New member in the nuclear club

[TankGirl]

And what a weird member it is.

[theknife]

not for the lack of trying, but NK's test seems to be a bit of a dud...apparently the event readings from the area in question are unusually low for a nuke test.

One intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. intelligence agencies detected an explosive event in North Korea with a force of less than a kiloton. Historically, the types of devices used in initial nuclear tests have yielded several kilotons of force.

"We cannot confirm if it was a nuclear explosion," the official said Monday morning.

Another U.S. government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of political sensitivity of the situation, said the seismic event could have been a nuclear explosion, but its small size was making it difficult for authorities to verify that.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...home-headlines

[multi]

boshintang anyone ?

[multi]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/1908571.stm

"These reactors are like all reactors, They have the potential to make weapons. So you might end up supplying the worst nuclear violator with the means to acquire the very weapons we're trying to prevent it acquiring," Henry Sokolski told the Far Eastern Economic Review.

[Nicobie]

the nut with the nuke

[floydian slip]

all the talk about sanctions is pretty laughable, this is the UN we are talking about here. just like the sanctions worked in iraq they will work just as well in NK.

why wont the U.S. just talk with them, pretty snobby i'd say

freaking diplomacy my ass

[theknife]

Originally Posted by floydian slip

why wont the U.S. just talk with them, pretty snobby i'd say

freaking diplomacy my ass

great point...

the most fundamental flaw in our foreign policy approach, imho, is a refusal to talk to our enemies. Donald Gregg, National Security Advisor to Bush 41:

Why won't the Bush administration talk bilaterally and substantively with NK, as the Brits (and eventually the US) did with Libya? Because the Bush administration sees diplomacy as something to be engaged in with another country as a reward for that country's good behavior. They seem not to see diplomacy as a tool to be used with antagonistic countries or parties, that might bring about an improvement in the behavior of such entities, and a resolution to the issues that trouble us. Thus we do not talk to Iran, Syria, Hizballah or North Korea. We only talk to our friends -- a huge mistake.

when you won't talk, your range of options narrows considerably.

[Nicobie]

Originally Posted by floydian slip

why wont the U.S. just talk with them, pretty snobby i'd say

freaking diplomacy my ass

The man is wacked. He is interested in blackmail.

Pay attention.

pls.