North Korea Chooses Nukes Over Deal
 Friday, September 19th, 2008  by Connie T.

Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in Nyongbyon in North Pyongan province, Korea

This is the kind of thing that drives me crazy, because the U.S. went to war with Iraq over a false lead that Iraq might have nuclear weapons. Yet today North Korea is saying they do not care to be taken off the United States' terrorism blacklist, and refuse to abide by a nuclear disarmament deal.

"[North Korea] neither wishes to be delisted as a 'state sponsor of terrorism' nor expects such a thing to happen," said a Foreign Ministry spokesman.

Not only that, but North Korea even relayed that they have begun to work to restore their Soviet-era Yongbyon plant, which makes bomb-grade plutonium. The plant was being torn down beginning in November of last year, as part of a deal with the U.S., China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea.

So in other words, N. Korea is saying to us: we have nuclear capabilities, and we plan on using them. What are you going to do about it?

Nothing, because we're busy shuffling troops around from Iraq to Afghanistan at the moment. We'll get back to you.

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