Posted on 10/06/2006 10:24:04 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
TOKYO - Japan is ready for North Korea to carry out its threatened nuclear test as soon as this weekend, officials said yesterday. Japanese Vice-Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi, on a visit to Washington, said Pyongyang's resolve to test its first atom bomb should not be underestimated.
"We discussed the possibility that the test would occur this weekend," Mr Yachi said after talks with US Deputy National Security Adviser Jack Crouch. North Korea issued a statement on Tuesday saying it would test a nuclear bomb, dramatically raising the stakes in its standoff with the US on its quest for atomic weapons. "They will probably go ahead and do it as they had that tone in their declaration," Mr Yachi said.
"It possibly means they are already very prepared." North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reportedly gathered top military commanders for a rally yesterday, urging them to bolster defences.
Attendees responded with cheers of hurrah and chanted slogans such as, "Let's fight at the cost of our lives for the respected Supreme Commander comrade Kim Jong Il". Tomorrow is the anniversary of Kim Jong Il's appointment as head of the Korean Workers' Party in 1997. In Tokyo, the Government said it was ready for a test by the arch-rival communist state. "We are making preparations keeping any possible scenario in mind," chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said. Japan would know immediately if there was a test, he said. Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would try to find common ground with his counterparts from China and South Korea when he saw them on his first foreign trip, which starts tomorrow. "We need to send messages together to stop the north before they make such a reckless action," Mr Abe said.
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I don't know, this just doesn't roll off the tongue the tongue like a crowd chanting "We will we will rock you." Way too many syllables. They handed these guys a script, and said, "chant this or we will shoot you."
My gosh! Exactly what I was thinking!!! I was waiting to see what Rove was going to do.
The famed Hill Remark of 5 Oct 2006 (Amb. Chris Hill) yesterday may just be enough to send the Norkies over the top; they were going to do it anyways, but this comment will strike them as an outright threat of war from the United States at a high level--no matter how much it is downspun by McCormick at State or the White House...despite the fact they, DPRK, have been threating war themselves explicity for years against us while we have been controlling our words and temper.
Now I know you're kidding! Nothing is more important than girl-talk, even when voiced by men.
What are the likely outcomes - assuming the test is a success? (Aside from Japan going nuclear, that is)
Nah. The N Kors have a scorecard and know who is playing which position and what their batting average is. If they are not sure their cousins in Beijing can explain it to them in exquisite detail.
It will be much more interesting if the test is a dud.
Why wait for them to do the test, I say show em who's boss! Can anyone say Hiroshima?
"It's time people paid attention. Words matter and THOSE words are astounding."
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=1483709§ion=news&src=rss/uk/worldNews
U.S. gives N Korea stark warning
Thu Oct 5, 2006 12:18 AM ET
By Carol Giacomo and Paul Eckert (snip)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States in its starkest warning so far said on Wednesday it would not live with a nuclear-armed North Korea, while Japan and other neighbors hardened their responses after the reclusive state announced it planned a nuclear test.
"We are not going to live with a nuclear North Korea, we are not going to accept it," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill said. He warned Pyongyang that "it can have a future or it can have these weapons. It cannot have both." . . .
We should not bomb Hiroshima. That will not deter the N Kors in the slightest.
Will Jimmy Carter be there to push the button?
The biggest thing will be to watch Iran and what they do. Also I'd keep an eye on all anti-US regimes in the US, like Venezuela, Cuba, Syria, etc. etc.
radiation
Where? Hiroshima? He's a grown man, he could be anywhere.
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