Who cares whose fault it is. They have been allowed to do this. Period. President Bush said and PROMISED AMERICA that North Korea WOULD NOT be allowed to have Nuclear Weapons.
Guess that was a lie?
It doesn't matter now. North Korea has them and now we have to live with it. The world will stand by, as it has all along, and allow this to continue.
Soon Japan will go nuclear. Others countries will follow.
We will then repeat all of this in the Middle East.
The United Nations is not capable of handling this. Nor is the United States *obviously*
There is PLENTY of blame to go around.
I believe the promise was that Iran would not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon but you could be right.
I think N. Korea already had nukes before 2000. I don't recall the President stating that, It was Iran.
As usual the rabid Bush haters are cannot get the facts straight. The President said that about Iran, he NEVER said any such thing about North Korean North Korea was suspected of having at least 6 nukes back in 1998s. All this does is confirm that suspicion.
"President Bush said and PROMISED AMERICA that North Korea WOULD NOT be allowed to have Nuclear Weapons. "
it has been believed that they have them for some number of years, at least in limited quantity. However, in the media age of politics this was plausibly deniable until they tested.
The main problem with this test is the public pressure and response it forces from all involved nations who have wished this problem away for over a decade.
Wow. You need to start paying attention before you spout off.....
Our second goal is to prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction. Some of these regimes have been pretty quiet since September the 11th. But we know their true nature. North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens.
Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom.
Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas to murder thousands of its own citizens -- leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over their dead children. This is a regime that agreed to international inspections -- then kicked out the inspectors. This is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world.
States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.
We will work closely with our coalition to deny terrorists and their state sponsors the materials, technology, and expertise to make and deliver weapons of mass destruction. We will develop and deploy effective missile defenses to protect America and our allies from sudden attack. (Applause.) And all nations should know: America will do what is necessary to ensure our nation's security.
We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side. I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. (Applause.)
Our war on terror is well begun, but it is only begun. This campaign may not be finished on our watch -- yet it must be and it will be waged on our watch.
We can't stop short. If we stop now -- leaving terror camps intact and terror states unchecked -- our sense of security would be false and temporary. History has called America and our allies to action, and it is both our responsibility and our privilege to fight freedom's fight. (Applause.)
Our first priority must always be the security of our nation, and that will be reflected in the budget I send to Congress. My budget supports three great goals for America: We will win this war; we'll protect our homeland; and we will revive our economy.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020129-11.html
Well, blaming is all you're good for. So you must be having fun spreading blame around.
Now, where is the quote in which President Bush PROMISED that NK would not be allowed to get a nuclear weapon? There isn't one. He has not PROMISED that the Korean Peninsula would never have a nuke on it's soil. What he HAS repeatedly urged on the world is that a nuclearized KP would be unacceptable and extremely dangerous.
It is Iran that he has said "will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons". You are confusing the two.