Saturday, January 05, 2008

We Can Wait. Can They?

The North Koreans claim to have provided a full disclosure of their nuclear programs back in November and won't do anything else until we start coughing up goodies.

We say they haven't disclosed a full disclosure:

Washington says it has evidence that Pyongyang imported material which could be used in a secret uranium enrichment programme. The North has never publicly admitted any such operation.

On the issue of the nuclear declaration, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said the United States was "still waiting" for North Korea's full account of its nuclear programmes.

"We are awaiting the declaration, and we want it to be complete, full and accurate, and so that's what we'll be looking for. And we don't have that yet," he said.

But the North's foreign ministry said it had drafted a report in November last year and notified Washington of its contents, adding that "the DPRK has done what it should do."


This doesn't worry me. Let the impasse roll on:

Personally, I simply want the talks to drag on while North Korea implodes. Every month the talks go on, the more North Korea's military machine deteriorates. Each month, North Koreans head toward the point when fear is outweighed by desperation.


Talk, talk. Die, die.