A North Korean Nuclear Egg Laid (Hillary blames Bush now that it has hatched)

GoGov ^ | April 30, 2004 | Russell Betts

[BJungNan]

A North Korean Nuclear Egg Laid
Who to blame now that it has hatched?

"They couldn't do that when George Bush became president, and now they can," - Senator (D-NY) Hillary Clinton speaking to the New York Times about N. Korean nuclear weapons capabilities.

The world is indeed a far more dangerous place as we learn North Korea now has the capability to strike the U.S. with nuclear missiles. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) blames this development on the Bush administration, saying the North Koreans did not have this capability when Bush took office. But just how did North Korea acquire the the nuclear technology?

For Clinton to say this threat is one hatched under the Bush Administration conveniently ignores when the egg was laid.

In October, 1998 this column chronicled revelations about North Korea having embarked on a nuclear arms program - a program made possible by a deal the Clinton administration struck with North Korea to provide technology for a nuclear reactors on the promise that the technology would not be used for nuclear weapons production.

The deal represented a reversal of nine previous U.S. administration's policy towards North Korea. The Clinton administration committed to $6 billion dollars of foreign aid to North Korea, earmarking it as primarily for the construction of nuclear reactors. This deal made a hostile and belligerent nation the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid in Asia .

Defenders of the Clinton administration will tell you it is easy to be critical of the deal in hindsight. But for Hillary Clinton to now use this as a issue against the Bush administration represents the grossest distortion of the issue imaginable. Hillary Clinton is blaming Bush for one very ill-conceived deal and one heck of a dangerous egg

But it is worse than that. The Clinton administration was warned at the time it embarked on this gesture of trust. Those warnings having now proven to be exactly correct. It was not a case of Monday morning quarterbacking when the deal was confirmed to have been the start of a significant risk to the United States. The call was sent to the huddle, the call was don't run that play.

According to a 1999 congressional study and warning by the House North Korea Advisory Group, that deal, those reactors, provided North Korea the capacity to generate enough nuclear fuel to produce almost 100 nuclear bombs per year.

Imagine this stupidity. On a promise not to build nuclear weapons, the U.S. provided the funds and the technical know how to do just that. American taxpayer handed over billions of dollars on a promise.

Given the gravity of the situation and the direct responsibility of her husband's administration in creating it, we'd expect Hillary Clinton to keep quiet on the subject, to do all she could to keep the issue out of the news. The honorable thing would be a humble admission to participation in a very serious error of judgment.

Sam Donaldson, liberal talk radio host and Clinton supporter, when confronted with the issue by Sean Hannity on his nationally syndicated show in 1998 asked, "What would you have to talk about if you did not have Clinton?"

As we write this, the furthest thing for our minds was that we would be talking about Hillary having raised the issue of North Korean nuclear missile capabilities.

[Grateful One]

The liberals certainly know how to target the intelligence of their constituency..............

The "intelligence" of their constituency is the root of ALL our problems.

[silverleaf]

http://www.wisconsinproject.org/countries/nkorea/nuke-miss-chron.htm

Ooops, forgot the chronology site.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Lets hope some louder voices in Congress from the Republicans side, and the NEW MEDIA can out shout her in the blame, and point the blame back at her and her husband.
Lets hope this will be one of the big issues that will come up if she runs for President, and she will be defeated.

[gakrak]

Newsmax already reported the findings about North Korea and her rant is not only false but also it was the Clinton Administration that gave them their current capability. (Paraphrase)
Based on a 1999 congressional finding that North Korea first obtained the capacity to develop nuclear weapons under your husband's administration, which actually gave Kim Jong Il nuclear technology in exchange for the promise that he would not make weapons.
(I think Bush was still the Governor of Texas at that time.)
In addition the same House North Korea Advisory Group warned: "If the [Clinton administration's] 1994 Agreed Framework is implemented and two [U.S. Light Water Reactors] are eventually built and operated in North Korea, the reactors could produce close to 500 kilograms of plutonium in spent reactor fuel each year; enough for nearly 100 bombs annually if North Korea decides to break its obligations and reprocess the material."

The advisory group also blasted the Clinton administration for making North Korea "the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid in the Asia-Pacific region."

"In an astonishing reversal of nine previous U.S. administrations," the report said, "the Clinton-Gore administration, in 1994, committed not only to provide foreign aid for North Korea, but to earmark that aid primarily for the construction of nuclear reactors worth up to $6 billion."

The advisory group also warned that North Korea would soon be able to hit the U.S. with ICBMs - and blamed the Clinton administration for facilitating Pyongyang's progress.

Now the next time Hillary wags her finger at the current administration, make sure your closet doesn't have any skeletons in it.
Amen.

[Tacis]

Hey, you can't blame this on Bill Clinton!! He sold US military secrets to the Chinese, not the North Koreans!!

[ozzymandus]

Is hillary adding insult to injury, or politics to treason? This is the biggest example of RATS blaming 'pubs for RAT crimes that I've ever seen.

[airborne]

Let's not forget.

India and Pakistan didn't have nukes when Bill Clinton was elected.

But they both had them when he left!

[Prophet in the wilderness]

You mean, conveniently forgotten by the Clintons, MSN , and the Sheeple.
But, we have not forgotten about it.

[Search4Truth]

"The "intelligence" of their constituency is the root of ALL our problems."

But its not just the double digit intellects - simple minded folks have been great patriots - no, it's more than that; it's a character defect of sorts, compounded by environment. The tragic part is that I believe it is entirely curable if caught early.

[Enterprise]

Hillary considered her pathetic self a Co-President. So, she can rejoice in her "accomplishments."

Soft and cowardly on terrorism.
The pardons of convicted terrorists.
The aid to China which enabled the Chinese to make their rockets more reliable.
The aid to North Korea which enabled the North Koreans to build nuclear weapons.

Regarding North Korea though, since that nation is still an enemy of the United States, why haven't top officials of the Clinton Administration been jailed for treason?

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Yup.... that about sums it up , the way the scum liberals are.
I could not have put it more eloquently myself in your analyzes of the Liberals.

[montag813]

You'd think Hillary would have enough sense not to highlight the deficiencies in her own husband's record.

Unfortunately, Bush himself did not have any sense during his first debate with Kerry, repeatedly giving the disasterous Clinton-Carter-Albright nuclear welfare plan a complete pass. Kerry and Lehrer kept giving Jorge a chance to bash the Clintons for "losing N Korea", and he punted every time.

When Hillary runs, expect the same kind of cowardice from our side.

[Unicorn]

BTTT

[skepsel]

India exploded a "peaceful nuclear device" at a sub-surface test facility in the Great Thar Desert (IIRC) in 1974. They took advantage of the fact that the US was distracted by Watergate, Cyprus, etc.

[Brilliant]

I don't think so. Bush gave him a pass because he's not the kind to attack a fellow politician, particularly someone he's not running against. Of course, Hillary will claim she had nothing to do with it, but if she's going to blame Bush (who won't be there to respond), then you can bet her opponent will point out that her husband allowed all this, and she helped.

[Brilliant]

He gave the N. Koreans a light nuclear reactor.

[lowbridge]

bump

[The_Media_never_lie]

You'd think Hillary would have enough sense not to highlight the deficiencies in her own husband's record.

Maybe she knew she would get a pass from the LameStream Media on this (and all) issue.

[ballplayer]

Stupid ass where do you think the north Koreans get their information

[BJungNan]

Thanks for the link. Very interesting.