North Korea is ruled by a ‘brutal dictatorial and megolmaniac regime’, with a supposedly horrible human rights record. It has invaded and/or poses a direct military threat to its neighbours, and to US troops in the region? Sounds a lot like what the US is saying about some other country it is presently gunning for at the moment? But aside from that fact, North Korea has WMD, and freely admits to this fact. In fact it is thumbing its nose at the US and the ‘international comnmunity’ by annoucing that it is continuing its nuclear programme, and has even removed the UN monitoring equipment from its nuclear sites.
So where are the UN resolutions and demands for dossiers? Any sign of UN inspectors or US/UK troops rushing more troops to the region, to prepare to disarm the North Koreans? This is what one leading US Senator has to say about those plucky North Koreans:-
***“They’re going to be able to build four to five additional nuclear weapons within months if they begin that reprocessing operation.” ***
rvikz yaar, get some sleep. Being in front of that screen 24x7 is no good for the eyesight. However, on a positive note, I can't see you getting RSI :)
Us dont see any potential or attraction to invade Korea..
besides Iraq is major threat to Isreal, rather then to US or any nation, and it dosnt possess Oil resources aswell.
and to counter Korea japan , Australia are enough.
Us is least bothered about human rights violation and army rule..
I guess we all know that..
Us dont see any potential or attraction to invade Korea..
besides Iraq is major threat to Isreal, rather then to US or any nation, and it dosnt possess Oil resources aswell.
and to counter Korea japan , Australia are enough.
Us is least bothered about human rights violation and army rule..
I guess we all know that..
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Yes, most of that is the case. But I suspect the US knows full well that Iraq does NOT have WMD, hence its unwillingness to share its intelligence with the UN. Thus it an easy target to take out, to further its oil interests, and of course protect the Zionist entity.
But, it knows full well that North Korea DOES have WMD, and hence will not dare strike them militarily in case they get a nuclear response in return. Lets not forget there are some 30,000 US troops in South Korea, and a similar number in Japan, in striking distance of North Korean missiles. So yes, the United States is scared of North Korea.
South Korea on the other hand is taking a decidedly anti-US turn anyway. Only the other week some 50,000 + people were on the streets protesting against the US presence, and they have just elected a President who is more interested in dialogue with the North, than war.
Us dont see any potential or attraction to invade Korea..
besides Iraq is major threat to Isreal, rather then to US or any nation, and it dosnt possess Oil resources aswell.
and to counter Korea japan , Australia are enough.
Us is least bothered about human rights violation and army rule..
I guess we all know that..
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So they can’t provide proof that Iraq can even produce one nuclear bomb, but they are prepared to wage an aggressive war against it. Yet they are openly saying that North Korea can produce 50 nuclear bombs a year, yet there is no threat of war there?
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* Is the United States scared of North Korea? **
Nope.
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PT, im not sure I understand ur reasoning here. US is not scared of NK but is scared of Iraq? Thats why its obsessed with supposedly disarming Iraq?
Malik, besides the reasons mentioned above by our friends, anther reason I could think of why US wont have any adventures is China.
I am not sure the Chinese would sit quiet and have the US warships roam around in the Yellow Sea. It may be noted here that, China is the only military threat left for the US.
Of course, its usual American overkill. But North Korea is openly thumbing its nose at the US, and saying it has the capability, and is going to start making nuclear materials. Yet the US can only mouth words, no action. I also agree with 5Abi, the fact that North Korea’s big neighbour is Great China must be a significant factor in America’s hesitancy.
As for Iran, lets wish it all the luck in its peaceful nuclear programme. President Khatami has already come out strongly in defence of Pakistanis’ nuclear deterrence. Khatami against pressure on Pak
N-programme](Daily Jang: Urdu News - Latest Breaking News update Pakistan - jang.com.pk). God bless Glorious Iran. :k:
But for the moment lets see what the Americans to do about North Korea, if they dare…
Sounds a lot like what the US is saying about some other country it is presently gunning for at the moment?
It does indeed… …the dictator has banished more than 100,000 of his fellow citizens to notorious prison camps where a quarter of the inmates die from hunger, and the survivors dine on rats. As his people starve, he has pursued an ambitious weapons programme, developing a nuclear missile capability, and developing chemical and biological weapons… The CIA estimated last month that North Korea had enough plutonium for two or three nuclear weapons and that its uranium enrichment facility - the discovery of which in October prompted a showdown that is now being played out - was two or three years away from producing weapons grade uranium… [It] also has 5,000 tonnes of mustard gas, sarin and other nerve agents, and has been working on biological weapons - anthrax, cholera and smallpox - for 40 years.
All the hype against Iraq is logical for the reasons other Guppies have already mentioned above (-- additionally, regional instability makes for a very conducive atmosphere for arms exports)… i wonder for how long this present policy will continue; eventually, isn’t it in the US’s ‘vested interests’ to engage with North Korea in a more active (effective) manner? i am not certain i entirely understand this present policy - why wait until it might be too late..?
**The CIA estimated last month that North Korea had enough plutonium for two or three nuclear weapons and that its uranium enrichment facility - the discovery of which in October prompted a showdown that is now being played out - was two or three years away from producing weapons grade uranium.... [It] also has 5,000 tonnes of mustard gas, sarin and other nerve agents, and has been working on biological weapons - anthrax, cholera and smallpox - for 40 years.
Iraq? No. North Korea.
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Yes, North Korea has all that, and is not even denying it. On the top of that as you have mentioned it has an atrocious human rights record. Worse than Iraq, one would say? But some how North Korea escapes all the diplomatic and military bullying that Iraq is getting...leading one to conclude that either its clearly US double standards, or they are really scared of North Korea. Its one of the two possibilites for sure...
nuclear programme. President Khatami has already come out strongly in defence of Pakistanis’ nuclear deterrence. Khatami against pressure on Pak