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ScottW wrote:
On Jul 31, 9:40*am, MiNe 109 wrote:
In article
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*ScottW wrote:
*But, that aside, it is clear that under the agreement Clinton made,
the North Koreans successfully accomplished their objective of a
nuclear
bomb which is exactly what the agreement was supposed to prevent.
The agreement you refer to was about plutonium and was successful.
October, 2003: The North Koreans announce they have reprocessed all
8,000 of their fuel rods and solved the technical problems of
converting the plutonium into nuclear bombs.
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/...9/132140.shtml
Of course then there was this little lack of follow through by
Clinton.
"The two countries also agreed to lower trade barriers and install
ambassadors in each other's capitals ‹ with the United States
providing full assurances that it would never use nuclear weapons
against North Korea.
(None of the above came to pass. Congress did not make the financial
commitment ‹ neither did South Korea. The light-water reactors were
never funded. The enumerated steps toward normalization were never
taken.)
No one, save perhaps a few loony leftists, believes North Korea
dismantled everything and complied with the Clinton agreement for 6
years and then restarted and produced a nuke from scratch in 6 years.
Thanks for proving my point. 2003, that was Bush dropping the ball.
Congress, Republican-controlled, yes?
Stephen