[RnMomof7]

Remember when WE the American taxpayer built the Nuclear Power plant? Clinton was sure it was not going to be used to build bombs......How about a little nuclear blackmail now?

Interesting that Korea is not "seen " as a great threat only Iraq...we are a pitiful nation of fools..

[justshe]

Oh stop it.

We are addressing almost the same situation with Iraq BEFORE Iraq turns into another North Korea, complete w/nuclear bombs.

Nothing would please you. This country is damned if they do (Iraq) and damned if they don't (North Korea), if one follows YOUR logic, or lack thereof.

[Snidely Whiplash]

Remember when WE the American taxpayer built the Nuclear Power plant? Clinton was sure it was not going to be used to build bombs......How about a little nuclear blackmail now?

Construction on the first reactor started - wait for it - TWO MONTHS AGO. They aren't complete. There are in fact delays in construction because NK is dodging the IAEA inspection regime. Of course, now it's unlikely they'll ever be completed. A relevant link, from Japan's Asahi newspaper:

August 23, 2002 - KEDO Reactor Program Stalled

The type of reactors that are supposed to be built - light-water reactors - are much harder to use to produce fissile material. Incidentally, the construction of the reactors has largely been financed by South Korea and Japan, two countries far more concerned than we with NK's nuclear status.

Snidely