NKorea to 'boost nuke program'

[dahunan]

NKorea to 'boost nuke program'

NKorea to 'boost nuke program'
From correspondents in Seoul, South Korea
September 30, 2003
NORTH Korea said it was taking "concrete measures" to boost its nuclear capabilities, reiterating that it was no longer interested in holding further negotiations with the United States.

A spokesman of the communist state's Foreign Ministry also told its official news agency KCNA that if the United States tries to force North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program before it provides Pyongyang with a nonaggression treaty, it would lead to "war."

North Korea has made the threats before, and its Stalinist government tends to escalate its harsh rhetoric when it wants to extract concessions before crucial talks with the United States.

The latest comments, monitored by South Korean news agency Yonhap, came as the United States and others were trying to coax the North to return to six-nation nuclear talks that ended without agreement last month in Beijing.

"We are taking concrete measures to keep and further strengthen our nuclear deterrent force as self-defense aimed at preventing a nuclear pre-emptive strike by the U.S. and guarantee peace and security on the Korean Peninsula," the North Korean spokesman said.
"We have lost any interest in or expectations for talks when it has been proved that the U.S. has no willingness to build peaceful coexistence with us but spares no efforts to use the six-way talks to completely disarm us," he added.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,7418331%255E1702,00.html

 

[lozina]

No worries... the imminent threat of Iraq is now gone. We're safe now.

 

[LunarRay]

Originally posted by: lozina
No worries... the imminent threat of Iraq is now gone. We're safe now.

We must be safe. I don't know of any Security Counsel resolutions regarding N. Korea in 2002 or 2003 so it must be peace as usual..

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Even if there were resolutions, no one would want to enforce them anyway, so this 'boosting' is perfectly acceptable (and legal)

 

[Colt45]

good.

 

[LunarRay]

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx
Even if there were resolutions, no one would want to enforce them anyway, so this 'boosting' is perfectly acceptable (and legal)

Assuming they've not signed any non proliferation treaties (which I don't think they did) it is scary.. at least to me. I don't like to hear folks use the word war.. and the US in the same sentence..

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx
Even if there were resolutions, no one would want to enforce them anyway, so this 'boosting' is perfectly acceptable (and legal)

Once they build an ICBM or at least one that can reach LosAngeles then the world will be a safer place, right?

I think NK is a Pawn for China. China will protect NK if it really comes down to it.. so what can we do?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

What are we supposed to do about it...attack a country preemptivly? I thought that was baaaaaad.

 

[DealMonkey]

Bush veered off on a tangent by going into Iraq. Now he's dropped the ball and lost sight of the real threat(s): Al Qaeda and North Korea. Possibly add Iran to that list. Bush is simply deferring the problem to the next administration in 2004. Who knows?

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Bush veered off on a tangent by going into Iraq. Now he's dropped the ball and lost sight of the real threat(s): Al Qaeda and North Korea. Possibly add Iran to that list. Bush is simply deferring the problem to the next administration in 2004. Who knows?

I find my point of view on Iraq to be interesting

If we stay there and install a state of the art Military Base then the illegal colonization will be a good thing

IF we go there and lose 400 american lives and 200 billion dollars then it will be a waste.

 

[LunarRay]

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Bush veered off on a tangent by going into Iraq. Now he's dropped the ball and lost sight of the real threat(s): Al Qaeda and North Korea. Possibly add Iran to that list. Bush is simply deferring the problem to the next administration in 2004. Who knows?

I find my point of view on Iraq to be interesting

If we stay there and install a state of the art Military Base then the illegal colonization will be a good thing

IF we go there and lose 400 american lives and 200 billion dollars then it will be a waste.

I don't think anyone in the mid east wants the great satan in Iraq or Saudi or anywhere over there.. we are evil in their eyes..

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: LunarRay

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Bush veered off on a tangent by going into Iraq. Now he's dropped the ball and lost sight of the real threat(s): Al Qaeda and North Korea. Possibly add Iran to that list. Bush is simply deferring the problem to the next administration in 2004. Who knows?

I find my point of view on Iraq to be interesting

If we stay there and install a state of the art Military Base then the illegal colonization will be a good thing

IF we go there and lose 400 american lives and 200 billion dollars then it will be a waste.

I don't think anyone in the mid east wants the great satan in Iraq or Saudi or anywhere over there.. we are evil in their eyes..

That is why I hope we stay Because we need to protect ourselves from their religious fundies :evil:

 

[DealMonkey]

But who will protect us from our own religious fundies?

 

[LunarRay]

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: LunarRay

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Bush veered off on a tangent by going into Iraq. Now he's dropped the ball and lost sight of the real threat(s): Al Qaeda and North Korea. Possibly add Iran to that list. Bush is simply deferring the problem to the next administration in 2004. Who knows?

I find my point of view on Iraq to be interesting

If we stay there and install a state of the art Military Base then the illegal colonization will be a good thing

IF we go there and lose 400 american lives and 200 billion dollars then it will be a waste.

I don't think anyone in the mid east wants the great satan in Iraq or Saudi or anywhere over there.. we are evil in their eyes..

That is why I hope we stay Because we need to protect ourselves from their religious fundies :evil:

I guess I should have said that they would rather we simply ceased to exist (the 'fundies') as with Israel.. so being there only brings us closer to their threats.. I'd rather they be their self all by themselves..

 

[Zebo]

I've thought a long time ago we were resigned, behind closed doors, to them having nukes. The price is to high to make them comply in many peoples eyes. Sorta a good argument for acting in Iraq if he actaully was pursueing nukes and WMD's. No evidence has been presented other than Bushs' "i believe" speeches, like Gen Clark "believes" in time travel/faster than light ships