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2004-12-01 China-Japan-Koreas

Another North Korean bargaining chip in the nuclear crisis

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Posted by tipper 2004-12-01 4:05:01 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I've asked before but never gotten an answer.

Where are the Kyoto types and Greenie protestors of all these new nuke plants? Iran is busily building nuclear generating plants with promises of EU (and JFK) help, NK is / was having us build them these "safe" nuke plants and never a peep from the environmentalists.

Any guesses at the reaction if GWB announced a program to build another 20 or so nuke plants to cut down on coal / oil / gas electric generation?

Where are those Rainbow Wimps when you need them?

Posted by AlanC 2004-12-01 9:20:42 AM|| 2004-12-01 9:20:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 As far as the Greens go, their real beef is not with nuclear power, but with Western Civilization. So long a barbarians build the things, they're cool with it.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-12-01 9:22:32 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-12-01 9:22:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like time for some Tomahawk negotiation, and compensation to the South Korean construction teams. A dozen Tomahawks should do the trick. Let the NKors have the scrap metal.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-12-01 3:29:43 PM|| [http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2004-12-01 3:29:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 When you make deals with psychopaths, expect to get burned. The SKor companies expected to do quite well in Nork, but, well sh*t happens. Losing the construction spread will be a good object lesson for South Koreans. They will not learn unless they bear the cost.

The whole reason that this deal went south is that the Norks violated their agreement not to produce plutonium, so the Norks will also pay a price for welching on the deal.

The US hopefully has learned that the Norks are liars and thieves, but we knew that going in. Everyone can thank Bubba for sucking everyone into this fiasco.

So that is how I see it: an expensive object lesson for SKor. Maybe the SKor govt can bail out the SKor contractors. The KEDO project is a dead skunk in the middle of the road.

A final note: Fred---your comments had me spraying turkey and dressing leftovers on the screen. Thanks a lot....

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-12-01 4:20:00 PM|| 2004-12-01 4:20:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 AP- Consider it "a good object lesson". Rantburg has never been drink-safe.

Posted by Dishman 2004-12-01 5:13:41 PM|| 2004-12-01 5:13:41 PM|| Front Page Top

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