North Korea wants 1 million tons of fuel oil before dismantling reactor

Kyodo News (Japan) (excerpt) ^ | February 11, 2007

[HAL9000]

(Kyodo) - North Korea has demanded it be provided with 1 million tons of fuel oil annually before it dismantles a nuclear facility and another 2 million tons annually after the dismantlement, a negotiation source said Sunday.

The nation lodged the demand at the six-party talks on its nuclear programs being held in Beijing, the source said.

[Clintonfatigued]

And where are we supposed to get that?

[kinoxi]

I want a harem, a yacht, and a moon base...

[PatrickF4]

Perhaps we are not; it lets them say they are willing to negotiate.

"I will destroy NYC unless you give me one billion dollars!"

[Ken522]

Why can't the United States dismantle his reactor for him, and save the fuel?

[RightWhale]

So keep the reactor. Who cares.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Uh, no.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

People in Hell want ice water.

[DTogo]

How about 1 million tons of smart bombs instead?

We'll drop them off tomorrow...

[PalestrinaGal0317]

And I want a million dollars and a Hershey's chocolate bar. What exactly is your point?

[johnny7]

I'd tell them to start digging...

[barkeep]

batter yet, and far cheaper, the equivalent energy in propane; delivered in the form of fuel/air bombs.

[Dinsdale]

I want a harem, a yacht, and a moon base...

Because with a harem a moon base would be the only place to get any peace and quite?

[Waco]

Another Socialist Miracle shows us what it's got. (And ain't got.) Bow down, Hillary, Kerry, Castro.

[wodinoneeye]

The North Koreans could burn bodies, they have enough of them available lately .....

[C210N]

Great idea! And can solve that problem from way back, where NK insisted on 2-party talks.

Therefore, I'd suggest NK get down right now, and enter 2-party talks with Iran. Iran agrees to provide the fuel oil, and NK agrees to dismantle its reactors.

[Albert Barr]

Tell them to call Hugo Chavez, he's giving the stuff away to American, why not the North Koreans. Heck, dictators should help each other out when they get the chance.

[Dutch Boy]

Interesting. It seems Kim Jong Il is getting desperate. GWB did fall for his earlier cons and now he is in trouble. I wonder what he will do when the people finally revolt....

A few more years of this and the way he shafted China last year by stealing their food trains he will implode.

[Polonius]

So, same deal as before -- we prop up their failing regime in exchange for a temporary concession, until they decided to repeat the process a few years down the road? That really worked out well for us the last time.

[wildcatf4f3]

i'm stealing your line