N. Korea may conduct second nuke test: think tank

Yonhap ^ | March 4, 2009 | Hwang Doo-hyong

[rdl6989]

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea may conduct a second nuclear test in the near future to increase its bargaining power in negotiating with the United States, a private think tank said Wednesday.

"The new administration and Congress should not be surprised if Pyongyang precipitates a crisis, perhaps in the near term, to elevate its importance in a crowded U.S. foreign policy agenda," the Seattle-based National Bureau of Asian Research said in a report titled "Shock of the New: Congress and Asia in 2009."

"Such a crisis could include a second nuclear test or escalation of military tension with South Korea or Japan," the report said.

North Korea detonated its first nuclear device in October 2006, prompting the reluctant Bush administration to actively engage the reclusive communist state to sign a denuclearization deal months later.

[dr_who]

Twenty, perhaps ten, years ago, this would be a wakeup call.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Now it is called a ‘status quo,’ by those who have always advocated engagement and appeasement. They always said N. Korea would ultimately bargain it away. Ain’t going to happen.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[AmericanInTokyo]

I can recently think primarily of one DEMOCRAT President and one REPUBLICAN President, both idiots, responsible for this terrible situation that would have our beloved General MacArthur rolling in his grave. Disgraceful!

[TigerLikesRooster]

And their feckless female SOS’s.

[TheThinker]

Strange that China and Russia let this happen, particularly China. How can you trust the pygmy?

[bergmeid]

And BamBam is too busy chasing Rush Limbaugh around the coffee table.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

And BamBam is too busy chasing Rush Limbaugh around the coffee table.
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Meh. That’s just to distract and entertain the serfs while he gets along with his dirty deeds.

[bamahead]