Kristof: North Korea a "nuclear Wal-Mart"?

[DeepModem Mom]

OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Real Nuclear Danger
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Published: April 21, 2004


In the summer of 2001, there was a spike in Al Qaeda "chatter" and mounting evidence that a terror strike was imminent. But without precise details, it was difficult to get the attention of top policy makers or the public — until it was too late.

Now something similar is happening in North Korea.

North Korea is potentially more dangerous than the mess in Iraq. It probably has at least 1 to 3 nuclear weapons already, it is producing both plutonium and uranium, and it is on track to have close to 10 nuclear weapons by the end of this year.

Yet because President Bush's policy has failed in North Korea, Washington is determinedly looking the other way. When we next focus on North Korea, after the election, it could be a nuclear Wal-Mart....


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/21/opinion/21KRIS.html

[FreakinDJ]

1. Some old WWII vets have been saying this all along

No. Korea is the real threat and Bushco is too busy in Iraq to do any thing about it

Sounds just like summer of 2001 all over again except this time the stakes are much higher