Persian Hands

NY Sun ^ | 10/10/2006 | John Batchelor

[sellas]

Why did the North Koreans detonate a nuclear weapon now? Who benefits from a clear defiance of the United Nations Security Council? What possible gain could North Korea's utilitarian despot achieve by humiliating his protector, Beijing, by baiting his enabler, Seoul, and by threatening his adversary, America, in defense of its ally Japan?

Answer this question and you can begin to answer the scale of the threat posed by the North Korean test. Answer this question and you begin to see that the Bush administration faces an enemy that is well prepared to beggar commerce, wreck security, and blackmail the Security Council unless it gets what it wants. Answer this question and you will see that the hands on the nuke weapons test are not Korean but Persian.

Recall three months ago, when North Korea raised an intercontinental ballistic missile on the launch pad and taunted Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo for weeks before firing the weapon into the Japan Sea. At the time, Washington was accused of provoking North Korea by refusing to negotiate face-to-face and by spurning North Korea's demand for an American guarantee not to attack. Madeleine Albright recently called President Bush's foreign policy a "mess" and said he should have used Bill Clinton as a special negotiator with Pyongyang to defuse the confrontation. Horsefeathers. On July 4, North Korea launched at least seven missiles within a short time span, one of which was a Taepodong-2 missile capable of carrying a miniaturized nuclear warhead, not because Mr. Bush wouldn't telephone Kim Jong Il's bunker but because the test was paid for by, and staged for, Tehran.

[sellas]

...just found this article by John Batchelor - I was searching for info on his return to radio (...Jones'in for his show to return)

[the invisib1e hand]

the hands on the nuke weapons test are not Korean but Persian

Agreed. Well said.

[the invisib1e hand]

read the whole thing. a rare dose of good sense. the NY Sun is one of the best things going in this city.

[John Lenin]

bttt

[sgtbono2002]

I dont know the truth of this article, but it does seem logically possible.

[arthurus]

100% of the value of Talks goes to the other side. They talk only to prevent their capacity being militarily neutralized. While we talk they build and keeps talking so we don't interrupt their building. Whatever the capacity is now we need to take it on NOW. The longer we wait the nastier the response. There is no preventing the fight, we can only make it worse for us by delaying it.

[Chad_the_Impaler]

But ... but ... but ... Iran is religious, and North Korea is secular.

[ClaireSolt]

I do not think the talks have been a sham. I think the Bush administration has been applying reality therapy to those who have gotten in the habit of spending all their money on welfare programs while we protect them. They are slowly waking up and realizing that they have to do their part in defending civiilzation.

[GOPJ]

The else clock is running. The six-party talks in East Asia to contain Pyongyang are a sham. The European Union talks in Geneva to contain Tehran are a sham. The U.N. Security Council talks in New York to contain the nuclear weapons proliferators are a sham.

True, all so true.

[gonzo]

"...The else clock is running. The six-party talks in East Asia to contain Pyongyang are a sham. The European Union talks in Geneva to contain Tehran are a sham. The U.N. Security Council talks in New York to contain the nuclear weapons proliferators are a sham. The only confab to wait out is the Congressional elections. After that, and regardless of how much noise the appeasers make in the House of Representatives, the fleet sails to defend America and enforce civilization..."

I was betting on Christmas. It would make a nice present, and, would celebrate the birth of Christ in a way the islamaniacs could appreciate!...............FRegards