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Kim Jong-Il has put North Korean troops on combat alert and threatened military action if the South trespasses in its waters as global stock markets freak out at the prospect of a war which, if it occurs, can be blamed on the U.S. government’s history of arming the Stalinist dictator with nuclear weapons.
Korean markets plunged 3.3 per cent overnight as investors were spooked at escalating tensions between the two countries following South Korea’s allegation that the North was responsible for the March 26 torpedoing of one of its warships
Kim Jong-il responded to the charge by puttin
if it occurs, can be blamed on the U.S. government’s history of arming the Stalinist dictator with nuclear weapons.
Originally posted by Ventessa
What ever happened to the good old fashioned dual? You gotta problem with some one...you take it to them and keep it between the two of you...why does everyone else have to get drug into it?
I'm sick of worrying about wars being started by people that I don't even know, and have nothing against. Why should my friends, family, and possibly myself ever have to kill, or fight other innocent people because a couple of A-holes are determined to have pissing contest? How many people have to die before we get our heads out of our @sses?
[edit on 25-5-2010 by Ventessa]
Originally posted by Maddogkull
They blew up a SK ship......If I was SK I would already be getting ready for a war.
Originally posted by Xtrozero
if it occurs, can be blamed on the U.S. government’s history of arming the Stalinist dictator with nuclear weapons.
Not sure how they came to this conclusion either. I don't think we armed North Korea with nukes.....geez
Originally posted by Xtrozero
if it occurs, can be blamed on the U.S. government’s history of arming the Stalinist dictator with nuclear weapons.
Not sure how they came to this conclusion either. I don't think we armed North Korea with nukes.....geez
Washington, Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush is seeking $3.5 million for the international consortium that continues to build two nuclear reactors for North Korea, even as the U.S. confronts the communist regime over nuclear arms.
The funding, which must be approved by Congress, would go toward the New York-based Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization's administrative funding, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. The money wouldn't fund reactor construction, he said.
``We're not prejudging the decisions on the organization's future,'' Boucher told reporters. ``Proposals for funds are intended to maintain the flexibility we need to achieve our global nonproliferation goals.''
The sum is the U.S. share of KEDO's $17 million operating budget, including its 40 workers in New York and eight in North Korea, KEDO spokesman Brian Kremer said. As many as 1,500 construction workers remain in Kumho, in northeastern North Korea, pouring the concrete foundations for the reactors, which won't be completed for several years, he said.
The 1994 Agreed Framework created the organization, committing the U.S., Japan and South Korea to build the reactors and deliver enough fuel oil for North Korea's energy needs until the facilities were ready. South Korea is paying for most of the reactor project.
In exchange, North Korea would scrap reactors tied to a nuclear arms effort and allow international inspectors to verify compliance. Two new 1,000-megawatt, light-water reactors, valued at $4.6 billion, would provide enough power to light 2 million U.S. homes, or about 20 percent of North Korea's energy.
The pledge shows the U.S. is still pursuing its commitments to North Korea even as the two countries are squaring off over U.S. allegations North Korea essentially annulled the agreement by covertly enriching uranium for weapons use.
Inspectors Sent Home
North Korea sent home two International Atomic Energy Agency officials who were monitoring the country's compliance with the agreement and withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
This week North Korea reacted angrily to U.S. offers to resume dialogue if the regime abandons its nuclear weapons program, alleging the Bush administration is threatening war.
The principal KEDO members, now the U.S., South Korea, Japan and the European Union, decided to end shipments of fuel oil soon after U.S. envoy James Kelly's October meeting with North Korean officials at which the Bush administration said it learned of the regime's deception.
Originally posted by ErEhWoN
But why does it have to be a NUCLEAR war?
Aren't there any conventional wars anymore?
Isn't a conventional war bad enough? If I only had a handful of nukes, I wouldn't waste them all right away.
I would bury a few under certain mountain passes/valleys, and draw my enemy in, letting him think he had the upperhand, then detonate.
I dont think NK has the ability to put a nuke on a missle yet, so no nuclear war.
Conventional on the other hand.........
Originally posted by CanadianDream420
I put this in the other thread but AJ really broke it down yesterday on his show:
I never knew US paid for NK to have Light-Water reactors?
Washington, Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush is seeking $3.5 million for the international consortium that continues to build two nuclear reactors for North Korea, even as the U.S. confronts the communist regime over nuclear arms.
The funding, which must be approved by Congress, would go toward the New York-based Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization's administrative funding, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. The money wouldn't fund reactor construction, he said.
``We're not prejudging the decisions on the organization's future,'' Boucher told reporters. ``Proposals for funds are intended to maintain the flexibility we need to achieve our global nonproliferation goals.''
The sum is the U.S. share of KEDO's $17 million operating budget, including its 40 workers in New York and eight in North Korea, KEDO spokesman Brian Kremer said. As many as 1,500 construction workers remain in Kumho, in northeastern North Korea, pouring the concrete foundations for the reactors, which won't be completed for several years, he said.
The 1994 Agreed Framework created the organization, committing the U.S., Japan and South Korea to build the reactors and deliver enough fuel oil for North Korea's energy needs until the facilities were ready. South Korea is paying for most of the reactor project.
In exchange, North Korea would scrap reactors tied to a nuclear arms effort and allow international inspectors to verify compliance. Two new 1,000-megawatt, light-water reactors, valued at $4.6 billion, would provide enough power to light 2 million U.S. homes, or about 20 percent of North Korea's energy.
The pledge shows the U.S. is still pursuing its commitments to North Korea even as the two countries are squaring off over U.S. allegations North Korea essentially annulled the agreement by covertly enriching uranium for weapons use.
Inspectors Sent Home
North Korea sent home two International Atomic Energy Agency officials who were monitoring the country's compliance with the agreement and withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
This week North Korea reacted angrily to U.S. offers to resume dialogue if the regime abandons its nuclear weapons program, alleging the Bush administration is threatening war.
The principal KEDO members, now the U.S., South Korea, Japan and the European Union, decided to end shipments of fuel oil soon after U.S. envoy James Kelly's October meeting with North Korean officials at which the Bush administration said it learned of the regime's deception.
[edit on 25-5-2010 by CanadianDream420]
Originally posted by RiotComing
Originally posted by Xtrozero
if it occurs, can be blamed on the U.S. government’s history of arming the Stalinist dictator with nuclear weapons.
Not sure how they came to this conclusion either. I don't think we armed North Korea with nukes.....geez
Ummm yes you DID
...there's no getting away from it.. ignorance is no excuse, you're all culpable for this mess.
Originally posted by RiotComing
...there's no getting away from it.. ignorance is no excuse, you're all culpable for this mess.