North Korea disarmament deadline passes

The deadline for North Korea to shut down it main nuclear reactor passed Saturday with no action taken by the communist country, leaving the top U.S. nuclear negotiator to surmise that the momentum had escaped disarmament talks.

Saturday's missed deadline marked the latest setback for an agreement that when reached in February offered the prospect of disarming the world's newest declared nuclear power. North Korea successfully exploded a nuclear bomb in October.

"We don't have a lot of momentum right now. That is for sure," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill told reporters before meeting his Chinese counterpart, Wu Dawei.

news.yahoo.com...

mod edit to use "ex" tags
Quote Reference.

Mod Note: You Have An Urgent U2U- Click Here.



[edit on 14-4-2007 by sanctum]

As I said many times, negotiations only ENCOURAGE aggressors to commit actions that they would otherwise not commit. You can be safe only if you eliminate the aggressor or at least deter him by strengthening your military. But right now, Bush is reducing the American nuclear arsenal.

And why was it that nothing was done on North Korea's side?

Because America did not keep their side of the deal.

But the timetable was tripped up by a dispute over North Korean deposits frozen in a tiny Macau bank, which was blacklisted by Washington for allegedly abetting money-laundering and counterfeiting. North Korea refused to make any move until the funds issue was resolved, but the matter — which was supposed to have been resolved in mid-March — dragged on until this past week.

Acknowledging that the frozen funds issue had bedeviled the talks, Hill said that the funds were now ready, and that North Korea should tap them and take steps to meet its other commitments.

This is not the first time America has promised then broken that promise.

This is not the first time America has said that the funds were released when in reality they had not been released.

Originally posted by INeedHelp
As I said many times, negotiations only ENCOURAGE aggressors to commit actions that they would otherwise not commit. You can be safe only if you eliminate the aggressor or at least deter him by strengthening your military. But right now, Bush is reducing the American nuclear arsenal.

North Korea has not made any acts of aggression.

These agreements hinged on America releasing the North Korean funds.

We robbed them, and now they want their money back.