North Korea, "We Will Continue."

Hey Folks,

That’s right. North Korea released a statement early this morning saying,

"The successful missile launches were part of our military's regular military drills to strengthen self-defense. As a sovereign country, this is our legal right and we are not bound by any international law or bilateral or multilateral agreements.

Our military will continue with missile launch drills in the future as part of efforts to strengthen self-defense deterrent. If anyone intends to dispute or add pressure about this, we will have to take stronger physical actions in other forms,"

I do not know how they view these tests as "successful", seeing that they failed, but we are dealing with an insane person here. So if he wants to believe that this was successful, then by all means, believe that.

All this was successful in is bringing the world together to rebuke them. Of course there are small disagreements on how much of a rebuke it should be, but a rebuke it is. Japan, asked for a U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday that would ban any country from transferring funds, material and technology that could be used in North Korea's missile and weapons of mass destruction programs. China and Russia, on the other hand, said that they favor a weaker council statement without any threat of sanctions.

Are you kidding? I understand that they may be a little scared of the possibility that this wacko may actually activate one of his nukes, but what do they suppose will aid in the "talks"?

Now I understand that they all pretty much failed, and the long rang missile failed something like 35 seconds into the flight. But that doesn’t mean that they cannot fix the problem. This is the REASON for tests.

President Bush reacted in his normal mode of sarcasm and resolve. He said,

"One thing we have learned is that the rocket didn't stay up very long and tumbled into the sea, which doesn't, frankly, diminish my desire to solve this problem,"

He urged world leaders to stand united in demanding that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons program, saying the communist nation remains a threat even though its long-range missile faltered.

This is heating up at light speed folks. I hope a resolution can and will be passed soon. I wonder how many will echo North Korea, when they said, "As a sovereign country, this is our legal right and we are not bound by any international law or bilateral or multilateral agreements." Oh, wait, they cannot echo them. This is the opposite argument that some are making about us. In other word, to help some of my friends in understanding the point, those that condemn President Bush for not following international law, and agreements, SHOULD be condemning North Korea for the same thing. Right?

No, this is probably our fault too.. Wait a second, it IS our fault. President Clinton GAVE them the technology and fuel to do this. I can hear him know, "It’s not my fault. They promised not to build nuclear weapons." and the Left STILL believe they have a cake walk in the up coming elections. Amazing.
Peter