It's been hinted at for some time that North Korea may be developing nuclear weapons to defend itself against potential United States action.
Thursday, they just came clean about it.
"We ... have manufactured nukes for self-defense to cope with the Bush administration's ever-more undisguised policy to isolate and stifle the (North)," the North Korean Foreign Ministry.
After two-years of disarmament talks, things are suddenly that much more interesting.
Thursday, North Korea publicly bragged that it indeed has nuclear weapons and that, furthermore, it was walking away from any disarmament talks.
"The world has given them a way out, and we hope they will take that way out," said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. She added that President Bush has said the U.S. has "no intention of attacking or invading North Korea."
In other words, "Hey - please come back and be friends."
While kind, this approach could be the equivalent to a nuclear boo-boo.
Treating the situation as anything other than serious and urgent could spell disaster for the U.S. President Bush and his Cabinet need to worry about this circumstance now, and not later.
It took the events of Sept. 11 to get Bush to admit that, when it comes to terrorists, we should get them before they get us. North Korea, by the way, was a part of that Bush-labeled "Axis of Evil." Iran and Saddam Hussein-era Iraq were also included in that group.
North Korea, with all of its history, has no real reason to wait for the U.S. to attack first. If they really, truly wish to do damage, they'll know the best time to strike is when America least expects it.
Recall again: Sept. 11.
The U.S. can not waste time in working to correct this problem. Whatever way the Bush administration best chooses, it needs to start pushing it immediately.
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