North Korea 'Has Two Nuclear Bombs'

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10-18-2002 | David Rennie

[mhking]

"We like the way your Bill Clinton plays poker. Send him back to play poker with us anytime!"

[jjm2111]

Thank you, Bill Clinton, Chamberlain of our times.

Pinging Maureen Dowd......

So, NK shouldn't be in the AOE?

[DCPatriot]

LOL! You couldn't have had a script written better than this if you hired Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm-HBO)

It cements Bush's victory while simultaneously spolights the failure of the Liberal establishment.

Oh yeah, Bush sure is one dumb cowboy, huh?

[rightwing2]

I thought that the reactors that the US and Korea pledged to build could not produce nuclear bomb material. Rather, North Korea has other reactors on the Chernobyl model, that do make bomb material.

Well, you are correct in that the assumption that the Plutonium 239 they produced could not be used to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons. However, testimony to the House of Reps in 1999 by House Policy Committee experts proved that wrong. They testified that North Korea could use Plutonium 239 to build nuclear warheads without much difficulty. Here is the link:

House Policy Committee Experts Testify US sponsored Nuclear Reactors for North Korea will allow them to build 60 nukes a year

[Paul Ross]

Thanks for the link! Heads up, all! No wonder Bubba smirked about his North Korean 'peace efforts.' Complete sham, and knowingly so.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[OXENinFLA]

Down the memory hole it went.

You're so right, I hate to say it but that is the mentality of the sheeple here. "Four legs good, two legs

[secretagent]

Thanks rightwing2.

SSN558, see rightwing2's link: US sponsored reactors for N Korea will allow 60 nukes a year.

[secretagent]

Thanks Fabozz.

Also see rightwing2's link: 60 nukes a year from N Korea's US sponsored reactors

[Bon mots]

The Clinton Legacy

It's that gift that just keeps on giving...

[secretagent]

See rightwing2's post #44. Apparently North Korea can get a significant number of nukes from the US sponsored reactors, after all.

[MeekOneGOP]

[DugwayDuke]

"Should we not break off Iraq and go to the greatest threat?"

No, just remember that North Korea should not longer be referred to by that name. In the future, they should be referred to by their new name: "Next".

Quite frankly, this argument that we should now target NK rather than Iraq is nothing more than an excuse seized upon by those who would grasp at any straw not to attack Iraq.

If Bush had decided to attack the country formerly known as NK first, they would now be argueing that we shouldn't attack the former NK because of this development.

[wtc911]

Korea is always interesting. My son is on his way there for a year and I will be back over two or three times in the near future. It is now a wholly different proposition.

[ladyinred]

No, you see, this is Bush's fault. You must understand that because of his hatred for Clinton, he reversed all of Clinton's brilliant policies! That somehow, if you don't use logic of course, caused the N. Koreans to build the bomb! Yeah, I get it don't you?
This is going to be the party line talking points. Already said by a RAT on Hannity and Colmes.

[DugwayDuke]

Divide your estimate by about a thousand and you'd be closer to the truth. North Korea has the military capabilities of Iraq. No spare parts, 30 or 40 year old aircraft, no modern armor, no modern airdefense, no food, no oil, no fuel, and no allies.

They do however have the capability to make nukes. And, they have demonstrated that they will sell any capability to any one with money. Do you want to wait until one of our major metropolitan areas is atomic glass before you see the need to act?

And, just what does "staying home" have to do with "lowering taxes"?

[secretagent]

You have a deeper understanding of the situation than most.

I wonder if you agree with my proposal: No more U.S. tax funded aid to North Korea.

[wtc911]

I don't know if I would want to cut all aid at this point. That might just make them too desparate which could lead to a "we've got nothing to lose" attitude. I would hold off until some of the other cesspools around the globe are cleaned up.

[secretagent]

Thanks.