October 17, 2002
North Korea, Newest Member Of The Nuclear Club
North Korea made the front page today with its admission that they ignored the 1994 agreement brokered by Jimmy Carter not to try to build a nuclear bomb in return for nuclear power and other aid. And they also let slip that they don't feel bound by the agreement anymore -- although they don't seem to ever have felt bound by it -- and they have a more powerful weapons, some exotic yet extra potent form of kimchi I suppose.
Telling us now is no accident. They're letting us know before we invade, or even threaten them - we can't be deterred if we don't know as pointed out in Dr. Strangelove - that they have nuclear and biological weapons. Either they have these weapons of mass destruction, or they're close to having them or they are simply bluffing. What country is willing to find out the hard way? The Carter legacy just continues to give and give.
Posted by Kevin Murphy at October 17, 2002 12:52 PM | International Politics
