What about North Korea?

Riise

Everyone is going on and on about iraq but North Korea is looking bad

Bad? In what way? Maybe cause they realise they might be next once Iraq is out of the picture....

Snowball

they are not even allowed to use Nuclear power for power stations. I am totaly against nuclear power but .... who does the states think they are dictating who can use what and when?

who does the states think they are dictating who can use what and when?

Beware... they might decide you have Terrorist links, Snowball, and invade your home....

Seriously, this is a trend that i fear to see emerging in American policy... In that they believe that they have the right to interfere with any & every nation.

Funny, how if China decided to do the same, the world would be up in arms, but now that America is doing it, everyone thinks its ok.. (not just Iraq, but what will come after, also)

Snowball

I am a big guy (six one and about 17 st), I have never realy been scared of much (spiders and stuff like that but not realy). I know that sounds bad and ppl r going to ripe into me for posting something like that but I am now realy scared. Bush scares me big time.

The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur

That man has his finer on a button that could end the world. That scares me!!!

TBH, i'm not so worried about his ability to launch Nukes. Theres more restrictions on Presidents launching nukes, compared to using conventional methods (military action - ground, air, sea)

No actually i'm more anxious about America's willingness to send troops into another Country, without any firm reasons. The reasons they've used so far, are very thin. I find that the US care so little abt the UN that they wouldn't even get convincing Evidence against Iraq.

North Korea will probably next after Iraq, unless the US really fears the possibility of being nuked. Then it could be any country out there. But i don't believe that the US will settle down again for a number of years.... they'll continue to hit various countries on the very thin premise that they have terrorist links........

Snowball

That man has his finger on a button that could end the world. That scares me!!!

A figure of speech. I mean that he has the power to launch an attack on anyone and controls one (if not the biggest) armys in th world. He is a man with to much power for a way to low IQ

Actually its the american people that i'm a bit dodgy about at the moment. 7/10 people said that they approve of the proposed invasion of Iraq, at one stage last week. Thats alot of the population of the states who support Bush in this. If Bush didn't have the support of the people & the senate, i wouldn't be so worried. But the American people feel that Iraq is a good target for their revenge. What happens if they continue to support Bush in the future, should they decide that France has terrorist links, and isn't being a "good" ally.....

BTW this is not a comment that should start a debate abt anti-americanism, since i have high regard for most americans.

bonkey

Originally posted by Snowball
they are not even allowed to use Nuclear power for power stations.

Not true. The US has an objection to the particular type of reactor being used, as it generates plutonium as a by-product of sufficient quality and quantity to allow it to be refined to weapons-grade.

Nuclear energy per se is fine for now..its just what you use to generate it thats the issue.

I think the US (for example) just struck a deal with Russia to fund their decomissioning of a breeder reactor for the same reasons.

jc

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pickarooney

Did anyone see Holidays in the Axis of Evil on BBC last night? The guy was on a strictly-chaperoned tour of North Korea.
Looks like a right kip.

PH01

North Korea? Nuke'm! 'Let's Roll'

A nuclear war in Asia wouldn't exactly be beneficial for the world.

True, but do you think that the US realise they will be the cause of it. Maybe they'll realise that not every country is ready to be rolled over by them.

Send UN Weapon Inspectors, and peacekeepers over to the US to prevent a Nuclear war........

As far as i've heard, N.Korea are only saying that if America tries to take em on, they'll use their nukes. So if america doesn't invade we'll be ok......

Manach

North Korea is a dangerous regime. Not only has it a large standing army, it had until recently fired "test" missiles over Japan as part of it's armament problem.
The current crisis seems to be sparked by North Korea's secret illegal weapons program. Illegal in that contravenes the Non-proliferation pact to which it is a signature.
The US could back down, and walk away from this, so its South Korean ally would be alone against the Northern socialist paradise.
Still, the best solution at this stage would not be served by military means, but a diplomatic one engaging it's neighbouring countries.

yes, but theres no need to take the bull by the horns in this case....

china will restrict N.Korea from doing anything stupid, as long as the US doesn't try to take out N.Korea themselves.