Interesting, thanks.
Remember Christ's first warning regarding signs of his return was "deception" and he was talking to Christians.
Putin's comment -- that North Korea would end its missile program if other nations provided it with rocket technology for space exploration -- was expected to receive attention during the G8 summit.
The three-day summit of the world's leading industrial nations begins Friday; G8 leaders plan to meet officials from developing nations on Thursday, however, to discuss debt- and poverty-related issues.
"The country which could probably steward North Korea out of isolation, help them, if they are looking to get out of isolation, might be Russia," said former Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev.
Putin, the first Russian leader to visit North Korea, offered few details about how a program of shared technology would work, or who would finance it. He rejected a suggestion that Russia send its rockets to North Korea. He also told reporters that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had assured him that North Korea's missile program was only used for peaceful purposes.
"The North Korean government is prepared to use exclusively the rocket technology of other nations if they provide such an opportunity for the peaceful exploration of space," Putin said.
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Putin...told reporters that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had assured him that North Korea's missile program was only used for peaceful purposes. "The North Korean government is prepared to use exclusively the rocket technology of other nations if they provide such an opportunity for the peaceful exploration of space," Putin said.
A Pentagon report on weapons found in Iraq after the war revealed a staggering amount of armaments, almost all foreign-made. The report, first disclosed in a new book by one of this column's writers, Bill Gertz, reached this stark conclusion: "Foreign munitions were used against coalition forces during the war and continue to be a potential source of explosives for improvised explosive devices still being used to kill U.S. soldiers."
According to the report cited in "Treachery: How America's Friends and Foes are Secretly Arming Our Enemies," 24 nations supplied armaments to Saddam Hussein. The total amount was between 650,000 tons and 1 million tons. By contrast, the entire U.S. military arsenal is between 1.6 million and 1.8 million tons.
The big three arms suppliers were Russia (and the Soviet Union), China and France: Russia supplied 122 different types of arms and a total of nearly 13 million items; China had provided 19 different types of arms and almost 380,000 items; France had supplied 12 different armaments and more than 115,000 items.
The report was produced by the office of deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, John Shaw.
It found that Russia had violated U.N. sanctions on Iraq by selling Saddam Hussein Kornet-E antitank guided weapons. The report said that in March 2003, Kornet missiles, first developed in 1994, were fired at two U.S. Army M-1A1 Abrams tanks near Najaf, disabling them.
The report also stated that Syria purchased 500 to 1,000 Kornets from Ukraine "on behalf of Iraq"; the transfers took place in early 2003, the report said. The Ukrainians had bought the missiles from Russian manufacturers. The report concluded, "Possession of the Kornet-E violates U.N. Security Council Resolution 687," which barred arms sales to Iraq.
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An examply of Putin's Christian charity?
"...improvised explosive devices still being used to kill U.S. soldiers.
"The big three arms suppliers were Russia (and the Soviet Union), China and France: Russia supplied 122 different types of arms and a total of nearly 13 million items... That would be Putin's Russian.
"It found that Russia had violated U.N. sanctions on Iraq by selling Saddam Hussein Kornet-E antitank guided weapons. The report said that in March 2003, Kornet missiles, first developed in 1994." Charity Putin style.
"The Ukrainians had bought the missiles from Russian manufacturers. The report concluded, "Possession of the Kornet-E violates U.N. Security Council Resolution 687," which barred arms sales to Iraq." It's a shame Putin doesn't export Bibles...they would kill fewer of our people.