Comments on: North Korea got Da Bomb http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:51:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Joel http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3285 Joel Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:27:13 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3285 As a political weapon, KJI may have handed W a big bump in the polls. As a military weapon, not so much: http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1230/nork-data-it-was-a-dud As a political weapon, KJI may have handed W a big bump in the polls.

As a military weapon, not so much:

http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1230/nork-data-it-was-a-dud

]]> By: Punk HP http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3286 Punk HP Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:42:14 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3286 Sorry to disagree, but N. Korea is as far from being an economic powerhouse as Kingston is from being the State Capital. However, they are now part of the Atomic Club. Sorry to disagree, but N. Korea is as far from being an economic powerhouse as Kingston is from being the State Capital.
However, they are now part of the Atomic Club.

]]> By: AT http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3289 AT Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:05:59 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3289 Ah, I see you are familar with my sarcasm...? Joel, I don't know that this'll really do much of anything. W has been so lackluster WRT NK, I don't really see how they can parley this into something for the next election. Now, by 2008, maybe. Ah, I see you are familar with my sarcasm…?

Joel, I don’t know that this’ll really do much of anything. W has been so lackluster WRT NK, I don’t really see how they can parley this into something for the next election. Now, by 2008, maybe.

]]> By: Joel http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3290 Joel Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:12:21 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3290 My skills as a political prognosticator are mixed at best. However, military threats--when they are perceived as such--generally have the effect of rallying the people to their leader. Even Goering knew that. My skills as a political prognosticator are mixed at best. However, military threats–when they are perceived as such–generally have the effect of rallying the people to their leader. Even Goering knew that.

]]> By: Joel http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3291 Joel Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:15:21 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3291 More from armscontrolwonk: http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1231/dropping-the-f-bomb-on-norks More from armscontrolwonk:

http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1231/dropping-the-f-bomb-on-norks

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3294 Atomictumor Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:30:27 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3294 Oooo, faiiiiiilure. Thats a fun word when combined with nukems. Oooo, faiiiiiilure.
Thats a fun word when combined with nukems.

]]> By: Joel http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3326 Joel Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:36:39 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3326 More on the motivation of the N. Korean's here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/09/AR2006100901035.html The nut graf: "Paradoxical as it may seem, Pyongyang staged the test as a last-ditch effort to jump-start a bilateral dialogue on the normalization of relations that the United States has so far spurned. Over and over, I was told that Pyongyang wants bilateral negotiations to set the stage for implementation of the denuclearization agreement it concluded in Beijing on Sept. 19, 2005, with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea." More on the motivation of the N. Korean’s here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/09/AR2006100901035.html

The nut graf:

“Paradoxical as it may seem, Pyongyang staged the test as a last-ditch effort to jump-start a bilateral dialogue on the normalization of relations that the United States has so far spurned. Over and over, I was told that Pyongyang wants bilateral negotiations to set the stage for implementation of the denuclearization agreement it concluded in Beijing on Sept. 19, 2005, with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea.”

]]> By: Joel http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3335 Joel Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:05:39 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3335 Looks like Korea has neither a long-range missile nor a functional nuclear warhead: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/korea.nuclear.test/index.html Kim jung-Il has exposed himself as the worst kind of despot--an incompetent one. I wouldn't be surprised to see him overthrown by his own military soon. Looks like Korea has neither a long-range missile nor a functional nuclear warhead:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/korea.nuclear.test/index.html

Kim jung-Il has exposed himself as the worst kind of despot–an incompetent one. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him overthrown by his own military soon.

]]> By: meice http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3360 meice Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:07:59 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/10/09/north-korea-got-da-bomb/#comment-3360 There is a theory that they might have simply detonated a large supply of TnT and called it a small nuclear warhead. So far there hasn't been any detection of an actual nuclear explosion. There is a theory that they might have simply detonated a large supply of TnT and called it a small nuclear warhead. So far there hasn’t been any detection of an actual nuclear explosion.

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