Sierra Mike
12-27-2002, 09:37 AM
From MSNBC.com:
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 27 — The North Korean government will expel international nuclear inspectors, a South Korea news agency reported Friday, only hours after the communist nation warned that the United States was rushing toward conflict.Read all about the Dear Leader's death wish at North Korea to Kick Out Inspectors (http://www.msnbc.com/news/850567.asp?vts=122720020520)
Frankly, I'm at a total loss here. I've seen nothing in the media which would indicate the US is "rushing toward conflict," other than condemnations of the North's resurgent nuclear weapons program. Are they so desperate to believe they can make some nuclear weapons to use as cover while advancing into South Korea? Have US military movements onto Iraq spurred the DPRK leadership to really feel it's the next verifiable target on the Pentagon's watch lists? The US has been pretty happy to maintain the balance of power while the two Koreas try and initiate some sort of dialog, even though such attempts always ended in failure due to DPRK dissatisfaction. I don't see a definitive posture change on the part of the US.
One happy note: I see that the ROK's new president suddenly rolled over and greeted the DPRK with something less than a hug and a kiss. I guess ROK politics are just like American; say whatever you need to get into office, then forget about all those campaign promises.
SM
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 27 — The North Korean government will expel international nuclear inspectors, a South Korea news agency reported Friday, only hours after the communist nation warned that the United States was rushing toward conflict.Read all about the Dear Leader's death wish at North Korea to Kick Out Inspectors (http://www.msnbc.com/news/850567.asp?vts=122720020520)
Frankly, I'm at a total loss here. I've seen nothing in the media which would indicate the US is "rushing toward conflict," other than condemnations of the North's resurgent nuclear weapons program. Are they so desperate to believe they can make some nuclear weapons to use as cover while advancing into South Korea? Have US military movements onto Iraq spurred the DPRK leadership to really feel it's the next verifiable target on the Pentagon's watch lists? The US has been pretty happy to maintain the balance of power while the two Koreas try and initiate some sort of dialog, even though such attempts always ended in failure due to DPRK dissatisfaction. I don't see a definitive posture change on the part of the US.
One happy note: I see that the ROK's new president suddenly rolled over and greeted the DPRK with something less than a hug and a kiss. I guess ROK politics are just like American; say whatever you need to get into office, then forget about all those campaign promises.
SM