So if we hold direct talks, or any talks at all, does anybody here think this guy will really hold up to his end of the bargain?
I'm not saying we need to invade yet, I'm just saying. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:50 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: NKorea tests Missile, bringing us all a little closer to WWIII > > "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- North Korea apparently tested a short-range > missile Sunday, the Bush administration said, the latest in a string > of recent incidents to refocus international attention on the Korean > Peninsula's nuclear standoff." > <snip> > "The day before the apparent test, North Korea called President Bush a > "hooligan" and said it expected no solution of the international > standoff over its nuclear program during the current U.S. > administration" > <snip> > "Also Thursday, a Defense Department intelligence official said North > Korea has the "theoretical capability" to arm a missile with a nuclear > device and strike the United States." > <snip> > Sen. Carl Levin, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, > said on "Late Edition" that Sunday's test shows the Bush > administration's refusal to hold direct talks with Pyongyang is > leading to an even greater nuclear threat. > <snip> > The test, Levin said, is "additional, very discouraging evidence that > this administration's policy towards North Korea is failing. We've had > a lot of other evidence in the last four years -- the fact that they > have renewed their reprocessing program of plutonium; the fact that > they're now enriching uranium; and the fact they apparently can now > put a nuclear weapon on a missile." > <snip> > "He said North Koreans "are living in poverty -- many in concentration > camps. They do not have any exercise of democracy or freedom. They are > not allowed to contact the outside world. [Kim] is not the kind of > leader that is comfortable with the rest of the world."" > <snip> > Last week, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lowell Jacoby > testified on Capitol Hill that, according to a U.S. assessment, North > Korea has the capacity to arm a missile with a nuclear device and hit > U.S. territory. > > (Hmm...that doesn't sound 'theoretical' to me, earlier in the article > didn't someone say 'Theoretically'?) > > I sense that the war hawks are leaning toward 'Regime Change', and > with the hard line the BUsh Administration has been taken, and it's > strong Rhetoric against North Korea they seem to be building things to > the point where the only response will be a Military one. > > http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/northkorea.missile/index.html > > It's MONDAY! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156032 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
