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| Blix warns of N Korea response |
| 2006-10-18 |
| Run away! Run away! Give him whatever he wants! "Stability" must be maintained! A tough-line stance against North Korea in wake of its nuclear weapons test could lead to an armed response from Pyongyang, former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said on Wednesday. In an interview with Swedish Radio, Blix said sanctions and threats of military attacks against North Korea was likely to lead to further escalation instead of a diplomatic solution. "If you look at North Korea's previous reactions when they have been exposed to threats, things have usually escalated," Blix said. "It is a dangerous situation." Blix also warned against pressuring China to stop and search North Korean ships for banned weapons and materials, an issue that has created tension between Beijing and the United States over UN security council sanctions for the North's nuclear test. China has so far balked against US pressure to stop the ships, saying it could trigger military clashes. "If you start stopping their ships ... there is a risk you will get an armed response," Blix said. "It's like a powder keg out there, and the spark could be lit." Blix is head of the Stockholm-based Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, which published a 227-page report about the dangers of nuclear weapons earlier this year. And the alternative to the monster created under your and Elbarradei's noses, Brixie? |
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| #8 DEMOLEFT > PC Worldwide US retreat-isolationism = VICTORY FOR USA IN WOT, don't ya know. IMO Chicoms per se will do little to nuthin agz the NorKorComs as long as Kimmie is directing Norkie fury at JAPAN, SOKORS, etal. espec USA, and NOT directly threatening Chinese control over North Korea. FREEREPUBLIC.com > CHINA MORE UPSET THAN USA > lists several sub-articles on Kimmie's/ NK's alleged retaliatory actions agz Chinese INTEL collection, etc. efforts within NK. Article(s) are okay but not convincing. China needs to be shown that desired national-econ moderniz + Commie Stalinism-Maoism is incompatible; + will only delay/hinder its LT rise to desired levels of modernity and geopol influence. TAIWAN = VIETNAM = PHILIPPINES = GUAM-MICRONESIA = GWADAR, etal > China, like Czarist RUSSIA = USSR before it, needs access to warm-water ports else must rely on overland Eurasian routes [old "SILK TRAIL(S)"]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-10-18 23:58 |
| #7 I think it is more than past time that the rest of the world worried about the U.S. response to provocation. |
| Posted by: DanNY 2006-10-18 21:35 |
| #6 Blix is the UN's version of Jimmy Carter. 'Nuff said. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-18 17:13 |
| #5 Video here. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-10-18 17:12 |
| #4 Hans is just afraid he'll be thrown into the shark tank. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-10-18 17:08 |
| #3 "If you start stopping their ships ... there is a risk you will get an armed response," Blix said. "It's like a powder keg out there, and the spark could be lit." Good! I'll light the friggin' fuse already, Hans, old boy. The Norkies wouldn't last a day against a full-fledged US air assault (well, a week at the outside). Hans, are you so afraid, so frightened of the mere thought of a clash between the US and North Korea that you'd do anything to avoid it? Are the Norkies that powerful in your mind? Yee, gods, you really must be as blind as a bat. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-10-18 15:26 |
| #2 Yep, about every 2 months, like it or not, irrelevant or not, Blixie shows up... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-10-18 14:46 |
| #1 HANS BWIX!! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-10-18 14:36 |