No more disarmament talks with the DPRK. No cash to the DPRK. Monitoring of North Korea's missile program, etc. is what I would do.
Posted on 09/09/2009 4:12:05 AM PDT by myknowledge
SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States moved on Tuesday to freeze the assets of two North Korean entities believed to be involved in atomic and missile programmes, raising pressure on Pyongyang to resume disarmament talks.
Pyongyang has been sending out conflicting messages. In August, it made a series of conciliatory gestures, followed this month by more nuclear threats and then straining ties with Seoul by releasing water from a dam on a river flowing across the border, triggering a flash flood that killed six South Koreans.
WHAT ARE NORTH KOREA'S LEADERS UP TO?
Destitute North Korea wants cash and an end to U.N. sanctions that are cutting into its arms trade -- worth an estimated $1 billion a year for a state with a $17 billion annual GDP.
The North also wants to serve notice to the international community that it could revert quickly to provocations if it feels its overtures are being rebuffed.
North Korea wants to change tactics but analysts said it will not change heart and negotiate away its nuclear arms programme, seen in Pyongyang as the crowning achievement of leader Kim Jong-il's military-first policy and its only real defence in a hostile world.
HOW WILL THE SITUATION PLAY OUT?
The crisis will stay in flux while North Korea watches how its traditional foes, and in particular the United States, respond to its signals.
North Korea can claim victory at home either way -- if it engages with the world and secures help for its broken economy or it returns to sabre rattling and bolsters Kim's standing with his powerful military.
(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...
No more disarmament talks with the DPRK. No cash to the DPRK. Monitoring of North Korea's missile program, etc. is what I would do.
What? You mean the magic man hasn’t managed to persuade the mentally ill world leaders to love us? I mean all I heard about Bush was ‘it’s no wonder they all hate us’. So it really isn’t about Bush? Wow./s
They got one from the last 2 administrations.
A Look at North Korea:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nkorea/index
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/northkorea/index
It’s hard to tell
the current US policy toward North Korea is to ignore Chia’s missile shooting tantrums and they will stop having them
No news about North Korea = peace in our Times (The NYT that is)
Yo, Kimmie, just raise taxes.
Ask any US libtard congress critter and that's what they will tell you.
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