Additional follow up. Analysis from Asahi news today in Japanese was the North Korea did their traditional 'setogiwa gaiko' tactic (literally: "brinksmanship diplomacy"), of suddenly upsetting the apple cart and raising this card and using it in the talks that Kelly was conducting in Pyongyang to sue for continuation of talks. They are holding this out as a threat. Further, they surmised the difficulty, question at this time as to how the US will react and manage two major crises at this time, while they were (are) trying to concentrate on military action against Iraq first and foremost. Said the US steps will be to proclaim its desire to 'solve this peacefully' and form a coalition of allies in Asia, Japan/S. Korea namely, to also say they are for peace and united with the US demanding no further construction or action on the part of North Korea for nuke development.
Boy, pure George Bush is going to need some Grecian Formula and Tums in the morning.
Thanks for your updates.
Getting the news from Japan is very informative.
What os the reaction of the general public to this info?