Wow - North Korea agrees to suspend nuclear weapons tests and uranium enrichment
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/world/asia/us-says-north-korea-agree
s-to-curb-nuclear-work.html?_r=1&hp
Maybe it's too soon, but doesn't it feel like it's been a few thousand years since any country has done some Big Thinking?
WASHINGTON — North Korea agreed to suspend nuclear weapons tests and uranium enrichment and allow international inspectors to monitor activities at its main nuclear complex, the North’s official news agency and the State Department announced on Wednesday. The promises could end years of a standoff that has allowed the North’s nuclear program to continue with no international oversight and are part of a deal that included an American pledge to ship food aid to the isolated, impoverished nation.
North Korea also agreed on a moratorium on launchings of long-range missiles, which have in the past raised military tensions with South Korea and Japan.
For the relatively young and inexperienced Mr. Kim, the agreement could be crucial to solidifying his hold on power and the backing of the powerful military, analysts in South Korea said. He needs to show in the early months of his rule that he is improving people’s lives after years of food shortages and a devastating famine. Bringing in 240,000 metric tons of food aid from the United States will surely help.
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Possible positive impact on the Iranian talks.
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This was kind of the argument I was getting at before with Iran. North Korea has about as much reason to attack Japan and South Korea as Iran has to attack Israel. But I don't think either of them have any serious intentions to use nuclear weapons, they just want to be able to sit at the negotiating table.
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Hello,
It reminds me of Star Trek VI.
Buying them off is cheaper than war. I suspect they no longer have the resources to even make pretenses anymore, and so have caved to pressure in exchange for loot.
--Anthony
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Again?
They do this every few years, to keep getting U.S. food aid - supposedly for their citizens - that they can redirect to their military and government workers.
Then they move all the nuclear stuff underground and keep working, and wait to get caught so they can do the same thing over again.
They do the same with their ballistic missle programs.
See:
http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Originally posted by Geezer:
Again?
They do this every few years, to keep getting U.S. food aid - supposedly for their citizens - that they can redirect to their military and government workers.
Then they move all the nuclear stuff underground and keep working, and wait to get caught so they can do the same thing over again.
They do the same with their ballistic missle programs.
See:
http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron
"Keep the Shiny side up"
I saw mention of that in the article - maybe that's how our envoys started the discussion? "Again?"
Maybe we'll demand better verifications?
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Maybe now that they have it they don't feel the need to use it, because having it was all they really wanted?
Geezer's theory makes sense too, and the synic in me leans towards it.
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Originally posted by RionaEire:
Maybe now that they have it they don't feel the need to use it, because having it was all they really wanted?
Sounds like someone's adventures in dating.
Not mine, of course. But someone's.
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I object.
So long as there is even one starving american on our streets, I stand against deliving "metric tons" of food to any other country.
What rooks me worst is we have the ABILITY to correct that, and do not.
-F
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Raptor, :)
Frem, I see what you mean, I think we might do well to reduce the food we send overseas, I can't quite say no period, but that is the direction I'm heading in and eventually I think I might get there, but we would need to reduce it gradually so that other solutions can be found so they don't expect us to do it.
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
I object.
So long as there is even one starving american on our streets, I stand against deliving "metric tons" of food to any other country.
What rooks me worst is we have the ABILITY to correct that, and do not.
-F
Hello,
You know what's remarkable?
What's remarkable is that we can send a quarter-million tons of food somewhere, practically without notice, and not even feel the lack.
That's how much food we have to spare.
--Anthony
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