Kerry Confirms North Korea has Nukes

I have not yet seen a transcript of the debate but I distinctly remember Kerry saying that North Korea had 4 to 7 nukes right now.

Was this a slip up? As a presidential candidate he has access to the Intelligence.

The "forest fire"/"building a dam" excuse for the mushroom cloud spotted a few weeks ago seem all the more ridiculous now.

EDIT: removed ? mark

[edit on 10/4/2004 by Gools]

Nah you heard it right....

Yeah I know I heard it. But the question is where was this in the mainstream news?

I don't remember seeing that on ATS either.

So the question still remains, did Kerry spill the beans on the state of NK's nuclear capability? And why is this not making front-page news today?

Gools, I did post a report on this:

Check it out here:
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Originally posted by Gools
I have not yet seen a transcript of the debate but I distinctly remember Kerry saying that North Korea had 4 to 7 nukes right now.

Was this a slip up? As a presidential candidate he has access to the Intelligence.

The "forest fire"/"building a dam" excuse for the mushroom cloud spotted a few weeks ago seem all the more ridiculous now.

This is the transcript here:

Bush/Kerry debate
With respect to North Korea, the real story: We had inspectors and television cameras in the nuclear reactor in North Korea. Secretary Bill Perry negotiated that under President Clinton. And we knew where the fuel rods were. And we knew the limits on their nuclear power.

Colin Powell, our secretary of state, announced one day that we were going to continue the dialog of working with the North Koreans. The president reversed it publicly while the president of South Korea was here.

And the president of South Korea went back to South Korea bewildered and embarrassed because it went against his policy. And for two years, this administration didn't talk at all to North Korea.

While they didn't talk at all, the fuel rods came out, the inspectors were kicked out, the television cameras were kicked out. And today, there are four to seven nuclear weapons in the hands of North Korea.

That happened on this president's watch.

Now, that, I think, is one of the most serious, sort of, reversals or mixed messages that you could possibly send.

Thanks FredT, I missed that. (Edit: and Ace for the transcript)

So NK is truely a nuclear "power" now.

This will profoundly change the dynamics in that area of the world.

What happens now?

[edit on 10/1/2004 by Gools]

Bush blames the democrats, not his fault he decided not to keep NK in check while he went after his trophy that daddy couldn't get.