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 Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:25 am Post subject: U.S military says can defeat nuclear-armed N.Korea |
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By Jack Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. and South Korean forces can deter and defeat North Korea even if the reclusive communist state has several nuclear weapons, a senior U.S. military officer said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.
Amid growing signs stalled six-country talks on those weapons could restart, South Korea's foreign minister said regional powers trying to coax North Korea back to the table should anticipate a possible resumption of the process.
Seoul sent its unification minister to Washington on Wednesday for talks with senior U.S. officials including Vice President Dick Cheney on the nuclear crisis.
The commander of the U.S. forces in South Korea, General Leon LaPorte, said the U.S. military believed North Korea had one to two nuclear weapons at a minimum, and was also working to advance its missile program.
"Whether North Korea has one or several nuclear weapons does not change the balance on the peninsula," LaPorte told South Korea's PBC radio in an interview taped on Tuesday, according to a transcript provided by the station.
"The U.S. and the Republic of Korea retain our ability to deter North Korean aggression and, if required, to decisively defeat the North Korean threat if they were to threaten South Korea," he said.
LaPorte he said the United States was fully committed to talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons programs and sought a diplomatic solution to the crisis. Those talks involve the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States.
MISSILE PROGRAMME
U.S. officials have repeatedly said Washington has no intention of attacking the North.
LaPorte also said the U.S. military believed the North had a substantial missile program, which included long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles that could hit the mainland United States if the North succeeded in increasing their power.
U.S. officials dealing with North Korea's growing nuclear threat will hold an exercise next month at Washington's National Defense University on how to react and anticipate consequences if a crisis develops, U.S. government sources said.
The university, a leading U.S. military education institution under the direction of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has scheduled a "crisis simulation" exercise for July 18.
North Korea said in February it possessed nuclear weapons and was boycotting the six-party talks, but recently has shown signs it may return to the table.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told visiting South Korea Unification Minister Chung Dong-young this month his country was prepared to return to negotiations if certain conditions were met, such as Washington treating Pyongyang as a genuine partner.
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon told a news conference on Wednesday the five countries working to bring the North back to the table had been encouraged by Kim's comments.
"Considering these, I believe it will be desirable for the North to return to the talks without further delay, and it is also probably worth anticipating it," Ban said.
"Since North Korea's top leader has indicated a commitment to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and a willingness to return to the talks, we look forward to North Korea's return to the talks without more delay," Ban said.
On Tuesday, Russia's Interfax news agency quoted a North Korean diplomatic source as saying Pyongyang was preparing to return to the table in the second half of July. Ban declined to comment on that report.
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Please don't. I like this planet and all it's people just as they are, without those ugly nuclear-acne scars. The cost is too great for a such a foolish endeavor.
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Images of Slim Pickens straddling the BOMB and waving his cowboy hat.
Can't mess with N. Korea right now. Too busy fighting a war for oil, due to critical shortage of same.
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Yeah...but just wait 'till there's a critical Kim Chi shortage in America. Then they'd better watch their ass.
We're coming for your coveted cabbage and peppers you commie bastards!
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Brother Adam
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What's sad is we attacked Iraq for THOSE VERY REASONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF?? I've been screaming all along about N. Korea. They do NOT like us, nor S. Korea as it is. They are blatantly continuing thier programs after direct warnings not too, and we're not doing a thing about it. How fucking stupid can you be to back a president while attacking Iraq for reasons that are for more prevalant in other parts of the world?
Then some idiot has the gall to say "we" (he must have a mouse in his pocket) could handle N. Korea if they became a threat.....PFFFFF!! Yeah right, we can't even handle a "few insurgents" in Iraq. We are so over-extended it's not even funny. If N. Korea started throwing bombs now we'd be up shit creek without a paddle or a god damn canoe trying to do the backstroke through the rapids.
What is it with people? Why do they CHOOSE to be so blind and ignorant? I guess it's like the guy said in The Matrix "Ignorance is sweet bliss"....hah!  |
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