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Posted on 07/16/2003 11:30:49 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
America is heading for war with North Korea as early as this year because of mismanagement by the Bush administration, according to a former US Defence Secretary.
William Perry, who was Pentagon chief under President Bill Clinton, said that the White House was "losing control" of events now that Pyongyang appeared to have begun reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods.
Mr Perry said that North Korea would soon be testing nuclear warheads and that terrorists could buy the devices and use them against the US.
"I have thought for some months that if the North Koreans moved toward processing, then we are on a path toward war," he told the Washington Post.
"The nuclear programme under way in North Korea poses an imminent danger of nuclear weapons being detonated in American cities."
Mr Perry, who is widely respected in foreign policy circles, said he had reached his conclusions after speaking to White House officials, Roh Moo Hyun, the new president of South Korea, and senior Chinese officials.
His warning came as it emerged that North Korean officials told the Bush administration last week that they had enough plutonium for six nuclear weapons and would move swiftly forward with making them.
Scott McClellan, President George W Bush's press secretary, said: "North Korea has made a lot of claims in the past and it's not something at this time that we can confirm the accuracy of.
"We are continuing to seek a diplomatic solution."
Mr Perry has been closely involved in Korean policy debates since leaving the US government. Until recently, he had been publicly supportive of the Bush administration, arguing that the problem of North Korea's nuclear ambitions could be controlled.
"I held off public criticism because I had hoped that the administration was going to act on this problem," he said. He added that "time is running out and each month the problem gets more dangerous".
Proper talks with Pyongyang were very unlikely to happen. "My theory is the reason that we don't have a policy on this, and we aren't negotiating, is the president himself.
"I think he has come to the conclusion that Kim Jong Il [the North Korean leader] is evil and it is immoral to negotiate with him."
Headlines? They want headlines? Well, here's their 'headlines' right here:
"DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON FAILS TO CONVINCE NORTH KOREA THROUGH PERSONAL FRIENDS IN NORTH KOREAN U.N. NYC MISSION TO HALT NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM!"
or, which is also true:
"PYONGYANG CONTINUES CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN RURAL AREAS; LONGS FOR RETURN OF CONCILIATORY AND NAIVE DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRATION IN 2004"
The best defense is a good offense. The dems are monopolizing the media to divert criticizm of the Toon's failed foreign policy.
They did the same thing when he went to Africa and are doing it concerning successes in Iraq.
They are even trying to legislate against expansion of conservative radio and TV, virtually our best means of communication.
yitbos
The funny thing is, even today, no conglomerate has more than about 13%+ or -. It is idiocy.
yitbos
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