US expert doubts N Korean bombs

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3417299.stm

A top United States scientist who visited North Korea's nuclear complex has said he left "unconvinced" the North could develop or deliver a bomb.

[0007]

1. I hope they get this on right!

[oneighty]

2. There is so much more

to a fission bomb or a fission/fusion bomb then a few pounds of fissionable material.

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[Valjean]

3. Freeing truly starving people.

If there is nation on Earth that would "welcome" liberation, it is the North Koreans. You simply put the South Koreans in charge, that's reconstruction.

I'm not sure if I should be worried about this. Something tells me that China wouldn't allow any such action. We should probably leave the whole thing up to the South Koreans.

[Snow]

4. I think the North Koreans are truly frightened of

the outside world, although they realize now things at home are a mess. Putting the South Koreans in charge of reconstruction/reunification makes eminent good sense, although at the very least the US & Japan will object to that. Further, it's going to be really, really expensive - much worse than the German reunification - and to expect South Korea to foot the bill on her own is too much. That's probably the major roadblock to peaceful reunification at the moment, besides the government/autonomy question - who can kick in with some money to help the process, and what will they want in return....

[The Sushi Bandit]

6. South Koreans are like "Capitalists Gone Wild"

they will plunder the North! The UN needs to step in there

[lumpy]

16. Yes, don't forget..

China has a huge interest in what goes on in the Koreas and you know whar side they are supporting. I had heard that US troops had withdrawn from the N. Korea border southward. Also that N and S Korea had renewed conciliatory talks again.

[lumpy]

17. I assume you mean by putting S. Koreans

in charge means renewing talks with N. Korea? No question the US should bug off. There was a chance Clinton's plan for reconciliation between the 2 Koreas was beginning to work before Bushco messed it up.

[radwriter0555]

5. NKers are MORe focused on NUCLEAR ENERGY for their PEOPLE than

they are for 'bombs'.

This whole BS about NK being some sort of threat to the USA is just nonsense and fear mongering.

[oneighty]

7. Lights

I recall Rumsfeld remarking that if one flew over N Korea at night the landscape was all dark, not lighted up like South Korea. That may be so. How can North Korea light up its cities if U S of A keeps depriving them of the means, Nuclear Power. It seems the US of A powers that be do not want a successful North Korea.

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[Snow]

8. Bingo!

Nothing scary to the north, no need for bases. That sounds awfuly simplistic, but that might be all there is to it.....

[radwriter0555]

9. And oddly enough, (and I have my tinfoil hat on) but there IS word of OIL

off the coast of North Korea.

LOTS and LOTS of oil.

Google it. Quite fun really.

[icymist]

10. Does the tinfoil hat help?

I mean, like....what's it do? Curious!

[radwriter0555]

12. It's the garb we wear when the notions we put forth SOUND CRAZY

but in actually, are real, true and genuine....

It protects us from the barbs, and insults.

[Snow]

11. OMG, I had no idea - and Halliburton's involved....

suddenly things become much much clearer..
http://www.rmfdevelopment.com/political/NorthKoreaOil.htm

Does make you wonder why we haven't invaded the North, though, doesn't it.

Honestly, all I thought the North had were those old hydroelectric plants and some coal & iron deposits.

[radwriter0555]

14. You know... I CAN'T MAKE THIS S%$#(T up, can I??? the Bush regime

just does it for me.

I'm always right. 'member dat.

[ElementaryPenguin]

18. Holy shit!! BFEE/PNAC Mob has outflanked us again!!

National security my ass! Greedy Bastards!

:argh:

[lumpy]

13. I saw the BBC interview

with Sigfried Hecker. The BBC headline is rather misleading. He never said he doubted the NK has nukes but that he never saw convincing evidence that they have developed nuke weapons for delivery. He asked to see weapons but N Koreans excused themselves from showing anything further because the investigation timeline prevented it. Hecker's investigation was in June of last year.
You can be sure the N.Koreans have not been sitting on their hands and you can be sure they will not be tipping their hands any time soon, at any rate.

[radwriter0555]

15. LOL if ANYTHING, and this IS a stretch, they're protecting their country

from an UNLAWFUL INVASION similar to afghanistan, iraq, syria....

BUT more than anything, they're BUILDING POWER PLANTS FOR ELECTRICITY.