Thursday, September 15, 2005

Fear Succeeded

Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea said the U.S. refusal to its demand for internationally funded light-water nuclear reactors is undermining talks in Beijing aimed at dismantling the communist nation's nuclear weapons program.
What other countries around the world get an internationally funded nuclear reactor for NOT threatening the rest of the world with nuclear weapons?

"The talks are not showing progress because of the differences of opinion between (North Korea) and the U.S.,'' said Hyun Hak Bong, who identified himself as a spokesman for the North Korean delegation, during a rare press briefing at the Diaoyutai Hotel in western Beijing... Yea... One country has an "opinion" of freedom, the other, one of tyranny.

..."The basic stumbling block is the light-water reactor issue,'' Hyun said, reading from a one-page statement. "Our position is that we receive light-water reactors in return for giving up our (existing) reactors.'' He declined to take any questions from reporters.
Can he take a statement? Go fuck yourself
A meeting earlier today between North Korea and the U.S. ended without bridging differences, Hill said. The heads of the delegations met around 4 p.m. today, China's state-run, Xinhua News Agency reported. "North Korea has made it clear it won't dismantle its nuclear weapons program until it has a light-water reactor,'' Hill said. "We have a bit of a standoff.''

So now North Korea DEMANDS someone else pay for a (extremely expensive) light water reactor. FOR WHAT?!?! It seems logical to wonder why a country without an extensive power grid has a need for nuclear energy SOOOOOOO bad, they are willing to defy five of the world's most powerful countries to get it. Mr. Hill has something else to say;

North Korea "has been engaged in nuclear energy now for some 25 years,'' Hill said today. "They have not succeeded in turning it into electricity, they have succeeded in turning it into plutonium matter. One should keep that in mind when talks about further enhancement of their nuclear program.''

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