North Korea says time is not on U.S. side in nuclear dispute

Bakersfield Californian ^ | 1/15/04 | George Gedda - AP

[boris]

We should have taken out all their known nuclear facilities the moment they turned off the cameras and cut the chains on the gates.

Then we should have taken out all of their suspected nuclear facilities...

--Boris

[Williams]

It's a touchy situation, but I tend to agree. Ultimately, their nuclear capability needs to go, one way or the other. What more warning do we need than "time is not on your side"?

[SwinneySwitch]

M.O.A.B.s!

[Sir Gawain]

Time is not on the U.S. side.

"Because one day you will have a Democrat president again and we can breathe easily."

[Batrachian]

Here's one cat that got out of the bag for sure. Now what? Fortunately there is an answer. It's called China. Nothing happens in North Korea without China's knowledge and consent. We squeeze China, they squeeze Kim Dong Ill. Simple. Unfortunately, the Bush Administration seems to be more interested in kowtowing to China than confronting it. This must stop.

Having failed to destroy North Korea's nuclear weapons manufacturing capability, indeed, having helped them build it up in the Clinton Administration, our only option now is to get China to rein in this menace, and we're not doing that, either.

No one wants to upset the trade applecart.

[shaggy eel]

No one wants to upset the trade applecart.

,,, no one wants to upset the trade deficit.

[baltodog]

I agree.

It's time we called on China to squeeze some dong.

[Batrachian]

It's already upset, wouldn't you say? Besides, nuclear blackmail and terrorism is rather more important, IMO. We should have taken these nutjobs out when we had the chance, just like when Israel destroyed Iraqs reactor in 1981. That method worked quite well, but it only works before the enemy actually has the nukes. Now it's too late.

[Just Lori]

Having failed to destroy North Korea's nuclear weapons manufacturing capability, indeed, having helped them build it up in the Clinton Administration, our only option now is to get China to rein in this menace, and we're not doing that, either.



"Get China" to do anything, might not be so easy. Did you notice they finally figured out how to keep their satellites in orbit? Guess who gave them THAT technology.

[Cautor]

North Korea says time is not on U.S. side in nuclear dispute

Ah yes, fearless leader knows NK has all the time in the world to starve itself into obscurity. Wonder when these guys will get it through their heads that Dubya isn't cowed by bluster the way Krinton and his hard-nosed negotiator--Jimma Kata--were?

[CaptRon]

I'm sitting here trying to think why there should continue to be a political entity named North Korea...

[Blue Highway]

Wonder when these guys will get it through their heads that Dubya isn't cowed by bluster the way Krinton and his hard-nosed negotiator--Jimma Kata--were?

Sounds like it's time for Hillery to rear her ugly head in NK. She'd be welcomed with open ARMS

[Dog Gone]

He was a Clinton holdover who was run off. That was conveniently left out of the story.

[shaggy eel]

Now it's too late.

,,, maybe, maybe not.

[monkeywrench]

Money is the bottom line. I feel like it's more of a , "whoever takes out kim-il, gets to pay to bring that country into this century" type deal than anything else. Noone wants to pick up that tab.

[zencat]

Time may not be on our side, but a gigaton advantage in nuclear arsenal and SLBMs that could reach out and touch Pyongyang in 90 seconds are.

[shaggy eel]

,,, that's a regional worry that China, as the biggest US Treasury Bond holder and with it's big trade surplus can afford to sort out long term. China, if it sees itself as a good global citizen should jump at the chance, based on it's posession obsession with Taiwan and HKG. West Germany picked up the pieces of East Germany. What's good for the goose...

[monkeywrench]

I agree, but, they won't do it. That would divert too much from their military spending. I can't even imagine the cost.

[shaggy eel]

That would divert too much from their military spending.

,,, you're right.