Go stand at ground zero during their next test…

…then report back to us…

I think it is safe to say that should Republicans win the House or Senate, The Elections were Rigged. However, Democrats will get the blame, lol

Critics say the Bush administration blundered in trying to confront North Korea in late 2002 just as it was committing itself to invading Iraq.

“The Bush administration deserves particular criticism,” said Gary Samore, vice-president of the independent Council on Foreign Relations in New York. “They had unrealistic expectations of what they could achieve through pressure. The US ability to coerce North Korea is quite limited, especially in the middle of a war with Iraq.”

http://www.miserywatch.com/2006/10/north_korea_fal.html

The point is not whether ot not were succeeding in Iraq. (Of course we can,by the way) The important thing is to belive in what Bush says. whethere it is “Freedoms on the march”. “Mission accomplished” or “We are winning the war on terror”

see who are you going to believe bush or your own lying eyes.

“pm” should be “in” and “For the life though,” should be “For the life of me though,”

I could be wrong, but I don’t think N. Korea ever had any intention of giving up nukes. They have been playing the world for 15 years.

Comment by paul — October 9, 2006 @ 9:20 pm

I read the assessment and it appears that North Korea was violating the agreement and that the Clinton administration discovered it in 1998 or 99. But it appears that North Korea would have to open up its closed nuclear facilities and reprocess its 8000 stored fuel rods in order to produce a bomb. The article states that Clinton and the CIA had a plan pm place to bomb the nuclear facilities if North Korea attempted to do so but this did not occur until 2003 (two years into the Bush administration). It appears that the reprocessing of the fuel rods and the opening of the nuclear facilities took place after Bush asserted that North Korea was part of the “Axis of Evil” and the subsequent bombing of another “Axis of Evil,” Iraq. For the life though, I cannot figure out why North Korea would do this after these events.

Rumsfeld was sitting on the board of the Zurich-based engineering firm that won a $200 million contract to provide the design and key components for a pair of nuclear reactors being sold to North Korea. The company is ABB. Rumsfeld served on the board from 1990 to 2001. He was the only American serving on the board, and he has never acknowledged ABB’s role in building these reactors in North Korea. A former ABB director recently told Fortune magazine that Rumsfeld was asked to lobby Washington on ABB’s behalf.

http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/nkorea_nucweps.htm

I could be wrong, but I don’t think N. Korea ever had any intention of giving up nukes. They have been playing the world for 15 years.

“Unfortunately, North Korea never stopped their nuclear weapons development, as was revealed in February of 2005, when North Korea announced to the world they had a nuclear bomb.

You’ve been mislead that Clinton negotiations have produced any results. You ought to be upset that we received nothing for all the money we spent in Pyongyang.
Comment by paul — October 9, 2006 @ 8:23 pm”

-Where are you getting this information from?

-Was the assumption that North Korea never stopped their nuclear weapons development based on the February 2005 (four years into the Bush administration) pronouncement?

After private diplomacy by former president Jimmy Carter, the Clinton administration reached a breakthrough with North Korea in October 1994 when North Korea agreed to shut down the nuclear plants that could produce materials for weapons if the United States would help North Korea build plants that generated electricity with light-water nuclear reactors. These reactors would be more efficient and their waste could not easily be used for nuclear weaponry. The United States also agreed to supply fuel oil for electricity until the new plants were built, and North Korea agreed to allow inspection of the old waste sites when construction began on the new plants. Unfortunately, North Korea never stopped their nuclear weapons development, as was revealed in February of 2005, when North Korea announced to the world they had a nuclear bomb.

You’ve been mislead that Clinton negotiations have produced any results. You ought to be upset that we received nothing for all the money we spent in Pyongyang.

paul, we know the results. Clinton’s approach resulted in a freezing of N. Korea’s nuclear ambitions. Bush’s approach has resulted in what we see today. WTF are you talking about?

Excellent point!

But then, we’re dealing with Emperor CryBaby, so anything’s possible with ReichWingNuts.