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N.Korea Vows No Nuclear Concessions, Cites Iraq | |
2003-03-29 | |
North Korea vowed on Saturday to resist all international demands on the communist state to allow nuclear inspections or agree to disarm, saying Iraq had made this mistake and was now paying the price. "The DPRK would have already met the same miserable fate as Iraq's had it compromised its No, we would have left you content to eat grass and twigs. "The DPRK will increase its self-defensive capability and fully demonstrate its might under the uplifted banner of the army-based policy," Rodong Sinmun said. I knew I'd see "army-based policy sooner rather than later. A spokesman for South Korea's Unification Ministry declined immediate comment.
More like based on delusional rantings from up north, but I guess he couldn't say that. "There has been no mention by U.S. government officials of an attack against North Korea," Jeong was quoted as saying. Pyongyang insists any nuclear program it "Why, we can't be unilateral about this Kim, think of the trouble we'd get into at the UN!" Meanwhile, high-ranking South Korean officials sounded out major powers for a peaceful resolution to Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. In Washington, South Korea's Foreign Minister Yoon Young-kwan met Secretary of State Colin Powell and suggested that the United States take the initiative toward North Korea along the lines of the Nixon administration's overtures to communist China in the 1970s. Powell told reporters after his meeting that Yoon had given him Time is on our side, thanks. Seoul's Defense Minister Cho Young-kil met his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba in Seoul on Saturday and reiterated South Korea's policy of dealing with North Korea through talks. Relations between the two Koreas, locked in a tense standoff since the 1950-53 Korean War, warmed significantly in 2000 when the South's then president, Kim Dae-jung, So far he's been right. | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#6 Sheesh - I served in S.Korea for a year with the AF -- the people want reunification... They DON'T like Kim Jong-il. One would think they'd get a clue and try to rid themselves of that awful bastard so they could open up those new N.Korean markets and cheap labor pools! Pull your heads out of your asses S.Koreans - the Germans had decent men on both sides of the fence when they took the wall down -- Kim Jong-il MUST be told that his (and his familiy's) 15 minutes are up....... |
Posted by: Steve 2003-03-30 02:33:18 |
#5 Where's Jacques and Dominque on this issue? Or is NK too poor to offer them any lucrative contracts? |
Posted by: Matt 2003-03-29 11:52:04 |
#4 In 1981 Israel destroyed Osiraq and the delayed Saddam's nuke program by 5 - 10 years. In 2003, Amewrica will probably have to hit Yongbyon and Taechon. |
Posted by: Doug De Bono 2003-03-29 09:47:11 |
#3 the same miserable fate as Iraq's Heh! Even the NKOR's are acknowledging Iraq's fate. That's a good sign. |
Posted by: anonymous 2003-03-29 09:05:46 |
#2 Bulldog, it's just another example of what nitwits we (the U.S.) can be after yet another unfinished U.N. war. Not only should we not be feeding them, but we should also not be allowing them to ship arms. The war isn't over. We should be sinking every ship that leaves NK carrying weapons. And SK is prosperous enough that they need to be totally defending themselves on land. |
Posted by: Tom 2003-03-29 08:12:44 |
#1 Why are we feeding these guys? Or rather, as I understand it, why is the US feeding these guys? They'll be less army-based, more dead-based or farmer-based if we weren't propping up these f*ckwits. |
Posted by: Bulldog 2003-03-29 04:59:27 |