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| North Korea Issues Warning on U.N. Talks | |
| 2003-08-03 | |
| I’m sure this reads better at KCNA. EFL. North Korea on Saturday warned that any moves to discuss its suspected nuclear weapons programs at the United Nations would ``hamstring’’ efforts for dialogue and be a ``prelude to war.’’
Heck, everyone knows what a silly accusation THAT is! ``The U.S. intention to bring up the nuclear issue ... at the U.N. at any cost is a grave criminal act to hamstring’’ North Korea’s efforts at opening a dialogue, the official KCNA news agency said. ``Any move to discuss the nuclear issue at the U.N. Security Council is little short of a prelude to a war,’’ it said, reiterating past comments. We’re up to, what, 867 preludes now? Meanwhile, the United States and Japan are discussing forming a multinational inspection team to ensure North Korea eliminates its nuclear weapons development program, the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest circulation daily, reported Sunday. That team would include Russia and China. This is rather, multilateral, of us. U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton began working on the details of the plan with senior Japanese officials Friday after receiving word North Korea had agreed to six-way talks, the paper reported. On Thursday, Bolton criticized the Security Council, saying its credibility was at stake because it had failed to take up the North Korean nuclear issue. China, the North’s closest ally and a permanent member of the Security Council, had thwarted previous U.S. attempts to have the council condemn the North over its nuclear ambitions. An early U.N. discussion of North Korea seems unlikely. Even South Korea, a U.S. ally, has said all diplomatic options should be exhausted before the Security Council considers the issue. South is still weak in the knees, I see. Washington long has pushed for multilateral talks on the issue, saying it wants Pyongyang to end its nuclear programs. North Korea has insisted on one-on-one talks with the United States, through which it hopes to win a security guarantee. But North Korea on Friday agreed to multilateral talks, saying it would push for direct talks with the United States on the side. Washington said bilateral talks were a possibility. The acceptance of an American proposal for a broader discussion involving the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia was seen as a concession. Steve DenBeste says that this is the crucial concession and that the NKors are done for. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Saturday that Beijing was key to resolving the dispute. ``China more than any other country can exert long-term influence and long-term pressure on North Korea,’’ he said. As in, turn off the oil and watch the NKors squeal like a pig. On Friday, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Pyongyang might consider freezing its nuclear programs if multilateral talks go well and if it receives an assurance from the United States that it will not be attacked. Kofi is hopelessly behind, as usual. No date has been set for the talks, which are expected to be held in China, and no decision has been made on the level of the officials who will attend. An unidentified official at South Korea’s presidential office said talks could open ``late this month or early next month,’’ according to Seoul’s Yonhap news agency. The last time the United States and North Korea had official talks was in April in Beijing, but they have had unofficial talks in New York since then, via North Korean diplomats at the United Nations. No, we had no official talks in April, we had shuttle talks with the Chinese getting covered with spittle, not us. And then we walked out. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #10 Might be kinda tough to impose economic sanctions on a country with NO FUCKIN' ECONOMY! What are they gonna do, blockade Kimmie's foreign hookers? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-8-3 10:16:45 PM |
| #9 Frank G - Man you're fast! Okay, reading the story... when he tossed in this little disingenuous little jewel: "Clinton confined his remarks to biological and chemical weapons, and did not say whether he would consider credible any report that Saddam had wanted to build a nuclear weapons program." He firmly rooted the pudgy little suckers back on the ground. He knows better and couldn't resist, I guess, tossing a bone to himself / Donks. The Powerline article yesterday made it very clear what was afoot, as if we needed more quacking = duck info. If we ever decide to put the lie to the SyrLeb joke, we'll prolly give David Kay what he really needs, eh? |
| Posted by: ·com 2003-8-3 9:55:55 PM |
| #8 you asked for Pigs Flying, you got it ?¡ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-3 9:17:47 PM |
| #7 "Washington said bilateral talks were a possibility" Sure. It's a possibility... right up there with pigs flying. |
| Posted by: ·com 2003-8-3 5:53:12 PM |
| #6 Let's drop the facade guys. North Korea is directed and produced by Zero Mostel. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-8-3 4:15:35 PM |
| #5 Send him anyway. They don't want to talk to him, that's their problem. But they do NOT dictate personnel to the US. He can talk to the Chinese and Russians and Japanese and South Koreans while the Norks sulk. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-8-3 3:28:58 PM |
| #4 Meanwhile, a KCNA employee who also works for the state security apparatus (I realize that is redundant, but...) was surfing the net and saw this post. The post and all comments have duly been listed as "preludes to war, numbers 1,754,039 to 1,754,042". Informed source tell us when the preludes reach 2,000,000 the Nork government will switch to quaaludes. |
| Posted by: Hodadenon 2003-8-3 2:10:04 PM |
| #3 Is it just me or did things start to change when Japan announced it might have to get medieval on N.Korea if provoked by them? That could have had something to do with it, but so could the announcement that Russia was studying the option of a preemptive nuclear strike in order to avert disaster to its Far East center, Vladivostok. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-8-3 9:43:31 AM |
| #2 Now NK sez Bolton ain't welcome. Seems in a SK visit last week he referred to a puffy-haired little geek in jumpsuits as a "tyrannical dictator", and said living conditions in the North were "a hellish nightmare". Anybody here think that's not true? ...Anybody? ...Bueller? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-3 9:24:07 AM |
| #1 Is it just me or did things start to change when Japan announced it might have to get medieval on N.Korea if provoked by them? |
| Posted by: Raphael 2003-8-3 7:28:15 AM |