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N. Korea Says Has Nukes
North Korea has told the United States it has a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of an agreement signed with the Clinton administration. North Korea also told U.S. diplomats it no longer beholden to the anti-nuclear agreement. The disclosure, which stunned senior administration officials, is certain to chill U.S.-North Korean relations. You might say that... President Bush had labeled the country part of the "axis of evil" â along with Iraq and Iran â but hopes were raised that the reclusive nation wanted to build international ties when Bush sent Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly to Pyongyang for security talks. Kelly visited North Korea on Oct. 3-5 and demanded that the communist state address global concerns about its nuclear and other weapons programs. In response, the Pyongyang government accused Bush's special envoy of making "threatening remarks." North Korea's a lot like Iran, in that there appear to be two factions, both acting independently of each other. One tries to build some sort of normal relations with the rest of the world, and the other commutes from Lalaland in a lunar lander. Guess which faction Kelly was talking to? Under a 1994 agreement with the United States, North Korea promised to give up its nuclear weapons program, and it promised to allow inspections to verify that it did not have the material needed to construct such weapons. But it has yet to allow the inspections, drawing criticism from the Bush administration. So seal them off and let them eat nukes. It sure as hell doesn't make any sense to feed them. And somebody should make a note to pee on Clinton's leg. Thanks to Brian for the reminder on this one. I was going to blog it last night, from FoxNews. This piece has a little more detail... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-10-17 |
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