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North Korea Bulks At Reactor Shutdown
In the realm of the predictable, North Korea is refusing to shutdown its nuclear reactor as agreed when a its assets were released. From FoxNews:
North Korea wanted to delay a weekend deadline for shutting down its nuclear reactor by a month, but the United States said that was too long, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday."We let them know that this was not acceptable and the issue was dropped," he said. Instead, Richardson said the shutdown should only take a "few days."
"Now the ball is in North Korea's court to take the next important steps," he said, adding that officials there had reaffirmed a commitment to making initial moves to disarm.
This is why you should NEVER treat with communist dictators. They LIE! If anything, the assets in question should have remained frozen until AFTER North Korea could prove that it had shut down its reactor. By appeasing the dictator of North Korea, and releasing the money first, you put him in the power position. The leverage to get him to shut down the reactor has been removed.
Maybe Kim Jong Il will surprise me and keep the agreement. But I will not be holding my breath on that.
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