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03-22-2008, 02:23 PM #6Senior Member
Richardson Endorses Obama
Originally Posted by dragonrider
NewsHour Extra: North Korean Nukes -- Jan. 8, 2003
"In 1994, the Clinton administration convinced North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and allow United Nations monitors into the country. In return, the U.S. and other countries pledged to replace North Korea's nuclear power plants that produce plutonium, a key ingredient in nuclear weapons, with light-water reactors, which don't. They also agreed to send North Korea oil to help replace the electricity lost when the nuclear plants shut down.
Both sides also agreed to lift trade barriers and pursue diplomatic and economic relations, including economic aid to North Korea.
However, North Korea's admission that it had not completely ended its nuclear program angered the U.S. enough to stop the fuel oil shipments. North Korea countered that the U.S. did not fulfill its promises from the 1994 agreement, including the construction of the power plants. U.S. officials say this will not happen until North Korea allows greater nuclear weapons inspections throughout the country."
Sure...Clinton's administration made the nuke deal that N. Korea agreed to. (and violated from the very start) Then they had tried to blackmail us back to 'the bargaining table' to get more economic aid, food and oil from us, using their illegal nuke program as a bargaining chip. By the time N. Korea was advanced enough with the technology to test the weapon, (a dud) it was Bush's term, and blackmail wasn't the best of strategies for the N. Koreans. Bush wouldn't fall for the tactics, and demanded the 6-way talks.
Had Clinton's administration demanded verification of compliance before shipping all that oil and food over there, and not allow one shovel-full of dirt be turned on the light-water reactors till compliance was verified, perhaps N. Korea's story would be different, but as B. Clinton was so fond of taking half-measures, it's no wonder he dropped this ball, too.
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