation. Just waiting for the US to take actions is not something that a democratic, independent nation should do. Plus, we have a clear purpose for developing the nuclear weapons. Unlike North Korea, we are not developing nuclear weapons for fun or to threaten other countries. Rather, we"re doing it just for self defense. That"s all we ask for, the right to protect our own citizens. Is that too much to ask? We need to wake up. We had been a puppet for the past 60 years, and we had done nothing, absolutely nothing by ourselves. Wake up! Why do we need to be controlled so much by other countries and be brainwashed like North Korea is brainwashed by their dictator Kim Jong Un? Thank You.