Here is the thing, North Korea has long been involved in a nuclear program. The real purpose for that program was to create a problem for its neighbors and Western powers (mainly the U.S.) that might allow for incentives (food) to be given as compensation for its tearing down that very program. Meaning, the ruse here was a little game of looming disaster. But, the reality is that this has gone on for years and has not really been a moot point. Japan and South Korea called for intervention, but everybody knew North Korea was desperate. They made it clear they were willing to dismantle as long as the price was right. It was their sort of backwards way of propping up their failing Communist Regime for another few years. The seemingly out of nowhere announcement on North Korea’s change of heart comes amidst aggressive Israeli military rhetoric, continued Iranian defiance, and swiftly spiking oil prices. However, what the world did not seem to notice when days ago, North Korea disclosed its Plutonium Stockpile, and President Bush lifted some of its sanctions and decided to take the Northies off the dubious list of state sponsors of terrorism, that the real play here was to show Iran that it too could be so “fortunate.” The Bush administration’s dream would be to have Iran begrudgingly agree to give up its current Nuclear enrichment program and come to the bargaining table on a number of key issues.
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Japan, Kim Jong-il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, North Korea, nuclear enrichment, nuclear weapons, oil prices, President Bush, South Korea
