North Korea's Terror

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:42 AM EDT

Article Source: newledger.com

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A year has now passed since President George W. Bush announced his intention to remove North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. The anniversary of North Korea's absolution is rich in ironies. Only a president so typecast as inflexibly hard-line could have made this decision with so little opposition, and what opposition there was came from members of Bush's own party who now take small comfort from the vindication of subsequent events.

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There’s little question that North Korea’s threats had an extortionate purpose. An official with the Chosen Soren, a North Korean front organization for ethnic Koreans in Japan, told a Washington Post reporter that “[i]gnoring North Korea is very dangerous,” and that “[i]f Obama ignores North Korea, maybe the Korean Peninsula will be tense.” Asked about South Korean President Lee Myung Bak’s reduction of the aid that flowed to Pyongyang without impediments or conditions under his leftist predecessor, Roh Moo Hyun, the official said, “Our military is very angry that South Korea is not abiding by [Roh's] agreements” to send more aid, despite North Korea’s failure to give up its nuclear weapons programs. The spokesman warned, “Neglect of this is not so wise. The United States should send a message to Lee.”

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#1 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:43 AM EDT

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french salute

who cares? it is just a nuke. did you hear ? micheal jackson died.

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#2 - Thu Jul 2, 2009 9:59 PM EDT

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