N. Korea To Drop Nuke Programs

[heyrabbit]

"BEIJING (CP) - North Korea agreed Monday to dismantle nuclear weapons and its atomic facilities in exchange for energy aid, economic co-operation and security assurances, a breakthrough that marked a first step toward disarmament after two years of six-country talks. "

 

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2005/09/16/1220540-ap.html

 

Gee, didn't see this one coming.

[Dan #2]

They shouldn't have had to disarm to be able to eat, though it is nice that one less country has nuclear arms, BUT it also says nuclear facilities. Does that entail nuclear power plants?

 

Did they have to choose between food/medicine and power/heat?

[Cherry Poppin' Daddy]

Well, they've reversed this.

[Dan #2]

The whole dropping of the Nuke Program?

[Cherry Poppin' Daddy]

Yeah. Now North Korea wants the US to give them a light-water nuclear reactor in exchange for dropping their weapons programme.

[Moonlight_Graham]

http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.htm...38-7507aded4ef7

 

North Korea says it will not dismantle nuclear weapons until it gets reactors

 

Edited September 20, 2005 by Moonlight_Graham

[Russell]

NK just wants the world to know who they are. I picture Kim Jong just like in Team America, a sad and lonely man. heh.

[Ravenous Yam]

Yeah, they want reactors now... which is exactly where they got the original nuclear material for their weapons from!!! Reactors!!

 

That's the worst 'deal' i've ever heard of.

[worldofnoise]

If you have to, kill them with kindness.

Build them some reactors, operate them. How could they say no? Unless they really do want to build weapons.

[Ruettiger]

Because they really DO want to build weapons.

[Ravenous Yam]

Yeah, there's no question that they want to build more weapons. Kimmy is such a nutcase.

[worldofnoise]

Well then, I don't see this ending well...

[Russell]

Yeah, there's no question that they want to build more weapons. Kimmy is such a nutcase.

He's not the only nutcase involved in this political "crisis".

[ourmodernred]

North Korea will put away the bullets once it gets the gun eh...

[Russell]

So far as I'm concerned, NK is just as entitled to nuclear weapons and/or power as anybody else (which, well, should be nobody but that is clearly not the case).

[static]

Kim Jong Il is the funniest world leader ever.

[garsk]

because of his hair, or that he wears platform shoes?

 

it is just a matter of time until they get the bomb, it is just a matter of time till they threaten to uses it to get food/power/money for their people

[Cherry Poppin' Daddy]

I don't think Kim Jong Il is dumb enough to use a nuclear bomb. He would have to be an idiot not to realise it would mean the end of his tin pot regime.

[Ravenous Yam]

He may not be dumb enough, but he is certainly insane enough. They probably have nukes, and are known to have a large arsenal of chemical weapons. The entire country is pretty much one giant, fairly well trained war machine. For only ~7% of the population of the US, they have 3/4 the military manpower.

And the US has more enemies than allies.

 

And the DPRK still has China on it's side at this time. NK wants South Korea, China wants Taiwan, and both have said they are willing to declare war on the USA if the Americans try to get in their way once they go for their respective goals.