This just in: North Korea to End armistice!

[Edan]

Last time I checked Ghadaffi was alive and well.

Yes, he is alive.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
So there is no blockade and the DPRK and you are just blustering.

So there is no ending of armistice by DPRK. Why are you blustering?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Edan
Right. It was Bush's speech about the Axis of Evil that caused North Korea to restart it's nuclear program years beforehand.

Cite?

[DinoDoc]

You're the one getting hysterical with the smilies when talking about blockades and the like.

[DuncanK]

I read that the US had stopped a NK vessel and searched it. It was a piece at cnn.com

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Cite?

Why don't you show us credible information that they restarted thier program and extracted enough weapons grade material from it in the amount of time from the "Axis of Evil" speech and today?

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Spiffor Did Kim really decide to suicide his country in a big boom or what ?
I hope he's a reasonable leader, who just uses hard talk to reinforce his bargaining position, but I can't say I'm sure. The more time passes, the more NK's poistion seems suicidal.

Originally posted by Comrade Tribune
I believe he is a reasonable leader...

This has got to be the most curious exchange.

[Edan]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Cite?

They were enriching uranium since 1997, in violation of their agreement with the US. I'll see if I can find a cite.

[Edan]

U.S. saw North Korea's work to enrich fuel for nukes

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021018-82935839.htm

[DuncanK]

They violated an agreement with the UN I believe

[DinoDoc]

6) When did the plant get started/program begin?

"We discovered this problem. I mean, everybody thought the agreed framework froze North Korea's nuclear aspirations. It turned out that it was misdirection. While everybody was watching Yongbyon and seeing that it was frozen, the North Koreans had started moving in a new direction with respect to the enrichment of uranium. And this didn't happen just in the last year or two. It's a decision they made and a program they started four or so years ago, and we found out about it this summer. And we confronted the North Koreans with it."
(Secretary Colin Powell, Fox News Sunday, December 29, 2002)

"They were motivated some four, five years ago, if not earlier, to make the political decision to move down the road of finding a second way of developing a nuclear weapon."
(Secretary Colin Powell, NBC Meet the Press, December 29, 2002)

"'However, we did not obtain clear evidence indicating the North had begun constructing a centrifuge facility until recently,' the CIA said. 'We assess that North Korea embarked on the effort to develop a centrifuge-based uranium enrichment program about two years ago.'
"Last year, procurement agents for North Korea 'began seeking centrifuge-related materials in large quantities,' the CIA said, noting that the North Koreans 'also obtained equipment suitable for use in uranium feed and withdrawal systems.'"
("North Korea Can Build Nukes Right Now," By Bill Gertz, Washington Times, November 22, 2002)

"The North Korean side attempted to blame this situation on recent U.S. policy, but I pointed out that this was inconsistent with information we had that their uranium enrichment program is already several years old."
(Press Conference with James Kelly, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, October 19, 2002)

http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/templates/article.asp?NewsID=3871

[DuncanK]

Under a 1995 agreement, the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Corp (KEDO) agreed to supply the north with 500,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil a year in exchange for the freezing of Pyongyang's nuclear program.

But deliveries came to an end after North Korea said in October it had continued its nuclear weapons program in secret since 1994.

-cnn

[DuncanK]

Basically the North Koreans promised the world that they would not try to obtain nuclear weapons back in 1994. In return the world offered them food and energy. They took advantage of the worlds trust and secretly worked to produce nukes and to build up their army. And now they (and some Euros here) are complaining about the US breaking their agreements. It wont fly. The US, and the world, should be under no obligation to stick to any agreements they have made with NK, because NK is obviously not going to stick to their agreements.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Ned
I think the EU needs to send troops to replace US forces. This guy to the North of the 38th parallel is really crazy and a lot of Americans could end up being killed. It is high time for the Euros to take up some of the burden of policing the world against the insane.

You're an idiot. Why should the Euros enforce your foreign policy?

[notyoueither]

Oh come on! Surely Kim is a reasonable leader?!