You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
China-Japan-Koreas
North Korea Promises to Drop Nuke Programs (per WSJ)
2005-09-19
North Korea pledged to drop its nuclear weapons development and rejoin international arms treaties in a unanimous agreement Monday at six-party arms talks. The agreement was the first-ever joint statement after more than two years of negotiations.

The North "promised to drop all nuclear weapons and current nuclear programs and to get back to the (Nuclear) Nonproliferation Treaty as soon as possible and to accept inspections" by the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to the agreement by the six countries at the talks.

The North and the U.S. also pledged to mutually respect each other's sovereignty and right to peaceful coexistence in the agreement.

"This is the most important result since the six-party talks started more than two years ago," said Wu Dawei, China's vice foreign minister.

"All six parties emphasized that to realize the inspectable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is the target of the six-party talks," the statement said.

The talks, which began in August 2003, include China, Japan, Russia, the U.S. and the two Koreas.

Posted by:Captain America

#18  I will believe this when I see it really happening. My 2 cents: Norks are up against the wall. The Chicoms, with some help from the SKors are keeping Kimmie's Magic Kingdom afloat. Now the NORKS are becoming a pain in the Chicom's side. So they put the screws on Kimmie and Co. Now the Norks may not get nukes for a while, but they have the knowledge and some wherewithal. The Chicoms and SKors will keep Kimmie in power. So we ***may*** have NORKS disarmed from their nukes for a while, but the NORK govt is still in power, and the North Korean people are again F*cked Over. They again lose, big time. Thank you PRC and SK for bailing out your little pit bull.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-09-19 23:35  

#17  I'm with LH up to a point. One of the arguments regarding going in to Iraq has been "why aren't we doing anything about North Korea and Iran". While it doesn't actually knock one of the legs out from this argument, it does weaken it and should buy both time and some silence.

But I don't think there'll be 12 months of time bought.
Posted by: Pappy   2005-09-19 19:08  

#16  You may be right LH - but I for one don't feel very trusting.
Posted by: Secret Master   2005-09-19 17:51  

#15  in any case this buys time. If you truely, honestly, deep in your heart believe that in, say, 12 months time we're going to see real light in Iraq, and US troops available for redeployment, etc then theres something to be said for kicking the can down the road a bit.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2005-09-19 17:50  

#14  same deal as last time?

Mebbe.

But this is one is certified and tied with a bow by the foreign Ministry of The Peoples Republic of China, the Next Superpower-TM.

Kimmy undoes the deal, it means major loss of face to the PRC. To whom face certainly matters, I think.

One assumes the reason Kimmy signed was cause teh Chinese basically told him they had him by the balls, (their motive for doing so to be seen as a great, responsible, indeed indispensable power) and he cried uncle.


Posted by: liberalhawk   2005-09-19 17:47  

#13  Isn't this article about 10 years old?

Seriously..... Kimmie-boy-the-baby-killer made pretty much the exact same promises in 1995 to Madam HalfAllbright and President Clinton.

Then he went ahead and continued his research anyway right under the UN's nose.....

(p.s. Preview is your friend....)
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-09-19 17:39  

#12  Isn't this article about 10 years old?

Seriously..... Kimmie-boy-the-baby-killer made pretty much the exact same promises in 1995 to Madam halfallbright and President Clinton.

Then he went ahead and continued his research anyway right under the UN's nose.....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-09-19 17:38  

#11  Frank Gaffney, a bona-fide Non-Idiotarian, unlike the CSIS crowd, just now said on Fox that it's simply a replay of the scam they ran on Mad Halfbright and the Clintoon fools. Same old, same old.

Kimmie's a One-Trick Pony. He hopes we have zero memory.

As Gaffney said so succinctly:
"You want it bad? You get it bad."
Posted by: .com   2005-09-19 17:33  

#10  North Korea pledged to drop its nuclear weapons development and rejoin international arms treaties

Smoke and mirrors.
Posted by: Secret Master   2005-09-19 17:26  

#9  For the Mullahs or the NorKs, Shipman? For the NorKs 'twould be as manna from heaven, for the Mullahs as the food of Satan.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-09-19 10:55  

#8  Kimmy probably has made pact with Iran. The Iranians are going to supply him with what he needs because its just another indirect attack against America. Kimmy can have his cake and eat it too. See no program here. He gets the aid, stays in power, and gets nukes.
Meanwhile the Adminstration screws around with the Europeans, the UN, and Iran contiues to build and build. See what being nice gets you.
Posted by: Chiger Shineng4673   2005-09-19 10:30  

#7  Porkchops at 7,500 ft.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-09-19 09:23  

#6  Using the Saddam model, he has 17 more chances to come clean.
Posted by: Chris W.   2005-09-19 09:21  

#5  Kimmy just bought himself a little time and put a little more pressure on the Mad Mullahs.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-09-19 07:36  

#4  All the Nukes are on Subs at sea, the Norks got nothing.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-09-19 02:27  

#3   Well if Kim waited until April he would lose the element of surprise ...

If he lets us verify the disarmament (which appears to be part of the argeement) the way that Muammar did, we're good to go. My guess, if this true, is that the Chinese made Kim an offer he couldn't refuse which, combined with US pressure, made him to decide to take the out and keep his little Oceania dystopia.
Posted by: Dan Darling   2005-09-19 02:07  

#2  Jaw-drop graphic? Or one with fingers crossed behind the back? Or Hell frozen over?

I'm with you, 3dc...
Posted by: .com   2005-09-19 02:03  

#1  April Fools joke in Sept? Or real?
Posted by: 3dc   2005-09-19 01:04  

00:00